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diewachen's review
2.0
I'm not a fan of Mark Millar. I found Kick-Ass to be a poor attempt at gritty humor, filled with racism, sexism and homophobia. To be frank, if I had noticed Millar wrote this book before I picked it up from the library, I wouldn't have picked it up. Instead, I noticed Steve Dillon and vampires.
This isn't what you would call a "good" book. I'm behind on my reading of the Ultimate Universe, and there were several characters (Nerd Hulk and a new Daredevil) that seemed like they could be interesting. This book didn't do much to encourage me to read more, and (spoiler alert) didn't leave much of possibility for future exploration of these characters. There wasn't much of a plot, and there were huge leaps between scenes that really needed further explanation.
What it did have: Steve Dillon and vampires... and Blade. I have a soft spot for Blade. I really enjoyed the Midnight Sons (back in the day), and still enjoy even a poorly written Blade. It's unfortunate that the comic book Blade has been adjusted to reflect the movie Blade.
I really enjoy Steve Dillon, but have a hard time supporting that enjoyment when he has a large cast of characters to draw. The man only has a handful of faces in his bag of tricks. I like the style, but the colorist is very important when the cast gets too big (this story has a huge cast).
And vampires. Well, they were there, they were killing folks. If you liked Marvel Zombies, this is about as good as that, but with vampires and better art. In other words... Meh.
This isn't what you would call a "good" book. I'm behind on my reading of the Ultimate Universe, and there were several characters (Nerd Hulk and a new Daredevil) that seemed like they could be interesting. This book didn't do much to encourage me to read more, and (spoiler alert) didn't leave much of possibility for future exploration of these characters. There wasn't much of a plot, and there were huge leaps between scenes that really needed further explanation.
What it did have: Steve Dillon and vampires... and Blade. I have a soft spot for Blade. I really enjoyed the Midnight Sons (back in the day), and still enjoy even a poorly written Blade. It's unfortunate that the comic book Blade has been adjusted to reflect the movie Blade.
I really enjoy Steve Dillon, but have a hard time supporting that enjoyment when he has a large cast of characters to draw. The man only has a handful of faces in his bag of tricks. I like the style, but the colorist is very important when the cast gets too big (this story has a huge cast).
And vampires. Well, they were there, they were killing folks. If you liked Marvel Zombies, this is about as good as that, but with vampires and better art. In other words... Meh.
sebastianmihail's review against another edition
2.0
I fucking hate anything related to fucking vampires.
andrewgraphics's review against another edition
1.0
Repetitious, drawn out, lacking in development, etc
otherwyrld's review
3.0
This should have been a mega-epic story. Blade fighting with the Ultimate Avengers! Captain America and Nerd Hulk turned into Vampires! A vampire army attacking the Triskelion! Teleporting the entire Triskelion into the Iranian desert!
The story was entertaining enough, yet somehow it just failed to engage. For want of a better word it lacked bite (sorry, bad pun).
I usually love Steve Dillon's artwork but this wasn't his best work either. At times some of the fight scenes were lacking in dynamism and facial expressions were at little off. Even some of the anatomy was a little dodgy at times. However, the colouring was nice and at least the story panels were easy to follow on the page (not every artist can do this and Dillon is a good example of an artist who can produce tight, crisp story panels, which he learned working on the shorter page counts in 2000AD).
So, enjoyable but could have been so much better
The story was entertaining enough, yet somehow it just failed to engage. For want of a better word it lacked bite (sorry, bad pun).
I usually love Steve Dillon's artwork but this wasn't his best work either. At times some of the fight scenes were lacking in dynamism and facial expressions were at little off. Even some of the anatomy was a little dodgy at times. However, the colouring was nice and at least the story panels were easy to follow on the page (not every artist can do this and Dillon is a good example of an artist who can produce tight, crisp story panels, which he learned working on the shorter page counts in 2000AD).
So, enjoyable but could have been so much better
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