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tobin_elliott's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
- The End, The Doors
And, after 100 issues, collected into (fittingly) 13 trades, the story of the Trust and the Minutemen comes to an end—well, aside from the Brother Lono coda that I'm about to start—and I'm impressed, I'm elated, I'm exhausted, and I'm bummed.
I will say, the convoluted twists and turns in the last couple of collections do get a bit confusing, but this one lays it all out and explains it all. And, even better?
I knew how this was all gonna end. Absolutely had it nailed.
And, in one final, impressive stroke, they pulled one final twist on me...because it did not end as I expected.
This is very likely my favourite graphic novel series, ever.
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
- The End, The Doors
And, after 100 issues, collected into (fittingly) 13 trades, the story of the Trust and the Minutemen comes to an end—well, aside from the Brother Lono coda that I'm about to start—and I'm impressed, I'm elated, I'm exhausted, and I'm bummed.
I will say, the convoluted twists and turns in the last couple of collections do get a bit confusing, but this one lays it all out and explains it all. And, even better?
I knew how this was all gonna end. Absolutely had it nailed.
And, in one final, impressive stroke, they pulled one final twist on me...because it did not end as I expected.
This is very likely my favourite graphic novel series, ever.
ayushk21's review
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
mrsbooknerd's review
1.0
Never have I been so confused by a series that I concentrated on so freaking hard!
Characters that were good, suddenly became 'bad'. Bad guys were suddenly fighting for good. But everyone was killing everyone anyway, so how 'good' or 'bad' was anyone really?
That person that you thought had died, nah, he has been shot a gazillion times, including one round right to the head, but he is just going to get up and come at you again like the Hulk. Oh you thought that he was a different character? Nah mate, they all just look really similar and have similar names so you never really know who is who and what team they're on.
Oh and that major plot point that you've just stumbled across? We foreshadowed that THIRTY COMICS AGO, HOW CAN YOU NOT REMEMBER AMDIST ALL THE 'WHAD'DUP IMMA KILL YA' DIALOGUE.
Oh thought you were reading about events in the present day? Well joke is on you because this has been the past and you haven't noticed! Muaahahahahaha...
And what better way to end it than with no concrete conclusion and everyone just dying... This was so much more enjoyable when you had those comics that were a man giving free reign to someone who wanted revenge. Those were the good old days.
Characters that were good, suddenly became 'bad'. Bad guys were suddenly fighting for good. But everyone was killing everyone anyway, so how 'good' or 'bad' was anyone really?
That person that you thought had died, nah, he has been shot a gazillion times, including one round right to the head, but he is just going to get up and come at you again like the Hulk. Oh you thought that he was a different character? Nah mate, they all just look really similar and have similar names so you never really know who is who and what team they're on.
Oh and that major plot point that you've just stumbled across? We foreshadowed that THIRTY COMICS AGO, HOW CAN YOU NOT REMEMBER AMDIST ALL THE 'WHAD'DUP IMMA KILL YA' DIALOGUE.
Oh thought you were reading about events in the present day? Well joke is on you because this has been the past and you haven't noticed! Muaahahahahaha...
And what better way to end it than with no concrete conclusion and everyone just dying... This was so much more enjoyable when you had those comics that were a man giving free reign to someone who wanted revenge. Those were the good old days.
nharkins's review
3.0
well, i finished it. and this story is just one big muddled mess. i would've given
this volume only 2 stars if there weren't several truly magnificent/5-star scenes.
but the glue connecting them is 2-star weak, so we land at 3. gotta round down.
this volume only 2 stars if there weren't several truly magnificent/5-star scenes.
but the glue connecting them is 2-star weak, so we land at 3. gotta round down.
xterminal's review
4.0
Brian Azzarello, 100 Bullets: Wilt (Vertigo, 2009)
If you've been following 100 Bullets, you've probably got the idea that when it came down to the last volume, Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso were going to blow up the entire world. And they fulfill pretty much every expectation you have in Wilt, the thirteenth and final volume in the series. And while I adored it as much as I've adored every other book in the series, I found myself thinking over and over again that while everything is blowing up, the really big feeling I thought I was going to get from this volume just wasn't there. There's all the physical violence one would expect from the big finish of a noir series, to be sure, but the emotional violence feels...copped-out, I guess. We get it, as we always have, but to a scene, all of it comes from tying up loose ends in the series. (Ever wonder what happened to the thread at the end of The Hard Way that never got tied up? Don't worry.) It almost seems like the authors have spent so much time with these characters that they wanted us to simply cheer at the end. I kept waiting for that other shoe to drop, which has been an inevitability in this series, and it just never comes. (Though I'm sure an argument could be made that the last page delivers it; me, I kind of thought it had the feel of the scene from Hannibal that annoyed so many people and I thought was insanely predictable.)
Still, if you take that aspect away from it, this is as satisfying a series ending as I've seen in the world of graphic novels, and readers who have been following along won't be disappointed. And if you haven't been following along, well, the series is now complete; you can read it all in one gulp, if you like. One way or the other, 100 Bullets is very, very much worth your time. ****
If you've been following 100 Bullets, you've probably got the idea that when it came down to the last volume, Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso were going to blow up the entire world. And they fulfill pretty much every expectation you have in Wilt, the thirteenth and final volume in the series. And while I adored it as much as I've adored every other book in the series, I found myself thinking over and over again that while everything is blowing up, the really big feeling I thought I was going to get from this volume just wasn't there. There's all the physical violence one would expect from the big finish of a noir series, to be sure, but the emotional violence feels...copped-out, I guess. We get it, as we always have, but to a scene, all of it comes from tying up loose ends in the series. (Ever wonder what happened to the thread at the end of The Hard Way that never got tied up? Don't worry.) It almost seems like the authors have spent so much time with these characters that they wanted us to simply cheer at the end. I kept waiting for that other shoe to drop, which has been an inevitability in this series, and it just never comes. (Though I'm sure an argument could be made that the last page delivers it; me, I kind of thought it had the feel of the scene from Hannibal that annoyed so many people and I thought was insanely predictable.)
Still, if you take that aspect away from it, this is as satisfying a series ending as I've seen in the world of graphic novels, and readers who have been following along won't be disappointed. And if you haven't been following along, well, the series is now complete; you can read it all in one gulp, if you like. One way or the other, 100 Bullets is very, very much worth your time. ****
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