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tishywishy's review
4.0
The Vision is an interesting comic - touching on xenophobia, technophobia, and how one of the world's strongest heroes can become a villain for his family. I don't think I will continue this series because Marvel series never seem to come to an end but would recommend it to those who prefer darker comics.
hakimbriki's review
4.0
Great fresh take on a beloved character. I’d love to see this adapted into the big screen… in spite of the superhero « fatigue », I think it’d be a good addition to the MCU.
marieintheraw's review
4.0
It took a few issues to become invested in the story, but oh, was I invested by the end.
ponch22's review
4.0
Saw [a:Tom King|6423138|Tom King|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442632976p2/6423138.jpg]'s [b:Vision|35838422|The Vision|Tom King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1517387406l/35838422._SY75_.jpg|57347085] on a list of great standalone graphic novels and picked up [b:Vol 1|30812645|Vision, Vol. 1 Little Worse Than A Man|Tom King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1467219267l/30812645._SY75_.jpg|49571362] (and Vol 2) through Libby.
The first six issues are a quick read and feel like a Vision-focused version of the Disney+ show Wandavision. Whereas that show centered around Wanda and her family in the suburbs, this story focuses on Vision and his synthetic family in the suburbs.
Maybe I'm too used to Paul Bettany's Vision, but here he and his family speak a little too robotically. Plus, there's often a narration that runs alongside dialog and it was sometimes difficult to follow both tracks—I had to reread several pages to understand both the scene and the relevant commentary.
But the art and story are fantastic. I love how [a:Gabriel Hernandez Walta|3856312|Gabriel Hernández Walta|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1564958819p2/3856312.jpg] always makes the Visions look so odd. Plus, King has mentioned a few things that (I assume) are going to happen in [b:Vol 2|29507117|The Vision, Volume 2 Little Better than a Beast|Tom King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1480727492l/29507117._SY75_.jpg|49796441], so I'm excited to finish off this story and see how it all ends up.
The first six issues are a quick read and feel like a Vision-focused version of the Disney+ show Wandavision. Whereas that show centered around Wanda and her family in the suburbs, this story focuses on Vision and his synthetic family in the suburbs.
Maybe I'm too used to Paul Bettany's Vision, but here he and his family speak a little too robotically. Plus, there's often a narration that runs alongside dialog and it was sometimes difficult to follow both tracks—I had to reread several pages to understand both the scene and the relevant commentary.
But the art and story are fantastic. I love how [a:Gabriel Hernandez Walta|3856312|Gabriel Hernández Walta|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1564958819p2/3856312.jpg] always makes the Visions look so odd. Plus, King has mentioned a few things that (I assume) are going to happen in [b:Vol 2|29507117|The Vision, Volume 2 Little Better than a Beast|Tom King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1480727492l/29507117._SY75_.jpg|49796441], so I'm excited to finish off this story and see how it all ends up.
shea_proulx's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
rakoerose's review
4.0
Watching everything unfold in this is like watching a wreck: you just can’t look away. You know what’s coming, but you can’t tear back your gaze.
Many of their neighbors took pictures with the Visions to post on their various pages.
Many of them took pictures of the Visions to post on their various pages.
Sure, Vision, create for yourself a family and drop them in the middle of the suburb. Nothing could possibly go wrong. Enroll your kids - who are fantastic, unique, and different - into high school, one of the most judgmental places ever. Nothing could possibly go wrong.
This was a fascinating read that explored a concept I think a lot of people think about if they deliberate on Vision long enough: what if he weren’t alone?
The art style in this is also just really nice on the eyes. I think because in my version I was tapping from panel to panel, I could deliberate on the details and they were great!
Many of their neighbors took pictures with the Visions to post on their various pages.
Many of them took pictures of the Visions to post on their various pages.
Sure, Vision, create for yourself a family and drop them in the middle of the suburb. Nothing could possibly go wrong. Enroll your kids - who are fantastic, unique, and different - into high school, one of the most judgmental places ever. Nothing could possibly go wrong.
This was a fascinating read that explored a concept I think a lot of people think about if they deliberate on Vision long enough: what if he weren’t alone?
The art style in this is also just really nice on the eyes. I think because in my version I was tapping from panel to panel, I could deliberate on the details and they were great!
unladylike's review
5.0
This is a damn near perfect horror comic. That's right, you might notice I'm not shelving this with "superheroes," and it's surprisingly not even a family or high school drama, despite some of the plot points and elements coming from those genres. Issue #1 alone accomplishes so much quality story-telling across a broad spectrum that I had to pace myself carefully and re-read text captions throughout the whole collection.
The Vision by Tom King is a story based on real-world and contemporary bigotry against POC, immigrants, and synthezoids. Every panel is laid out and illustrated deliberately and in a manner Neil Gaiman, David Lynch, or Stephen King would likely applaud. We the readers are given myriad reasons to sympathize with the protagonist family of misfits, just trying to exist with some semblance of normalcy, even though they were brought into being through science, and hold power and potential far beyond anyone else in their environment.
Like a good horror story, the violence is suspended and comes as a shock. I gasped when I realized this was not the kind of comic I thought it was going to be. And then the quality in writing and visual storytelling just continues strong through the finish of #6. We are given ominous tidbits of information about the future which serve well to increase the anticipation and tremulous heartbreak.
I'm going to have to read this multiple times, and own it, because I haven't read a comic this good, and certainly not a horror story of this caliber, in some time.
The Vision by Tom King is a story based on real-world and contemporary bigotry against POC, immigrants, and synthezoids. Every panel is laid out and illustrated deliberately and in a manner Neil Gaiman, David Lynch, or Stephen King would likely applaud. We the readers are given myriad reasons to sympathize with the protagonist family of misfits, just trying to exist with some semblance of normalcy, even though they were brought into being through science, and hold power and potential far beyond anyone else in their environment.
Like a good horror story, the violence is suspended and comes as a shock. I gasped when I realized this was not the kind of comic I thought it was going to be. And then the quality in writing and visual storytelling just continues strong through the finish of #6. We are given ominous tidbits of information about the future which serve well to increase the anticipation and tremulous heartbreak.
I'm going to have to read this multiple times, and own it, because I haven't read a comic this good, and certainly not a horror story of this caliber, in some time.
amfrtsedi's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
noan's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75