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204 reviews for:
Clean Room, Vol. 1: Immaculate Conception
Jenny Frison, Gail Simone, Jon Davis-Hunt, Todd Klein, Quinton Winter
3.81 AVERAGE
204 reviews for:
Clean Room, Vol. 1: Immaculate Conception
Jenny Frison, Gail Simone, Jon Davis-Hunt, Todd Klein, Quinton Winter
3.81 AVERAGE
it's okay. but it might be a grower. pretty fucking wierd and confusing and slow to start.
I will read the second one as I think it might possibly get somewhere interesting.
Also, another one of those comics that seems to be trying to interest you by just having a load of pointless nudity.
I will read the second one as I think it might possibly get somewhere interesting.
Also, another one of those comics that seems to be trying to interest you by just having a load of pointless nudity.
Rörigt och intetsägande. Tycker inte om någon av karaktärerna. Dock är den snyggt ritad och jag blir intresserad av vad det är för konstigt som pågår...
I'll be honest, Gail Simone could throw a rock at my head and I'd stand up and applaud her. Except she wouldn't because she's too damn nice. Regardless of that, I'm not a large fan of the horror genre, as I am a bit of an easy scare. When I first picked up Clean Room, I was just excited to read more of Gail's work, but soon, I was roped in. The art is so beautiful, and the storytelling is poetic at points, making for an incredible experience. I will warn you though, once you experience the horrors of Clean Room, you can never go back. The beautiful art takes a turn for the gory and unsettling, becoming haunting and terrifying. I don't want to give away any of the story, so i'll say this: Please, read Clean Room. You will not regret it.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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Five reasons to love this:
1. Batgirl losing Gail Simone hurt, but Clean Room makes it all worth it. I could be completely wrong, but I feel that when writers produce content for preexisting characters / canon (such as superheroes) they are limited. The writing and art has to sync with everything that has come before in order to function. Can the content still be knew and exciting? Absolutely, but it is always a part of this bigger thing that lies beyond what the contributing artist can control. There is a delicate balance that must be achieved, and if it isn’t handled with expertise the result can be disastrous. Simone proved that she can work within an established universe and still generate innovative content with her work for DC, but this migration to Vertigo is where she truly shines. She now has a blank canvas to work on and the result is badass.
2. Clean Room is a beautiful, believable nightmare. The self-help industry is booming. Walk into any library, bookstore, or Target and low and behold you shall find some form of self-improvement oozing from the shelves. What you don’t often see is quality control. Who’s to say what works? What is safe. Maybe everything out there isn’t so helpful, which is certainly the case with Astrid Mueller’s organization. There are darker, stranger elements to Clean Room that plants this firmly in the realm of fiction, but many elements feel plausible. It makes it all extra creepy.
3. That cover art, tho. Jenny Frison can render me in all my librarian glory any day. Her work is electric.
4. Give me diversity, or give me death. If there is one thing I love to see in comics, it’s diversity. Over the years I have noticed a steady uptick in female writers and artists in the industry. Each time I see a female crush the trade, it feels like they bring comics a bit closer to representing female readers. Gail Simone is one of those writers who truly pushes for inclusiveness and realistic representation in comics, and for that I am always grateful. However, this isn’t a woman card thing (whatever the hell that is), she’s just so damn good at what she does. It sets a precedence for awesome that tells female readers they have a place in comics. That they have a voice.
Diversity also flows from within, and with diverse creators comes the types of stories and characters I want to see: all walks of life, and in every shape, color, and size. Clean Room provides. Simone’s cast includes people of different ages, ethnicities, and sexual orientation. Davis-hunt’s illustrations work flawlessly with Simone’s writing, and the result is anything but vanilla.
5. It takes place in Florida. Call be bias, but when you place a scary story in my neck of the woods, consider me satisfied and honored. When you show me a chic swimming at night in a Florida pond, I’m terrified. It’s too real.
I could go on, but the thing is, you really must experience it for yourself. I am so in love with this series, and it should be on everyone’s TBR list.
