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aceinit's review against another edition
4.0
The Mansions of Silence isn’t one of my favorite arcs, but it is one of the series’ strongest. It is a collection largely devoid of its title character, yet full of some of Carey’s strongest storytelling and some consistently beautiful art.
After striking a deal with Loki of Norse myth, Lucifer assembles an unlikely crew and sets them off on a quest, sailing a ship made of dead men’s fingernails. The crew, (made up of Mazikeen, Jill Presto, the half-angel Cal, fallen cherubs Gaudium and Serpa, the ghost of David Easterman—the man who thought he was Elaine’s biological father—and Loki’s frost giant half brother) are tasked with retrieving Elaine from the titular Mansions of Silence, a place where angels (fallen or not) are forbidden to tread.
Despite not being one of my favorite overall collections, many of my favorite moments can be found in these pages, particularly in Issue 36 (the first one included). The panels where Lucifer declares “this is what I was named for. In case you wondered,” are probably my favorite from the entire run.
Though this is a small volume, only six issues long, Carey accomplishes much. The unlikely crew of the Nagalfar endure several trials and tribulations which affect them on personal levels, and Jill Presto comes face-to-face with a very unexpected face. And Lucifer and Michael, drawn to the pool of God’s collected thoughts, finally see the Creator’s master plan.
These issues were my introduction to Lucifer, back when the series was still being published as a monthly comic. After just finishing Gaiman’s spectacular The Sandman, I was thrilled to learn that one of its most dynamic characters had his own spinoff. I remember being disappointed by these issues as they arrived in my pull box every month. Because I didn’t know the back-story, beyond what had happened in The Sandman. But, most importantly, because I didn’t understand how much groundwork for the future is contained in what could easily be misinterpreted as a side story.
It wasn’t until the second or third re-read of the series that the full importance of The Mansions of Silence was made evident to me. It’s a sneaky little story that way. Especially that cutesy little one-shot at the end, where David Hahn’s almost cartoonish art serves as a distraction for what’s really going on behind the scenes.
After striking a deal with Loki of Norse myth, Lucifer assembles an unlikely crew and sets them off on a quest, sailing a ship made of dead men’s fingernails. The crew, (made up of Mazikeen, Jill Presto, the half-angel Cal, fallen cherubs Gaudium and Serpa, the ghost of David Easterman—the man who thought he was Elaine’s biological father—and Loki’s frost giant half brother) are tasked with retrieving Elaine from the titular Mansions of Silence, a place where angels (fallen or not) are forbidden to tread.
Despite not being one of my favorite overall collections, many of my favorite moments can be found in these pages, particularly in Issue 36 (the first one included). The panels where Lucifer declares “this is what I was named for. In case you wondered,” are probably my favorite from the entire run.
Though this is a small volume, only six issues long, Carey accomplishes much. The unlikely crew of the Nagalfar endure several trials and tribulations which affect them on personal levels, and Jill Presto comes face-to-face with a very unexpected face. And Lucifer and Michael, drawn to the pool of God’s collected thoughts, finally see the Creator’s master plan.
These issues were my introduction to Lucifer, back when the series was still being published as a monthly comic. After just finishing Gaiman’s spectacular The Sandman, I was thrilled to learn that one of its most dynamic characters had his own spinoff. I remember being disappointed by these issues as they arrived in my pull box every month. Because I didn’t know the back-story, beyond what had happened in The Sandman. But, most importantly, because I didn’t understand how much groundwork for the future is contained in what could easily be misinterpreted as a side story.
It wasn’t until the second or third re-read of the series that the full importance of The Mansions of Silence was made evident to me. It’s a sneaky little story that way. Especially that cutesy little one-shot at the end, where David Hahn’s almost cartoonish art serves as a distraction for what’s really going on behind the scenes.
mhshokuhi's review against another edition
5.0
جلد ششم شامل کامیک‌های ۳۶ تا ۴۱ میشه.
شروع خوبی بود، این جلد ۱ آرک بیشتر نداره و یه شماره بعد از اون و تموم میشه. این آرک که شامل ۵ شماره کامیک هست هم طراحی و هم رنگ‌آمیزی رو دوست داشتم، افتی که توی جلد قبلی داشت الان برطرف شده بود و به شدت جذاب‌تر بود از لحاظ بصری. البته یکم حیف شد، امیدوار بودم خود لوسیفر وارد ماجرا بشه اما خب، انگار نمیشه، به همین خاطر کارهای لوسیفرش کمتر بود، اما به جاش چیزهای بهتر و فاندامنتال‌تر با لوسیفر و مایکل داشت. یه چیز جالب دیگه این بود که توی شماره دوم آرک دقیقاً این موضوع نبودن لوسیفر و احساس مخاطب به صورت طنز توسط دوتا از شخصیت‌ها بیان میشه که از درک خالق اثر میاد و درود بهش. یهوه خر رو هم داشت که ادویه به غذا بود.
کلا آرک و جلد خیلی خوبی بود، هرچی تموم میشه فکر می‌کنی بهتر از این نمی‌تونه باشه، آرک بعدی میاد و میبینی به به، چقدر خوبه این جدیده :دی
شماره آخر و خارج از آرک حالا مشخصاً طراح متفاوت بود، بازم خیلی دوستش نداشتم، اما طرح‌های خود آرک خیلی خوب بودن.
از طرح‌های روی شماره‌ها رو هم که گفتم، به خصوص ۳۹ و ۴۰ رو خیلی دوست داشتم توی این جلد.
