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jgregg42's review
5.0
Loved it
I’ve been a big fan of fear and loathing ever since college I love the book and the movie. This was a nice adaptation of the book
I’ve been a big fan of fear and loathing ever since college I love the book and the movie. This was a nice adaptation of the book
jmanchester0's review
3.0
At first, this is pretty funny.
If you can handle the intense drug use.
Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only real cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas.
Is there something wrong that this sometimes appeals to me? (Though, I guess, I wouldn't be driving from Hollywood.)
I may start using a cigarette holder, too. I don't smoke, but I could take it up.
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught.
And part of me wants to have this death cry:
"YOU'D BETTER TAKE CARE OF ME, LORD!
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ME ON YOUR HANDS."
But it kind of stopped being funny when they got some poor woman high and dumped her at another hotel.
And it got more and more disturbing.
Instead of wanting to be these people you started to pity and be disgusted by them.
This is almost a wonderful morality tale. Basically, if you're a white dude in this country you can get away with anything. Or at least a hell of a lot more than if you weren't. (I realize that his attorney was Samoan, but I think that if they were both brown-skinned these activities would have had different outcomes.)
And then it just ends.
I wouldn't have been surprised if it hadn't ended with him dying. But then, he is stuck in the Denver Airport, which is its own kind of hell.
As far as a comic, it's well-adapted, and the art is perfect. As far as the activities the characters partake in? Well, they're more toxic than not.
Thanks to NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors and Top Shelf Productions for a copy in exchange for an honest review.
If you can handle the intense drug use.
Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only real cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas.
Is there something wrong that this sometimes appeals to me? (Though, I guess, I wouldn't be driving from Hollywood.)
I may start using a cigarette holder, too. I don't smoke, but I could take it up.
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught.
And part of me wants to have this death cry:
"YOU'D BETTER TAKE CARE OF ME, LORD!
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ME ON YOUR HANDS."
But it kind of stopped being funny when they got some poor woman high and dumped her at another hotel.
And it got more and more disturbing.
Instead of wanting to be these people you started to pity and be disgusted by them.
This is almost a wonderful morality tale. Basically, if you're a white dude in this country you can get away with anything. Or at least a hell of a lot more than if you weren't. (I realize that his attorney was Samoan, but I think that if they were both brown-skinned these activities would have had different outcomes.)
And then it just ends.
I wouldn't have been surprised if it hadn't ended with him dying. But then, he is stuck in the Denver Airport, which is its own kind of hell.
As far as a comic, it's well-adapted, and the art is perfect. As far as the activities the characters partake in? Well, they're more toxic than not.
Thanks to NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors and Top Shelf Productions for a copy in exchange for an honest review.
nailz's review
4.0
Thought provoking
A good rendition of the original. The artwork does the writing justice. I enjoyed this version of Fear and Loathing.
A good rendition of the original. The artwork does the writing justice. I enjoyed this version of Fear and Loathing.
pmileham's review
3.0
I feel Troy Little did a great job illustrating this. I'm not familiar with the original story, so this was a good intro.
moniquemct's review
4.0
I received a copy of this for free from NetGalley
Brilliant art. This was just as weird and wonderful as I had hoped it would be.
Brilliant art. This was just as weird and wonderful as I had hoped it would be.
shiwa's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
jmbz38's review
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
deanna's review
4.0
This is a beautiful adaption of Thompson's most well-known work. Little's art style perfectly matches the absurd adventure the Doctor of Journalism's drug-addled mind takes the reader on. I recommend this to all Thompson fans as well as readers who love graphic novels in general.
iwanturpizza's review
5.0
Peace and blessings to NetGalley for giving me a free read of this book, hopefully I can convey my honest reaction accurately.
“But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country – but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that.”
Goodness gracious, what a crazy, fun, journey it was to see the worlds under the lenses of our dear protagonist’s sunglasses. Coming into this as a fan of the film, Terry Gilliam, as well as just crazy psychotropic hallucinogenic story telling, this was definitely a treat. Troy Little does such a great job at illustrating just some of these crazy drug fueled experiences, and heightened views of the world, that sometimes seem to rise from incredibly ordinary scenarios for those, currently, not on anything.
Some of my favorite moments came from when Little would make the text flow across the page, eventually turning upside down, eventually being pushed into a corner where all these thoughts and ideas are contained, quite literally in a corner. I really also enjoyed how every now and then some of the words that Raoul or his Attorney would say, would get slashed out, as if they didn’t mean what they had just said, in an attempt to fix, their already super aggressive and crazy way of responding. Literally turning the text into a character itself, and doing what the graphic novel format does well, and allows for a unique take on reading a novel.
“But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country – but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that.”
Goodness gracious, what a crazy, fun, journey it was to see the worlds under the lenses of our dear protagonist’s sunglasses. Coming into this as a fan of the film, Terry Gilliam, as well as just crazy psychotropic hallucinogenic story telling, this was definitely a treat. Troy Little does such a great job at illustrating just some of these crazy drug fueled experiences, and heightened views of the world, that sometimes seem to rise from incredibly ordinary scenarios for those, currently, not on anything.
Some of my favorite moments came from when Little would make the text flow across the page, eventually turning upside down, eventually being pushed into a corner where all these thoughts and ideas are contained, quite literally in a corner. I really also enjoyed how every now and then some of the words that Raoul or his Attorney would say, would get slashed out, as if they didn’t mean what they had just said, in an attempt to fix, their already super aggressive and crazy way of responding. Literally turning the text into a character itself, and doing what the graphic novel format does well, and allows for a unique take on reading a novel.
sixxinski's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0