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geekwayne's review against another edition
5.0
'Paleo: The Complete Collection' collects all of the dinosaur comics by Jim Lawson. At least the ones there are so far.
A brilliant introduction by Stephen R. Bissette tells of the history of dinosaur comics. We learn that sometimes comics use dinosaurs as plot devices for heroes like Tarzan to find, or time travellers to run across. There have been good dinosaur comics among them, although sometimes the science has been off, or the dinosaurs mingle with different era dinosaurs. Then along came Paleo.
This is a series of vignettes about dinosaurs living and dying. There are no speech bubbles, but there is a narrative. There are a wide variety of dinosaur represented here. Some are about creatures who are at the top of the chain, and how they meet their downfall. Some fight for food in a herd. Some are devoured by water or nature.
Jim Larson worked on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and his art here is really good. The stories kept me interested and I really liked the whole collection. If you like dinosaur comics like I do, check it out.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Dover Publications and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
A brilliant introduction by Stephen R. Bissette tells of the history of dinosaur comics. We learn that sometimes comics use dinosaurs as plot devices for heroes like Tarzan to find, or time travellers to run across. There have been good dinosaur comics among them, although sometimes the science has been off, or the dinosaurs mingle with different era dinosaurs. Then along came Paleo.
This is a series of vignettes about dinosaurs living and dying. There are no speech bubbles, but there is a narrative. There are a wide variety of dinosaur represented here. Some are about creatures who are at the top of the chain, and how they meet their downfall. Some fight for food in a herd. Some are devoured by water or nature.
Jim Larson worked on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and his art here is really good. The stories kept me interested and I really liked the whole collection. If you like dinosaur comics like I do, check it out.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Dover Publications and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
urlphantomhive's review against another edition
3.0
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Dinosaurs! I may have mentioned before that I have a soft spot for everything involving dinosaurs and that I'm unable to resist requesting dinosaur books from Netgalley. This was one of those books.
I was unfamiliar with this series, but a comic featuring dinosaurs (and more importantly not featuring humans) sounded awesome. In addition the dinosaurs behave in a way that dinosaurs might have behaved, not some kind of anthropomorphic kind of dinosaur. While this was a great idea, in execution it lacked for me.
Because basically every story in the collection was the same. The species of dinosaur differed, but almost without exception it features stories where in the end the hunter gets hunted by some thing bigger (which in some cases gets hunted by something even bigger). It just got repetitive really quick. The art didn't wow me either. I think there are quite some people who have nostalgic feelings about this comic, and they will probably enjoy it more than I did.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
Dinosaurs! I may have mentioned before that I have a soft spot for everything involving dinosaurs and that I'm unable to resist requesting dinosaur books from Netgalley. This was one of those books.
I was unfamiliar with this series, but a comic featuring dinosaurs (and more importantly not featuring humans) sounded awesome. In addition the dinosaurs behave in a way that dinosaurs might have behaved, not some kind of anthropomorphic kind of dinosaur. While this was a great idea, in execution it lacked for me.
Because basically every story in the collection was the same. The species of dinosaur differed, but almost without exception it features stories where in the end the hunter gets hunted by some thing bigger (which in some cases gets hunted by something even bigger). It just got repetitive really quick. The art didn't wow me either. I think there are quite some people who have nostalgic feelings about this comic, and they will probably enjoy it more than I did.
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
jmanchester0's review against another edition
4.0
Wow.
I am impressed. I didn't expect this to be so interesting. So full of action. To get caught up in these stories of survival.
Don't be taken in by the cartoony cover. The inside is a harsh look at what life with the dinosaurs might have really been like.
But then survival isn't always easy to look at.
As one of the intros suggests, "A seemingly cruel, savage world‰Ы_"
It's interesting how Lawson gets into the mind of these animals. Of course, they aren't overtly thinking these thoughts, but it feels like he's getting to the heart of heir instincts with his writing.
Plus he captures these dinosaurs in amazing ways. I'm sure we don't know exactly how they acted with full muscle, tendon, skin, and scale. But Lawson makes a good, believable try at it.
Some of it is a tad confusing - like it‰ЫЄs missing panels. I‰ЫЄm not sure what happened in Book 5 between the Tyrannosaur and the Albertosaurus.
And the creativity with some of these things is interesting. The dragonfly of Book 6. The short story drawn on shadows after book 6.
I was trying to decide what age could read this. And then I got 2/3 of the way through the book. To the story, Easy.
OMG.
Yeah; this one needs to be for a little bit older.
I'm almost blushing. And at the same time horrified.
And Floater was intense!
Overall, an interesting graphic novel. Worth reading.
But not for the squeamish.
Thanks to NetGalley and Dover Publications for a copy in return for an honest review.
I am impressed. I didn't expect this to be so interesting. So full of action. To get caught up in these stories of survival.
Don't be taken in by the cartoony cover. The inside is a harsh look at what life with the dinosaurs might have really been like.
But then survival isn't always easy to look at.
As one of the intros suggests, "A seemingly cruel, savage world‰Ы_"
It's interesting how Lawson gets into the mind of these animals. Of course, they aren't overtly thinking these thoughts, but it feels like he's getting to the heart of heir instincts with his writing.
Plus he captures these dinosaurs in amazing ways. I'm sure we don't know exactly how they acted with full muscle, tendon, skin, and scale. But Lawson makes a good, believable try at it.
Some of it is a tad confusing - like it‰ЫЄs missing panels. I‰ЫЄm not sure what happened in Book 5 between the Tyrannosaur and the Albertosaurus.
And the creativity with some of these things is interesting. The dragonfly of Book 6. The short story drawn on shadows after book 6.
I was trying to decide what age could read this. And then I got 2/3 of the way through the book. To the story, Easy.
OMG.
Yeah; this one needs to be for a little bit older.
I'm almost blushing. And at the same time horrified.
And Floater was intense!
Overall, an interesting graphic novel. Worth reading.
But not for the squeamish.
Thanks to NetGalley and Dover Publications for a copy in return for an honest review.
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