Reviews

Black Science, Vol. 1: How to Fall Forever by Rick Remender

liketheday's review

3.0

I mean, yeah, they're jumping around universes and stuff, but there's far more focus on the fact that the protagonist dude has been cheating on his wife with a coworker (with whom he and his kids are trapped in these other universes, DRAMA) in the first few issues and I was like, come on, get to the pseudoscience!
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the8th's review

1.0

I'm tired of reading these potential-comics, with almost-good-artwork, almost-good concepts, and the worst dialogue and story writing ever. Maybe it's just that I expect my comics to be art, just like I expect everything else to be, but seriously... such potential, lost.

cvanderheyden's review

adventurous sad fast-paced

5.0

mehitabels's review

3.0

This was an utterly depressing story, full of human hubris and hope, but it did not disappoint. Bleak, but interesting, exciting and loving, desperate and adulterous.

I am not sure if I recommend it or not, but it is definitely worth reading.

dantastic's review

2.0

Grant McKay and his Anarchist League of Scientists build a device called The Pillar and punched a hole into another universe, only to have a saboteur strike and damage the machine. Will they ever find their way back home?

Black Science is a Stargate/Sliders/Land of the Lost kind of comic. While that sounds great, I was fairly disappointed.

All the winning ingredients are here, concept-wise. Too bad none of the characters are anything special. I also didn't care for the art very much. I liked the core concept quite a bit and there were some elements that I liked but it ultimately didn't do it for me. The story felt like too much, too soon, like Remender was trying to cram in as much stuff as he could. It kind of felt like a Grant Morrison book where he throws a thousand barely developed ideas at you when it would have been fine to just get three or four coherent ones.

I think if a different artist had been used or things were slowed down a bit, I would have liked it more. Not my cup of tea but I won't begrudge anyone who enjoys it. Two stars.

Last thing - Why would a fish woman have boobs?

kennethtcox's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

reickel's review

4.0

Frantic start, and seems like might be a frantic series overall (which would fit thematically), but once I was able to grab hold of what was happening to everyone all at once -- pretty exciting.

I know that the series is complete and very well-regarded, which helps me see past the hitches and into the potential of this first volume. Unfortunate that the formats available are nine thin and flimsy trades like this one, or one MASSIVE paperback of over 1,100 pages.

maryehavens's review

3.0

I enjoyed this afternoon delight while I sweated on the front porch. Definitely fast paced and a little discombobulating but it hits it's groove soon enough.
A co-worker let me borrow this because of my Saga obsession. And I did enjoy it. But I love the love story in Saga and this series, with the entire "look out for my kids" storyline" couldn't compete.
If others wander over to me, I will certainly read them. But if they don't, I'm cool with that too.

weltenkreuzer's review

3.0

Sehr spannendes Grundthema und gute Konzeption der Handlung. Manchmal jedoch wegen nachlässiger Zeichnung der Figuren schwer nachzuvollziehen und in meinen Augen zu actionlastig.

ppetropoulakis's review

4.0

The first volume of black science is a frenetic take on the dimension sliders concept. Wonderfully imaginative and well executed art combined with a complex story with minimum exposition.