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geekwayne's review against another edition
2.0
'Mythic, Volume 1' by Phil Hester and John McCrea seemed like an interesting, if perhaps overused, idea: a secret society that works behind the scenes to save the world. Unfortunately, I felt like the execution was kind of a hot mess.
It turns out that science is a lie, not religion. But magic can go wrong, and when it does, the MYTHIC team goes around fixing it. With varied team members like the goddess Venus, an Apache shaman and a guy who fixes cell phones, they are the front line. When the rest of the MYTHIC teams disappear worldwide, it's going to be up to these people.
The art is good enough, but it all degenerates into crass humor and weird situations. If it's supposed to be funny, it seems to be doing that using shock humor at the expense of the reader. The situations and jokes just felt like hammer blows. There are other similar type stories and teams that have done this better. Which is a shame, because the art was pretty decent. It's too bad the script wasn't.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Image Comics, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
It turns out that science is a lie, not religion. But magic can go wrong, and when it does, the MYTHIC team goes around fixing it. With varied team members like the goddess Venus, an Apache shaman and a guy who fixes cell phones, they are the front line. When the rest of the MYTHIC teams disappear worldwide, it's going to be up to these people.
The art is good enough, but it all degenerates into crass humor and weird situations. If it's supposed to be funny, it seems to be doing that using shock humor at the expense of the reader. The situations and jokes just felt like hammer blows. There are other similar type stories and teams that have done this better. Which is a shame, because the art was pretty decent. It's too bad the script wasn't.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Image Comics, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
alexauthorshay's review against another edition
medium-paced
3.0
Definitely not executed in any way I would be able to predict. The sheer bizarre-ness of some of the 'gods' they encounter and what they have to do to help them reminds me a lot of <i>Saga</i> with how out there it is. Which isn't a bad thing; often it's quite humorous. But I had a hard time keeping track of who was who, even among the main cast of characters, and even the explanations for how/why the gods existed went a little over my head. Maybe I was too tired when I read the backstory heavy parts, but given that and how this volume ended, I'm good. This volume wasn't bad by any means, but came to enough of a conclusion that I'm not absolutely desperate to know more about the world or the characters inhabiting it.
cortjstr's review against another edition
2.0
This just didn't grab me at all. I couldn't really figure out the antagonists identities or motivations and the one spoilery thing didn't seem to have an impact because the characters weren't around long enough to be invested in them.
I wasn't crazy about the art-style, either. Frequently the panels would go across both pages then down and it wasn't really clear when they did so so I found myself re-reading pages both ways to get things to make sense.
I wasn't crazy about the art-style, either. Frequently the panels would go across both pages then down and it wasn't really clear when they did so so I found myself re-reading pages both ways to get things to make sense.
balletbookworm's review against another edition
4.0
A really fun take on the mythology vs technology divide, similar to what Neil Gaiman did with [b:American Gods|30165203|American Gods|Neil Gaiman|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1462924585s/30165203.jpg|1970226] but only more cracked out. If that makes sense.
It took a bit to get going, imo, and perhaps that's because they went too big right away so I sort of had to go with it for a few chapters. Once I had the "villain" figured out and how all the characters were related it was really fun. I'd missed this one in issues so I'm glad Noel pushed this one out for the Graphic Novel group at the store.
It took a bit to get going, imo, and perhaps that's because they went too big right away so I sort of had to go with it for a few chapters. Once I had the "villain" figured out and how all the characters were related it was really fun. I'd missed this one in issues so I'm glad Noel pushed this one out for the Graphic Novel group at the store.
ellelainey's review against another edition
5.0
Book – Mythic: Vol 1
Author – Phillip Hester
Star rating - ★★★★★
** COPY RECEIVED THROUGH NETGALLEY **
Incredible graphics. The colours and the whole “vibe” given off by the artwork is great for evoking the perfect moody, slightly dark atmosphere that matches the story.
Demons and supernatural creatures are great on their own, but backed up by the Mythic crew and the aspect about how the sun really revolves around the Earth is fascinating.
Every page was an adventure, but it was also a lot of fun to separate off into different adventures for every chapter, that all eventually came together as one big story. With the amazing art work and the dialogue that was easy to follow and fun to read, there wasn't anything to dislike about this story.
It loses something in the e-book version, because some of the images are 2-pages and some of the scenes transfer across the top of two pages, so it takes a little getting used to and figuring out to know when to turn to read the next box and when to read the entire page. Thankfully, the dialogue and images are so well arranged that it's something I got used to quickly. I can just imagine the impact this would have in paperback form.
