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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
A combination of Robocop and Richard Adams' The Plague Dogs, with some incredible panel work.
Whatever I was expecting it wasn't what this graphic novel was and it is all the better for that fact.
Fluffy talking animal journey meets automatic weapons. Really enjoyed it.
A very strange tale of weaponized animals and their escape from the lab. Far harsher than I wanted it to be, but it's not bad if you're looking for a quick read.
So... yeah. Let me premise why I picked this up in the first place, shall I? Somehow we got on the topic at work about animal cruelty. I don't remember how, to be completely honest. What I did remember, was that my comic loving co-worker mentioned that Grant Morrison had done a very brutal comic all about that topic. He warned me that it was sad, dark, and violent. Of course, being a curious person, I had to go and find out what he was talking about.
He was right.
This is a story about a secret project that turns common household pets into murderous, rampaging mech-monsters. From the very beginning, I knew that this book was going to hit me hard. If you have difficulty dealing with animal cruelty? Stay away from this book. It's bloody. It's violent. It's so, so very sad. I found myself completely wrapped up in the story of these three pets, of We3 and their devastatingly bleak existence. I wanted to stop reading, but I kept reading and hoping that the ending would work out for the best.
Whew. Anyone who says that comics can't be used to tell important stories, is dead wrong. What better way to make a point than to illustrate it in broad, vivid art?
He was right.
This is a story about a secret project that turns common household pets into murderous, rampaging mech-monsters. From the very beginning, I knew that this book was going to hit me hard. If you have difficulty dealing with animal cruelty? Stay away from this book. It's bloody. It's violent. It's so, so very sad. I found myself completely wrapped up in the story of these three pets, of We3 and their devastatingly bleak existence. I wanted to stop reading, but I kept reading and hoping that the ending would work out for the best.
Whew. Anyone who says that comics can't be used to tell important stories, is dead wrong. What better way to make a point than to illustrate it in broad, vivid art?
dark
emotional
sad
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
This is the type of story that I believe you can only tell through comics. Artists can do things on paper with drawings, perspective, and language that bring them together to create a sense of time or emotion or being in ways that are not possible in prose novels or movies.
I withheld giving the book 5 stars because it seems some of the storytelling is a little confusing at the beginning of the book and some passages can get almost too abstract to connect with the reader.
I withheld giving the book 5 stars because it seems some of the storytelling is a little confusing at the beginning of the book and some passages can get almost too abstract to connect with the reader.