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craigmaxwell's review against another edition
2.0
The Saviors follows Tomas, a heavy weed smoker that is of a waster that still lives in his home town. Living out his normal life when one night that all changes when he come across a strange being.
*Mild spoilers ahead*
The Saviors has been one of the first graphic novels I've read where between each piece in the strip of visuals the sequence just doesn't flow. The images don't link up, leaving the narrative really messy. Also the illustrations in places aren't very clear, so it's hard to actually tell what is going on in the scene.
The main character Tomas had so many opportunities to be a humorous character but this was totally missed, with the writer just spewing out dialogue to quickly cover a checklist of points and missing out on how it could be delivered.
The colour transitions between the different issues was a really nice touch, with some of the character portraits being particularly beautiful.
I can't actually remember any of the characters after reading, it just seemed like as a reader you're forced to introduce yourself to 7 new characters 1/3 of the way through, just to have characters to potentially kill off. The narrative as a whole just seems so rushed, almost like your doing a piece of creative writing in an English exam and the Teacher says, "ok everyone, pens down stop writing" and you quickly write, "and it was all just a dream" or in this case, smoke weed and you can defeat aliens.
The plot had so much potential, but completely fell flat, a real shame! Christ - it's a bunch of weed smokers killing Aliens it should be Rick & Morty level funny but instead it's dull, dull, dull.
*Mild spoilers ahead*
The Saviors has been one of the first graphic novels I've read where between each piece in the strip of visuals the sequence just doesn't flow. The images don't link up, leaving the narrative really messy. Also the illustrations in places aren't very clear, so it's hard to actually tell what is going on in the scene.
The main character Tomas had so many opportunities to be a humorous character but this was totally missed, with the writer just spewing out dialogue to quickly cover a checklist of points and missing out on how it could be delivered.
The colour transitions between the different issues was a really nice touch, with some of the character portraits being particularly beautiful.
I can't actually remember any of the characters after reading, it just seemed like as a reader you're forced to introduce yourself to 7 new characters 1/3 of the way through, just to have characters to potentially kill off. The narrative as a whole just seems so rushed, almost like your doing a piece of creative writing in an English exam and the Teacher says, "ok everyone, pens down stop writing" and you quickly write, "and it was all just a dream" or in this case, smoke weed and you can defeat aliens.
The plot had so much potential, but completely fell flat, a real shame! Christ - it's a bunch of weed smokers killing Aliens it should be Rick & Morty level funny but instead it's dull, dull, dull.
nathanprimeau's review against another edition
4.0
Quick Thoughts:
A lot better than James Robinson seems to think it is. It was weird seeing a foreword written by the author that just shits on the book.
I thought it was a neat homage to the old alien invasion movies from days gone by, but with neat liberties taken on the concept.
It's a quick read, five issues collected in this volume, and I think alien invasion fans should definitely take it for a test run.
A lot better than James Robinson seems to think it is. It was weird seeing a foreword written by the author that just shits on the book.
I thought it was a neat homage to the old alien invasion movies from days gone by, but with neat liberties taken on the concept.
It's a quick read, five issues collected in this volume, and I think alien invasion fans should definitely take it for a test run.
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