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geekwayne's review against another edition
2.0
'The Grand Abyss Hotel' by Marcos Prior with art by David Rubin is a layered ambitious graphic novel that seeks to show how fake news can change a society.
Neoliberalism has taken control, and tv news screams with stories, but which ones are true? A masked vigilante decides to fight back by fighting politicians and social media. He's no hero, but the people rally behind him.
The style reminded me a bit of a cross between The Dark Knight Returns and V For Vendetta, but it kind of lost me in all the noise. The story is told in layers, and it's presented as a lot of media chatter. I get what was attempted. It just didn't work for me. I did like the art, and enjoyed looking at the full pages with all the chaotic layouts.
Neoliberalism has taken control, and tv news screams with stories, but which ones are true? A masked vigilante decides to fight back by fighting politicians and social media. He's no hero, but the people rally behind him.
The style reminded me a bit of a cross between The Dark Knight Returns and V For Vendetta, but it kind of lost me in all the noise. The story is told in layers, and it's presented as a lot of media chatter. I get what was attempted. It just didn't work for me. I did like the art, and enjoyed looking at the full pages with all the chaotic layouts.
sizrobe's review against another edition
4.0
The art was top notch, but there isn't much of a plot. This book is basically a collage of both art and ideas, some of which are at least moderately thought provoking, but it would have been nice if it were tied together with some kind of coherent story. It has a lot to say, but comes off a bit pretentious in saying it. You could do a lot worse for modern commentary, though.
slimikin's review against another edition
2.0
Um. The art was decent, if noisy. But if there was a plot buried beneath the vignettes of misery and violence and desperation, I couldn't find it. And while the rivalry between the firefighters and police was hilarious, none of the other vignettes offered any fresh interpretations of The Inevitable Demise of Capitalistic Democracy.
chadleyc's review against another edition
1.0
The art is somewhat interesting- very reminiscent of Paul Pope- but the writing and the format are dense and muddied. I found myself looking at the art and ignoring the words.
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