Five reasons to love this:
1. Batgirl losing Gail Simone hurt, but Clean Room makes it all worth it. I could be completely wrong, but I feel that when writers produce content for preexisting characters / canon (such as superheroes) they are limited. The writing and art has to sync with everything that has come before in order to function. Can the content still be knew and exciting? Absolutely, but it is always a part of this bigger thing that lies beyond what the contributing artist can control. There is a delicate balance that must be achieved, and if it isn’t handled with expertise the result can be disastrous. Simone proved that she can work within an established universe and still generate innovative content with her work for DC, but this migration to Vertigo is where she truly shines. She now has a blank canvas to work on and the result is badass.
2. Clean Room is a beautiful, believable nightmare. The self-help industry is booming. Walk into any library, bookstore, or Target and low and behold you shall find some form of self-improvement oozing from the shelves. What you don’t often see is quality control. Who’s to say what works? What is safe. Maybe everything out there isn’t so helpful, which is certainly the case with Astrid Mueller’s organization. There are darker, stranger elements to Clean Room that plants this firmly in the realm of fiction, but many elements feel plausible. It makes it all extra creepy.
3. That cover art, tho. Jenny Frison can render me in all my librarian glory any day. Her work is electric.
4. Give me diversity, or give me death. If there is one thing I love to see in comics, it’s diversity. Over the years I have noticed a steady uptick in female writers and artists in the industry. Each time I see a female crush the trade, it feels like they bring comics a bit closer to representing female readers. Gail Simone is one of those writers who truly pushes for inclusiveness and realistic representation in comics, and for that I am always grateful. However, this isn’t a woman card thing (whatever the hell that is), she’s just so damn good at what she does. It sets a precedence for awesome that tells female readers they have a place in comics. That they have a voice.
Diversity also flows from within, and with diverse creators comes the types of stories and characters I want to see: all walks of life, and in every shape, color, and size. Clean Room provides. Simone’s cast includes people of different ages, ethnicities, and sexual orientation. Davis-hunt’s illustrations work flawlessly with Simone’s writing, and the result is anything but vanilla.
5. It takes place in Florida. Call be bias, but when you place a scary story in my neck of the woods, consider me satisfied and honored. When you show me a chic swimming at night in a Florida pond, I’m terrified. It’s too real.
I could go on, but the thing is, you really must experience it for yourself. I am so in love with this series, and it should be on everyone’s TBR list.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It's that time again! The 2025 Carterhaugh Summer Reading Challenge has begun! And they started it off with a hard one for me - read a book with a pink cover.
Now, I'm not girly at all, so I usually avoid things that are pink. So trying to see if I ACTUALLY saved a book I wanted to read that had a pink cover.
Well it took a while, but I found one! And it's a graphic novel that's been on my TBR list for a long time!
Clean Room was definitely different. We have a self-help guru that's trying to find something - what that is, we don't know. A journalist is trying to take down the self-help guru since reading her book led to his suicide. Throw in some invisible monsters, cults, and aliens and that's pretty much volume 1.
This was definitely not what I expected this to be at all when you look at the cover. Now that I kinda know what's going on, the cover is even creepier!
I'm glad I finally sat down to read this and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series!
Now, I'm not girly at all, so I usually avoid things that are pink. So trying to see if I ACTUALLY saved a book I wanted to read that had a pink cover.
Well it took a while, but I found one! And it's a graphic novel that's been on my TBR list for a long time!
Clean Room was definitely different. We have a self-help guru that's trying to find something - what that is, we don't know. A journalist is trying to take down the self-help guru since reading her book led to his suicide. Throw in some invisible monsters, cults, and aliens and that's pretty much volume 1.
This was definitely not what I expected this to be at all when you look at the cover. Now that I kinda know what's going on, the cover is even creepier!
I'm glad I finally sat down to read this and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series!
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
There’s the germ of an idea in here somewhere, but the whole plot of this was so convoluted I’m still not sure what the heck I read, and I have no interest in checking out volume 2 to see where this is going. Art is well done, if not really my thing on the whole.
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I have so many thoughts and I don’t think I would necessarily recommend this comic to anyone but i also desperately need to read till the end. So it’s definitely compelling.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Wtf did I just read! This book was weird, creepy and kind of awesome. Cant wait to see what happens next