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The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour
Griffin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy
4.64 AVERAGE
892 reviews for:
The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour
Griffin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy
4.64 AVERAGE
this is one of the arcs i cared least about in the podcast but this adaptation is amazing. weaving in the flashbacks and interpreting the time loop in the visual way they did was so sick
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I received a copy of this via First Second in the Goodreads Giveaways.
Once again, the McElroys and Carey Pietsch knock it out of the park with the latest book in this series.
The Eleventh Hour is one of the arcs that made me cry the most in The Adventure Zone, and I had big hopes for this comic adaptation to make me cry as well. There will be some spoilers for the middle of the book but none for the ending!
Carey Pietsch has always done a fantastic job with these comics, but the choices for how to lay out certain moments were impeccable. From the really creative clock layout of the deaths at noon, to the final line with Istus when they first meet her, to the heartbreaking choice to show Taako, Magnus, and Merle viewing their own memories, she did an incredible job making sure the visuals were just as emotionally potent as they were in podcast form. The constant repeating deaths could get very monotonous, but she managed to bypass that with the way she chose to depict the repeating nature.
Her art is also fantastic for the comedy of this story, but I'm always blown away by how serious she can make the tone be when it's necessary. The Adventure Zone is, of course, funny, but is also known for bringing a surprising amount of emotional depth, and Carey Pietsch has never let me down in juggling seeminngly opposing tones.
It's been a long while since I last listened to The Adventure Zone: Balance, so I'm not sure of how many changes and quotes were added to the comic, but the humor was still very well-done, and definitely got audible chuckles from me while reading.
Now, after giving my overall review, here's the time for me to point out all of the little things that I loved while reading.
1) The recap! Even if I'm deeply familiar with this story, recaps are the saving grace for forgetful readers like me, that allow us to move on to the next book without rereading every book previous.
2) Truly, the clock layout in so many moments was fantastic. Even if you don't know the story in advance, it's such a nice foreshadowing of the main shtick of the arc, and visually, just hits the right note for me.
3) How truly round Roswell is. It's a fun shape for armor to be!
4) The facial expressions that Carey chooses to show in the forefront are always very funny and expressive, but I have a soft spot for the faces she draws for background, faraway characters. It's a easter egg hunt for small giggles for me.
5) I love that Taako, Magnus, and Merle get arc-centric outfits, and the Western, cowboy-style they sport in this arc is fantastic. Of COURSE Magnus has fringed pants!
6) Carey mentions in the Design Roughs that she made the purple worms too cute, and I 100% agree. Super cute!
Overall, this was an incredible comic, WELL-WORTH the two-year wait since the previous volume! I'm very excited to wait as long as it takes for the next volume!
Once again, the McElroys and Carey Pietsch knock it out of the park with the latest book in this series.
The Eleventh Hour is one of the arcs that made me cry the most in The Adventure Zone, and I had big hopes for this comic adaptation to make me cry as well. There will be some spoilers for the middle of the book but none for the ending!
Carey Pietsch has always done a fantastic job with these comics, but the choices for how to lay out certain moments were impeccable. From the really creative clock layout of the deaths at noon, to the final line with Istus when they first meet her, to the heartbreaking choice to show Taako, Magnus, and Merle viewing their own memories, she did an incredible job making sure the visuals were just as emotionally potent as they were in podcast form. The constant repeating deaths could get very monotonous, but she managed to bypass that with the way she chose to depict the repeating nature.
Her art is also fantastic for the comedy of this story, but I'm always blown away by how serious she can make the tone be when it's necessary. The Adventure Zone is, of course, funny, but is also known for bringing a surprising amount of emotional depth, and Carey Pietsch has never let me down in juggling seeminngly opposing tones.
It's been a long while since I last listened to The Adventure Zone: Balance, so I'm not sure of how many changes and quotes were added to the comic, but the humor was still very well-done, and definitely got audible chuckles from me while reading.
Now, after giving my overall review, here's the time for me to point out all of the little things that I loved while reading.
1) The recap! Even if I'm deeply familiar with this story, recaps are the saving grace for forgetful readers like me, that allow us to move on to the next book without rereading every book previous.
2) Truly, the clock layout in so many moments was fantastic. Even if you don't know the story in advance, it's such a nice foreshadowing of the main shtick of the arc, and visually, just hits the right note for me.
3) How truly round Roswell is. It's a fun shape for armor to be!
4) The facial expressions that Carey chooses to show in the forefront are always very funny and expressive, but I have a soft spot for the faces she draws for background, faraway characters. It's a easter egg hunt for small giggles for me.
5) I love that Taako, Magnus, and Merle get arc-centric outfits, and the Western, cowboy-style they sport in this arc is fantastic. Of COURSE Magnus has fringed pants!
6) Carey mentions in the Design Roughs that she made the purple worms too cute, and I 100% agree. Super cute!
Overall, this was an incredible comic, WELL-WORTH the two-year wait since the previous volume! I'm very excited to wait as long as it takes for the next volume!
adventurous
emotional
funny
I almost forgot everything that happened in the podcast, so reading was an emotional rollercoaster <3
This made for a really fun morning. The main thing that The Adventure Zone does well is the humor, and despite the fact that The Eleventh Hour has an overall more somber vibe than the others—Merle and Magnus’ backstories were not what I expected!—there are still a lot of jokes. I like that the laughs are varied: there’s meta humor, adult humor, slapstick humor, allusions, and more. While The Crystal Kingdom is still my favorite individual issue of The Adventure Zone, this new volume is up there and despite the long waits and incremental plot progression, I’m definitely going to keep with this series. It’s funny and quick-paced, and has a lot more emotion to it that I’d originally expected from a graphic novel based on a podcaster family’s fantasy roleplaying game. I’m excited by the expanding main plot, and there are enough laughs to keep me going though the stand-alone moments.
These comics are getting thicker. And closer to my favorite arch, which also happens to be the last one. This volume was much stronger than the last one!
fast-paced
Literally cried multiple times. Magnus dying... when he was closed off from the rest of the group... the part where he's literally pleading with the voidfish to erase his memories... I would just like to say: how could you do this to me? Also Magnus was stupid hot for no reason. I couldn't leave that information out.
The Adventure Zone is how I was first introduced to D&D. Of all the story arcs the Eleventh Hour was my favorite. So I was excited for the graphic novel to come out, and had timed my reading to right before a day of playing in the campaign I'm in. But of course we had to reschedule so The Eleventh Hour ended up being my consolation prize