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hamikka's review
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I should’ve read the fine print.
Comics anthologies are hit-or-miss for me. I like the publisher-based ones because even if I don’t like a bunch of the stories, I always come across a creator or 2 whose work I start following and fall in love with. I thought this was an anthology from different Image creators, and I love a ton of Image titles. What could go wrong?
Well, this is an anthology from one guy, just one guy, collaborating with different artists. Or not, as the comics are interspersed with self-indulgent, needs-an-editor, all-text essays. Or maybe just the pointless one about the Beatles. I flipped ahead and saw more chunks of text, but don’t care enough to see what they’re about. Anyway.
I confess that I didn’t read the entire volume, slim as it is. I scanned the contents page, saw Joe Casey on every single line, and read more pages than necessary to know that Joe Casey is not my guy. At all. Ever go on a blind date and you have a total aversion to the person for no discernible reason? That’s my reaction to Joe Casey.
I might flip through the rest to look at the art.
So, I didn’t find any new favorite authors in this anthology, but I found one that I should avoid. I guess that warning alone should make it 5 stars.
Comics anthologies are hit-or-miss for me. I like the publisher-based ones because even if I don’t like a bunch of the stories, I always come across a creator or 2 whose work I start following and fall in love with. I thought this was an anthology from different Image creators, and I love a ton of Image titles. What could go wrong?
Well, this is an anthology from one guy, just one guy, collaborating with different artists. Or not, as the comics are interspersed with self-indulgent, needs-an-editor, all-text essays. Or maybe just the pointless one about the Beatles. I flipped ahead and saw more chunks of text, but don’t care enough to see what they’re about. Anyway.
I confess that I didn’t read the entire volume, slim as it is. I scanned the contents page, saw Joe Casey on every single line, and read more pages than necessary to know that Joe Casey is not my guy. At all. Ever go on a blind date and you have a total aversion to the person for no discernible reason? That’s my reaction to Joe Casey.
I might flip through the rest to look at the art.
So, I didn’t find any new favorite authors in this anthology, but I found one that I should avoid. I guess that warning alone should make it 5 stars.
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