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maxpocalypse's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
4.5
This being a passion project of the legendary Sam Glanzman, the only thing holding this back from a 5 star rating is the fact that the story is not, and never will be, completed. In fact, the wider ambitions of this story are just really starting to unfold when this collection reaches the end of the available material. Still, what’s here is absolutely top shelf work. Sam’s art is, of course, incredible, but his writing is also captivating and engaging, something that he doesn’t get enough credit for. Any work by Mr Glanzman is essential for fans of the medium, and this is no exception.
geekwayne's review
2.0
'ATTU: The Collected Volumes' by Sam Glanzman features the two published books as well as a third never-before-published book. It's about cavemen and dinosaurs and space, but my review copy had terrible art reproductions.
Starting with a foreword by Jeff Lemire and an introduction by Timothy Truman, we learn about the history of the book, and some about the artist Sam Glanzman. The books follow.
Attu explores a mysterious cave which seems to have artifacts from the future and what looks like a crashed ship. Most interesting to him is the strange woman trapped in a glass case. Once she is freed, Attu learns that there is more to the universe than he could have imagined.
The volume concludes with an afterword by Stephen R. Bissette and an extras section.
Is this a classic? I don't think so. Sam Glanzman is a pretty good artist and I recommend another work I recently read by him called U.S.S. Stevens for a better example of his talent. Besides feeling really dated, the review copy I received looked like really bad photocopies and they were hard to read.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Dover Publications and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Starting with a foreword by Jeff Lemire and an introduction by Timothy Truman, we learn about the history of the book, and some about the artist Sam Glanzman. The books follow.
Attu explores a mysterious cave which seems to have artifacts from the future and what looks like a crashed ship. Most interesting to him is the strange woman trapped in a glass case. Once she is freed, Attu learns that there is more to the universe than he could have imagined.
The volume concludes with an afterword by Stephen R. Bissette and an extras section.
Is this a classic? I don't think so. Sam Glanzman is a pretty good artist and I recommend another work I recently read by him called U.S.S. Stevens for a better example of his talent. Besides feeling really dated, the review copy I received looked like really bad photocopies and they were hard to read.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Dover Publications and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
dantastic's review
3.0
This is a collection of the three Attu volumes written and drawn by Sam Glanzman, although the third one doesn't have much to do with the other two apart from taking place in the same world. The stories are okay but the art is spectacular. I love Sam Glanzman's gritty artwork but I prefer Joe Kubert's Tor over Attu in almost every way.