Author – Phillip Hester
Star rating - ★★★★★
** COPY RECEIVED THROUGH NETGALLEY **
Incredible graphics. The colours and the whole “vibe” given off by the artwork is great for evoking the perfect moody, slightly dark atmosphere that matches the story.
Demons and supernatural creatures are great on their own, but backed up by the Mythic crew and the aspect about how the sun really revolves around the Earth is fascinating.
Every page was an adventure, but it was also a lot of fun to separate off into different adventures for every chapter, that all eventually came together as one big story. With the amazing art work and the dialogue that was easy to follow and fun to read, there wasn't anything to dislike about this story.
It loses something in the e-book version, because some of the images are 2-pages and some of the scenes transfer across the top of two pages, so it takes a little getting used to and figuring out to know when to turn to read the next box and when to read the entire page. Thankfully, the dialogue and images are so well arranged that it's something I got used to quickly. I can just imagine the impact this would have in paperback form.
helene0707's review against another edition
3.0
Sadly I have to agree with the other reviewers here. What a wasted opportunity. I had so many questions left after easing the final volume that I was more confused than satisfied. Who actually was the baddie? And why did they choose to attack now? Too much Deus Ex Machina and too little development. I totally loved the story about the war twins and would have read a comic just about them!
sfletcher26's review against another edition
3.0
I love comic books/Graphic novels, call them what you will, and there are some great series out there. The problem is though that for every great series there are 3 that are junk and 2 that are interesting but just not great. Mythic fits into that latter grouping.
It reads like a cross between Warren Ellis' Planetary and Neil Gaiman's American Gods. There are some good elements in here but not enough to make me want to come back for more.
It reads like a cross between Warren Ellis' Planetary and Neil Gaiman's American Gods. There are some good elements in here but not enough to make me want to come back for more.
jnikolova's review against another edition
2.0
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Unfortunately, this year's Image comics Humble Bundle was a bit of a let down. I mean... if you haven't read most of these, the prize is definitely worth it. However, they have been including the same volumes for the last two years, so there was almost nothing for me there.
Aaand this is where Mythic comes in. This was the only volume from the bundle that actually interested me, so I read it separately hoping for something fresh and groovy.
It didn't live up to the expectations.
A group of mythical heroes, deities and gods gets together as a supernatural SWAT team. What could go wrong? A lot, apparently. The characters were rather flat and way too many. There wasn't really much space for us to get to know them. Some of the characters got barely any introduction and the ones that did have a more detailed back story were just a few. At the end of issue #7, for example, it was mentioned that we will learn more about Asha. What we actually got in issue #8 were a few self-introductory sentences of the type of "I am powerful! I am life! You can't kill me." Dr. Baranski was an equally as underdeveloped character. It was entirely too convenient how she was and how her story went. And her entire personality was so over-exaggerated, that I couldn't buy her motives at all.
The art was okay, nothing too spectacular or out of the box, but still pretty and detailed. The characters looked kind of old-school, but it was tolerable for the most part. I didn't particularly like the depictions of human faces, because a lot of the time it was hard to distinguish certain characters.
On the other hand, the logo on the cover is really cool!
Unfortunately, this year's Image comics Humble Bundle was a bit of a let down. I mean... if you haven't read most of these, the prize is definitely worth it. However, they have been including the same volumes for the last two years, so there was almost nothing for me there.
Aaand this is where Mythic comes in. This was the only volume from the bundle that actually interested me, so I read it separately hoping for something fresh and groovy.
It didn't live up to the expectations.
A group of mythical heroes, deities and gods gets together as a supernatural SWAT team. What could go wrong? A lot, apparently. The characters were rather flat and way too many. There wasn't really much space for us to get to know them. Some of the characters got barely any introduction and the ones that did have a more detailed back story were just a few. At the end of issue #7, for example, it was mentioned that we will learn more about Asha. What we actually got in issue #8 were a few self-introductory sentences of the type of "I am powerful! I am life! You can't kill me." Dr. Baranski was an equally as underdeveloped character. It was entirely too convenient how she was and how her story went. And her entire personality was so over-exaggerated, that I couldn't buy her motives at all.
The art was okay, nothing too spectacular or out of the box, but still pretty and detailed. The characters looked kind of old-school, but it was tolerable for the most part. I didn't particularly like the depictions of human faces, because a lot of the time it was hard to distinguish certain characters.
On the other hand, the logo on the cover is really cool!
old_tim's review against another edition
4.0
The elevator pitch is fun, but it just feels a bit under-cooked.
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