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lukeisthename34's review
3.0
A bit rambly and heavy handed but great artwork and an interesting story.
zeldamac's review
3.0
3½
I really enjoyed this, the art and colors were very moving along with the story. The end was a bit cheesy and you saw it coming, but as a whole a good book.
I really enjoyed this, the art and colors were very moving along with the story. The end was a bit cheesy and you saw it coming, but as a whole a good book.
swalls95's review
2.0
I loved the imagery - felt the black&white with blue tones was beautiful but the story was just meh.
It was basically two con men trying to break into a bank, who, get done over by Dark Rain, an organisation made up of ex-army men, (but ends up getting the 'loot'). One of the conman has a daughter he can't pay for and therefore can't see, he falls for another girl and lives happily ever after. The End.
Very morally dubious especially as it set just after Hurricane Katrina.
Good graphic novel. Shit storyline.
It was basically two con men trying to break into a bank, who, get done over by Dark Rain, an organisation made up of ex-army men, (but ends up getting the 'loot'). One of the conman has a daughter he can't pay for and therefore can't see, he falls for another girl and lives happily ever after. The End.
Very morally dubious especially as it set just after Hurricane Katrina.
Good graphic novel. Shit storyline.
noysh's review
4.0
I think adventure stories should be more common in modern comics. I had a lot of fun reading Dark Rain as it felt quite a bit like a Tintin/heist genre mashup story to me. Setting is very much a character in this story.
amekatz's review
3.0
Two ex-cons turn to a militant group for help robbing a New Orleans bank after Hurricane Katrina hits, but the group double crosses them. Then they just happen to run into a guy who's planning on running with that same group and agrees to help them. A few other characters get added in rather implausible ways, struggle ensues, and everything comes out roses in the end. Maybe not the best story, but I still enjoyed reading it.
However, even more important than the storyline, Mat Johnson was spot on with the real life effects of Katrina. Nobody expected Katrina to be the killer she turned out to be; FEMA and the government were way too slow responding; there were bodies floating in the floodwaters; and looting and violence were rampant. The artwork was spot on for the story. The monochromatic shades of gray exudes the feeling of helplessness the flood gave, while the water's blue was how shocked everyone was when levees broke.
My husband and I live in Hattiesburg, and Katrina was category 2 when she came through here. Of course we didn't have the devastation of New Orleans and the coastal areas, but there was still much destruction here. Trees were down everywhere, many crashing through houses and vehicles. Telephone and power poles were snapped like toothpicks, wires hanging everywhere. We were blessed that the most damage was we lost all the shingles on our roof, and the insurance replaced that. Life was miserable though living without AC for a month, which is something hard to understand if you don't know what it's like to live in a high-humidity climate. We were without phone service for two weeks (I think). My family lives back in Colorado, and my dad started crying when I was finally able to call him he'd been so worried about us.
However, even more important than the storyline, Mat Johnson was spot on with the real life effects of Katrina. Nobody expected Katrina to be the killer she turned out to be; FEMA and the government were way too slow responding; there were bodies floating in the floodwaters; and looting and violence were rampant. The artwork was spot on for the story. The monochromatic shades of gray exudes the feeling of helplessness the flood gave, while the water's blue was how shocked everyone was when levees broke.
My husband and I live in Hattiesburg, and Katrina was category 2 when she came through here. Of course we didn't have the devastation of New Orleans and the coastal areas, but there was still much destruction here. Trees were down everywhere, many crashing through houses and vehicles. Telephone and power poles were snapped like toothpicks, wires hanging everywhere. We were blessed that the most damage was we lost all the shingles on our roof, and the insurance replaced that. Life was miserable though living without AC for a month, which is something hard to understand if you don't know what it's like to live in a high-humidity climate. We were without phone service for two weeks (I think). My family lives back in Colorado, and my dad started crying when I was finally able to call him he'd been so worried about us.
heypretty52's review
1.0
No. Just no. I couldn't even read all of this. I will never understand why extreme violence against animals is misguidedly used to express anger or some delusional sense of "bad-assery." No.
ursulamonarch's review
2.0
Interesting concept but the artistic style was not for me, and I found the subplots more intriguing than the central plot.
jamesdavidward's review
3.0
Pretty damn good, actually. A nice mix of humour, pathos, and thrills. Would like to read more from these authors.
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