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st_leo's review
3.0
Just finished reading this, so this is a first impression.
I really wanted to give this a 3.5. While it wasn't a fully satisfying experience, the fact that it is, after all, an anthology of Asian-American superhero comics makes it a notable accomplishment.
With that said, I could not quite accept all of them as worthwhile reads. The first third, with the exception of Jamie Ford's "Gaman," felt too didactic and had a sense of attempt at grasping too desperately at a moral cause behind each story. Some of the artwork felt a bit uninspired as well.
I did like most of the last third, however, with more contemporary and youthful pieces such as "David Kim" by John Kuramoto, "On the Third Day" by Johann Choi, and "Just Ordinary" by Nick Huang. They were fresh in the sense of not being too categorically superhero-esque, and comforting without trying to be too heartfelt. (Oh, and another notable mention goes to the last piece, "Peril" by Keith Chow.)
Overall, I enjoyed the whole experience even with the aforementioned not-so-great aspects.
I really wanted to give this a 3.5. While it wasn't a fully satisfying experience, the fact that it is, after all, an anthology of Asian-American superhero comics makes it a notable accomplishment.
With that said, I could not quite accept all of them as worthwhile reads. The first third, with the exception of Jamie Ford's "Gaman," felt too didactic and had a sense of attempt at grasping too desperately at a moral cause behind each story. Some of the artwork felt a bit uninspired as well.
I did like most of the last third, however, with more contemporary and youthful pieces such as "David Kim" by John Kuramoto, "On the Third Day" by Johann Choi, and "Just Ordinary" by Nick Huang. They were fresh in the sense of not being too categorically superhero-esque, and comforting without trying to be too heartfelt. (Oh, and another notable mention goes to the last piece, "Peril" by Keith Chow.)
Overall, I enjoyed the whole experience even with the aforementioned not-so-great aspects.
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