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Bezig met laden... The Wild Storm Vol. 1door Warren Ellis, Jon Davis-Hunt (Illustrator)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I pretty much missed the entire Image launch back in the day, as I'd stepped away from comics. So, WildC.A.T.s and all the others? Nope, no idea what they were about. In the almost thirty years since, I've come back around to comics, and mostly fallen in love with a few writers, such as Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, Terry Moore, Donny Cates, and most recently, Tom King. I'll pretty much give anything these writers toss out, and rarely have I been disappointed (okay, aside from the recent discovery of Ellis' personal...um...grooming...habits...what a dick). Regardless, I picked this up solely due to Warren Ellis writing it. And when Ellis is on with his science and tech, dude is on. Unfortunately, he's waaaay waaay off this time. I know he's trying to jumpstart an entire comic universe, while also laying down elements of both current and future stories, but in the meantime, he sacrifices comprehensive storytelling for tech gobbledygook. The main story of Angie Spica's sudden appearance as the Wildstorm Universe's Iron Man, but instead of running the show, she's pretty much running away from the show, is a good one. Unfortunately, Ellis throws characters that literally have nothing to do with the story at the reader just because they'll be needed down the line somewhere. And the rest don't get enough screen time for us to really get to know them as well as we should. This is universe-building as speed dating. Doesn't work. One star for Warren, four stars for the beautiful art. I don't really have the full background knowledge of Wildstorm to parse all of this, but it has a certain weirdness to it that I really enjoy. I'm probably hoping for too much for Ellis to tone down the violence and make the characters a bit richer, but this was a pretty fun read. A big summer blockbuster of a comic. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)The Wild Storm (Vol. 1 (1-6))
Acclaimed writer Warren Ellis reimagines the WildStorm Universe here in THE WILD STORM VOL. 1! Grifter. Voodoo. Jenny Sparks. Zealot. The Engineer. These legendary antiheroes transformed the way superhero stories were told. Their return will rip apart the system once again. It all starts with Angela Spica, an engineer driven to the brink of death by the transhuman implants buried in her body. When she steps in to save the life of another, she will bring the storm down upon her, from the world's most lethal assassin to its most sprawling secret agency to the soldiers in its most ancient war. What mysteries bind these extraordinary individuals? What sinister forces threaten to tear them apart? What brave new universe will they forge from blood, brawn, brains and bullets? Discover the answers in THE WILD STORM VOL. 1, a breathtaking reimagining of one of the most influential universes in the history of comics- from the creative team of Warren Ellis (THE AUTHORITY, TRANSMETROPOLITAN) and artist Jon Davis-Hunt (CLEAN ROOM)!. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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