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xphile's review against another edition
4.0
It is great to see a story that happens between the other books. Harry, put in charge of a green group of Wardens has to go fight a threat none of them should be able to handle. I hope to see more comics with these wardens in the future!
stelepami's review
2.0
Ick. Ick. The story had good bones, and as I tried to imagine it as if it had been written as a novel instead, and that was awesome! The art was super distracting and frankly, not good. I've seen better Harrys in the other graphic Dresden Files. There were a lot of problematic faces throughout with strange angles on them. I'm not saying that I could have done better, or even as well, but I'm saying that I expected better.
Then there was the oversexualization of everyone. I get it that it's a comics style, but still! I imagine Harry as decently handsome in a rough and slightly gawky way, but not with a six pack and bulging thews. The cover art featured in here was much closer to my conception of him. But it wasn't only the sexy, unreal bodies everyone sported, it was how the women were constantly posing in unnatural poses that were completely unreal for the moment the story was conveying. You're under attack by a bunch of vampires and scared out of your mind so you're going to stand there in your heels and miniskirt, stick out your butt and boobs and splay your legs while your blouse shows off your push-up-bra cleavage while you awkwardly point a gun out the window? It makes no sense. And I don't feel like Butcher wrote it with that intent.
Then let's talk about the coloring. I'm somehow going to pretend that I'm not pissed off about Harry's duster being brown instead of black because it still looks cool. But we need to examine what exactly happened to the guy named Pepper, who appears to be of Asian descent. He's yellow. Almost green at times.
In short, it was a cool story with distractingly disappointing art.
Then there was the oversexualization of everyone. I get it that it's a comics style, but still! I imagine Harry as decently handsome in a rough and slightly gawky way, but not with a six pack and bulging thews. The cover art featured in here was much closer to my conception of him. But it wasn't only the sexy, unreal bodies everyone sported, it was how the women were constantly posing in unnatural poses that were completely unreal for the moment the story was conveying. You're under attack by a bunch of vampires and scared out of your mind so you're going to stand there in your heels and miniskirt, stick out your butt and boobs and splay your legs while your blouse shows off your push-up-bra cleavage while you awkwardly point a gun out the window? It makes no sense. And I don't feel like Butcher wrote it with that intent.
Then let's talk about the coloring. I'm somehow going to pretend that I'm not pissed off about Harry's duster being brown instead of black because it still looks cool. But we need to examine what exactly happened to the guy named Pepper, who appears to be of Asian descent. He's yellow. Almost green at times.
In short, it was a cool story with distractingly disappointing art.
undertowsoul's review
4.0
I war beginning to forget how much I love the Harry Dresden books but this short story was enough to remind me. The graphics were fun but it's always been the character and the stories themselves that make the Dresden series so exceptional in my eyes. This quick novel was written well with the same spirit and voice as the novels and I thoroughly enjoyed it. While not quite as good as the novels, it is still very much a welcome edition to the universe of Harry Dresden.
schlinkles's review
3.0
This would've been a four for me if weren't for the continuing problem with editing that's been plaguing this series. The stories are good and I like the art, but there's just careless spelling mistakes and grammar problems everywhere in these. It's hard to look past that.
dissidentreviews's review
4.0
The premise is one big plot hole (why not simply give the reds the weapon?), but the resulting plot and action make for a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Review on my blog: https://nouw.com/cwidmann/the-dresden-files---graphic-novels-37670117
Review on my blog: https://nouw.com/cwidmann/the-dresden-files---graphic-novels-37670117
ruzgofdi's review
4.0
Does a little better at capturing some of the main character's sense of humor than the last collection. It still feels lacking in that regard compared to the novels. It also really shows in some spots that this is was originally individual issues that were released over time. Every few pages we're reminded again that his allies are rookies or that someone is setting them up.
The art is well done, with my only complaint being that's not how I pictured those characters.
Over all I really enjoyed this one.
The art is well done, with my only complaint being that's not how I pictured those characters.
Over all I really enjoyed this one.
slayra's review
4.0
Still not as good as "Welcome to the jungle" but definitely better than "Ghoul goblin". Dresden is sent on a mission for the White Council with three young wardens. He soon realizes there is something wrong and that they may not survive the night. I really enjoyed the art in this novel and the story was captivating. It has a bonus appearance at the end that just made my day. This is a great addition to the main series.
anuragsahay's review
5.0
Well, that was awesome.
The war between the White Council and the Red Court took up a major part of the Dresden Files book series until Changes, and one of the things that was always there was that we never seemed to see enough of the actual war until Changes itself - we often saw what the war was doing to folks, such as in Dead Beat, but actual focus on the war itself was rare.
This story is set right after Dead Beat and has Dresden acting as the lead Warden in a mission - I loved it. If you've read the short story backup, then there's some major weird stuff happening in this book, and the release of this story after Cold Days let's Butcher add a lot more flavour to the over-arching Outsiders-Old Gods plot that he's been building for a while.
All in all, I think this book actually proves me wrong about these comics being a way to write stories that don't impact the main plot - this story had a direct impact on the underlying Black Council stuff, even if it wasn't overt about it.
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Re-read review in anticipation of Peace Talks:
Again, I don't have much interesting to say that I didn't already say in my original review. I will say that I hope some of the threads from this story get picked up in the main novels.
The war between the White Council and the Red Court took up a major part of the Dresden Files book series until Changes, and one of the things that was always there was that we never seemed to see enough of the actual war until Changes itself - we often saw what the war was doing to folks, such as in Dead Beat, but actual focus on the war itself was rare.
This story is set right after Dead Beat and has Dresden acting as the lead Warden in a mission - I loved it. If you've read the short story backup, then there's some major weird stuff happening in this book, and the release of this story after Cold Days let's Butcher add a lot more flavour to the over-arching Outsiders-Old Gods plot that he's been building for a while.
All in all, I think this book actually proves me wrong about these comics being a way to write stories that don't impact the main plot - this story had a direct impact on the underlying Black Council stuff, even if it wasn't overt about it.
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Re-read review in anticipation of Peace Talks:
Again, I don't have much interesting to say that I didn't already say in my original review. I will say that I hope some of the threads from this story get picked up in the main novels.
kaleskorner's review
5.0
WE GOT THOMAS!! This story was worth every moment because we got Thomas. I feel so satisfied. It was a really interesting and very classic Dresden story. The Red Vampires are so scary, way scarier than I imagined them.
I also liked getting to see the other members of the Council. It was nice to see multiple forms of magic in this setting and style.
I also like how it gave you hints to the corruption in the White Council at the time. It was a great hint if I didn't know how the series was going to go then it would be a delicious treat. But I'm a little behind the eight ball on these. Still, it's so good and I just want more and more.
Conclusion: Keep
I also liked getting to see the other members of the Council. It was nice to see multiple forms of magic in this setting and style.
I also like how it gave you hints to the corruption in the White Council at the time. It was a great hint if I didn't know how the series was going to go then it would be a delicious treat. But I'm a little behind the eight ball on these. Still, it's so good and I just want more and more.
Conclusion: Keep