Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys by Shaun Simon, Gerard Way

6 reviews

gatorskulls's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia and Vomit

achillea's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

[reads this like it's the bible]

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Forced institutionalization

mousey's review

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I adore the world this is set in, but more so for the fan-creation possibilities than the actual canon content within this comic. 

While I enjoy the overall story I admit that it’s a bit disjointed and confusing because the world building is not cohesive and the transitions are not smooth. Additionally, it fails to address its core themes in an interesting, cohesive, or satisfying way. The story also fails to live up to its supposed “diversity”: it follows along the lines of the ‘bury your gays troop’, it kills it’s only named dark skinned character within the first few pages, and it’s filled to the brim with blatant orientalism.

The only completely positive thing about this comic is the art, which is vibrant and gorgeous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Addiction, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

m0usey's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

As much as I adore the world this is set in, I more enjoy it for the possibilities it gives the reader to make their own characters and ideas than the actual canon of it. This book has amazing art, but like most of Way’s writing, it’s confusing and irritating. Also like most of Way’s writing, there are themes it attempts to tackle and fails. 

Also worth mentioning is the blatant orientalism. with the mega-corporation being slathered with “Asian Aesthetics” and the leader of said corporation being a “Sexy asian Woman.”

This story is ok, but any positives are quickly outweighed by mediocrity and racism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, Terminal illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Police brutality, and Violence

charlene_balba's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Police brutality, Homophobia, Gun violence, Genocide, Death of parent, Death, Blood, and Slavery

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

pastelkerstin's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This comic gives more background on the world introduced in My Chemical Romance's concept album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys while focussing on new characters, with the exception of The Girl from the music videos. The story feels a bit rushed though. Certain beats would hit more if the comic gave you more time to spend with the characters. But what's there is enjoyable - and gayer than I expected? Which is always a plus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Sexism and Sexual content

Spiders (including giant ones), fire