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komencanto's review
3.0
Slightly messy and confusing as a primer on the man's life, though the messiness may be intentional/necessary for the subject.
skyepieonthefly's review
Honestly I couldn't finish this. The art was boring and so was the plot! It was like reading a really dull Wikipedia page with boring pictures. Didn't give me enough info to be educational and wasn't interesting enough to grab me.
btecbobdylan's review
3.0
'An asthma sufferer, like Ernesto Guevara / Too much Monte Cristo Number Four / Pass the Ventolin, I need some more / We have ways of making you think ...' - Super Furry Animals, 'Hermann ♥s Pauline'
A nice, speedy, enaging biography of the world's most iconic revolutionary. The man led a hell of a life. Although Rodriguez doesn't gloss over the man's flaws too much, this is an explicitly reverent book. It doesn't go super deep, because it's very short and uses a comic-strip format, and I don't know if I'd have bought it if Verso Books hadn't been doing a sale (big up Verso). But if you're interested in revolutionary history and don't want to read a hefty 'proper' biography, you'll enjoy this.
I like the artwork but Rodriguez cannot draw John F Kennedy for shit.
A nice, speedy, enaging biography of the world's most iconic revolutionary. The man led a hell of a life. Although Rodriguez doesn't gloss over the man's flaws too much, this is an explicitly reverent book. It doesn't go super deep, because it's very short and uses a comic-strip format, and I don't know if I'd have bought it if Verso Books hadn't been doing a sale (big up Verso). But if you're interested in revolutionary history and don't want to read a hefty 'proper' biography, you'll enjoy this.
I like the artwork but Rodriguez cannot draw John F Kennedy for shit.
jayme's review
1.0
I couldn't stand this book. It had zero flow. Each frame of the comic was accompanied with a sentence or two about Che's life, then it would jump to another part of his life. It was as if they made up a list of bulleted points that told the story of Che Guevara, then made a picture to go along with each one. Sometimes they make one of the people speak instead of just writing it in a box.
The only decent thing about this was the artwork. It had a really classic comic look that I thought suited the story really well. Too bad there wasn't really a story.
The only decent thing about this was the artwork. It had a really classic comic look that I thought suited the story really well. Too bad there wasn't really a story.
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