Reviews

Ex Machina: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 4 by Jim Clark, J.D. Mettler, Tony Harris, Jared K. Fletcher, Brian K. Vaughan

jakewritesbooks's review against another edition

4.0

I love Brian K. Vaughan's work. He has a great sense of humor and writes fantastic dialogue. The stuff here on religion, 9/11, life in NYC...just beautiful. The stuff on race...eh. A lot of that weird non-apology apology stuff that's par for the course in white liberalism. I appreciate his efforts there, mediocre though they are. At any rate, another great entry in this series I love.

modkuraika's review against another edition

4.0

That meta issue at the end is worth the price of admission alone.

shane_tiernan's review against another edition

4.0

As usual this was a lot of fun and the dialogue was amazing.

I think it was really smart of Vaughan to include all the flashbacks where the main character was actually a "super hero", even though he gets his butt kicked in most of them. Otherwise this would just a be normal fiction with a bit of sci-fi thrown in once in a while.

jammasterjamie's review against another edition

4.0

Dammit! I read these too quickly - They didn't have Book Five when I bought them this weekend so I ordered it online, but it hasn't arrived yet. I am really not fond of having to wait to see the conclusion of this monumentally fantastic series even for a day or two. Vaughan and Harris are crushing it every issue of this series, including the one they may not have worked on (that may be a hint at a small and inconsequential spoiler, so sorry). Here's hoping Book Five comes tomorrow...

------------2020 Reread Review--------------

I agree with what I said above: I'm reading these too quickly again. But they're just so bloody good that I can't help myself!

shirohige's review against another edition

3.0

Este penúltimo tomo cubre dos arcos argumentales y varios números unitarios centrados en personajes secundarios de la misma serie, así como el #40 que incluye una aparición de los autores del cómic ( Brian K Vaughan y Tony Harris). Aparición que ellos mismo se encargan de asociar con lo hecho por Morrison en su Animal Man.

El primer arco gira en torno a una visita al vaticano y el segundo entremezcla las aspiraciones de Hundreed a gobernador como una relación algo ambigua con el partido republicano, mientras en segunda linea sigue avanzando el plan de Kremlin que de seguro marcará el siguiente arco y pondrá fin a la serie.

Encaminamos el final.

chwaters's review against another edition

3.0

This series never fails to impress and delight. In this volume, Mayor Hundred goes to Rome for a chat with the Pope but forces are at work to turn his visit into an assassination. Can the Great Machine actually be hacked?
This volume isn't the most exciting of the series, but still gets the job done.
Concludes with an interesting story featuring the author and illustrator, which is always fun to me. Love it when the fourth wall is breached.

ethancf's review against another edition

4.0

Excited to see how this series wraps up - it's maintained quality throughout at a fairly consistent level, though this volume was I think the most spastic in terms of narrative focus. The art during Hundred's visions more than makes up for it however; this volume has the greatest art sequences in the series. The meta shift is a little tedious but plays with the story in a pretty cool way.

nharkins's review

4.0

definitely the weakest of the series, but still better than most comics out there, so any time spent with these characters is worthwhile. this was a bunch of random story bits that didn't make much sense (an exorcism with the pope??), and felt incomplete. there was even an issue where BKV (the author) and Tony Harris (the artist) put themselves in the comic to meet the protagonist, and made fun of artists who do that, but ultimately did it anyway.