شروع خوبی بود، این جلد ۱ آرک بیشتر نداره و یه شماره بعد از اون و تموم میشه. این آرک که شامل ۵ شماره کامیک هست هم طراحی و هم رنگ‌آمیزی رو دوست داشتم، افتی که توی جلد قبلی داشت الان برطرف شده بود و به شدت جذاب‌تر بود از لحاظ بصری. البته یکم حیف شد، امیدوار بودم خود لوسیفر وارد ماجرا بشه اما خب، انگار نمیشه، به همین خاطر کارهای لوسیفرش کمتر بود، اما به جاش چیزهای بهتر و فاندامنتال‌تر با لوسیفر و مایکل داشت. یه چیز جالب دیگه این بود که توی شماره دوم آرک دقیقاً این موضوع نبودن لوسیفر و احساس مخاطب به صورت طنز توسط دوتا از شخصیت‌ها بیان میشه که از درک خالق اثر میاد و درود بهش. یهوه خر رو هم داشت که ادویه به غذا بود.
کلا آرک و جلد خیلی خوبی بود، هرچی تموم میشه فکر می‌کنی بهتر از این نمی‌تونه باشه، آرک بعدی میاد و میبینی به به، چقدر خوبه این جدیده :دی
شماره آخر و خارج از آرک حالا مشخصاً طراح متفاوت بود، بازم خیلی دوستش نداشتم، اما طرح‌های خود آرک خیلی خوب بودن.
از طرح‌های روی شماره‌ها رو هم که گفتم، به خصوص ۳۹ و ۴۰ رو خیلی دوست داشتم توی این جلد.
jayspa65's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Lucifer Morningstar traffics in debts and favors, but until now he's always been the owed and not the owing. That changed when Elaine Belloc, God's granddaughter, sacrificed her life to save his, and now the Devil's out to settle that score (and maybe further his own machinations) by bringing Elaine back from the half-world where her soul is trapped. And so Lucifer gathers a rag-tag band of what he refers to as loose-ends, packs them off on a ship borrowed from Loki, and sends them on their questing way while he deals with other matters.
With almost the entirety of this book taken up with the quest narrative, Mansions of the Silence is a much more straight-forward tale than most of the other volumes in Carey's series. I found that refreshing, though I can see how others might feel like there's not a whole lot going on here (and, comparatively, there's not). But how can you be disappointed in a story wherein a Japanese god makes paper lanterns out of the souls of small children? Or where you find out that, in service to his goals, Lucifer is just as willing to destroy worlds as build them?
With almost the entirety of this book taken up with the quest narrative, Mansions of the Silence is a much more straight-forward tale than most of the other volumes in Carey's series. I found that refreshing, though I can see how others might feel like there's not a whole lot going on here (and, comparatively, there's not). But how can you be disappointed in a story wherein a Japanese god makes paper lanterns out of the souls of small children? Or where you find out that, in service to his goals, Lucifer is just as willing to destroy worlds as build them?
psykobilliethekid's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
crowyhead's review
4.0
I'm really enjoying the Lucifer comics. Lucifer himself is a compelling antihero, and the supporting cast is fascinating. The end of Mansions of the Silence is particularly satisfying, as Elaine Belloc finally gains a measure of peace.
thelaurakremer's review
3.0
It gets a ding for the horrible art in the Sisters of Mercy issue at the end. Seriously, took the writing down a level.
cmiller0401's review
5.0
This was one of my favorite volumes of the 10 trade paperbacks in the initial Lucifer run. The voyage through the Mansions of Silence is just a great, classic adventure story. I also loved that they brought Elaine back into the plot and that things ended up so well for her and her friend Mona by the end of this volume.
I also really liked that Heaven's good boy, Michael, finally stopped drinking God's Kool-aid.
I enjoyed the art of the last issue, by guest artist David Hahn. His style is pretty realistic-looking, which makes it clear--but he also has an interesting signature quirk with how he draws the inside of ears. They kinda look like Greek keys.
I also really liked that Heaven's good boy, Michael, finally stopped drinking God's Kool-aid.
I enjoyed the art of the last issue, by guest artist David Hahn. His style is pretty realistic-looking, which makes it clear--but he also has an interesting signature quirk with how he draws the inside of ears. They kinda look like Greek keys.
arachne_reads's review
4.0
It didn't feel either as epic or profound as previous volumes. The pace was a bit sleepy.
I do want to say that I deeply related to Jill's outright horror at carrying the Basanos' child. The common narrative in so many works when it comes to rape and pregnancy is that the woman learns to love the child spawned on her. I understand that every reaction to this situation is unique, complicated, and the woman's own decision, but it disturbs me that so much shelf space is devoted to the narrative of the "gift" child, the one good thing to come out of a horror. Sorry, no, that's not reality. It felt so good to read a competing narrative. I am so glad Mike Carey pried open a little space for the story of the woman who chooses not to make her body into a vessel. Reading that was a relief and a catharsis.
I do want to say that I deeply related to Jill's outright horror at carrying the Basanos' child. The common narrative in so many works when it comes to rape and pregnancy is that the woman learns to love the child spawned on her. I understand that every reaction to this situation is unique, complicated, and the woman's own decision, but it disturbs me that so much shelf space is devoted to the narrative of the "gift" child, the one good thing to come out of a horror. Sorry, no, that's not reality. It felt so good to read a competing narrative. I am so glad Mike Carey pried open a little space for the story of the woman who chooses not to make her body into a vessel. Reading that was a relief and a catharsis.