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skybalon's review against another edition
4.0
Nicely drawn graphic novel with a pretty good set of stories. Nothing mind blowing but worth the read.
stilldirty's review against another edition
4.0
A few gems here (such as the title piece) and a bunch fairly random stories and snippets of Pope's earlier work. It works like a collection of his progress as style from the beginning. Really clever stuff in here, and also some musings on various things. Really dig it mostly for "One Trick Rip-Off" story, though.
pdz's review against another edition
2.0
I think this might be a great read for folks who are already Paul Pope fans. If I've read something by him, I can't quite place it.
His art is really emotive, but for me it's kind of overly so. Characters look the same. The first story was decent, and I enjoyed how the action was allowed to take place over the whole book. Tons and tons of action-filled panels. But ultimately it just fell flat for me.
After the main story, there's a bunch of "b-sides" I guess you'd call them. Short little comics that are riffs on bits of poetry, or small tales, the longest one being a food eating contest between some high school girls at an Indian restaurant. It's as compelling as you'd think it might be.
The back cover has Dave Gibbons describing this as a mix between underground comic books and hyper-kinetic manga. I guess since I'm not a fan of manga, maybe that's why it really didn't do it for me.
His art is really emotive, but for me it's kind of overly so. Characters look the same. The first story was decent, and I enjoyed how the action was allowed to take place over the whole book. Tons and tons of action-filled panels. But ultimately it just fell flat for me.
After the main story, there's a bunch of "b-sides" I guess you'd call them. Short little comics that are riffs on bits of poetry, or small tales, the longest one being a food eating contest between some high school girls at an Indian restaurant. It's as compelling as you'd think it might be.
The back cover has Dave Gibbons describing this as a mix between underground comic books and hyper-kinetic manga. I guess since I'm not a fan of manga, maybe that's why it really didn't do it for me.
mrpink44's review against another edition
2.0
The main story is decent, but the majority of the shorts are not worth the time. That being said, the artwork is gorgeous and worth looking at. Overall though, i can't recommend this considering all the other great works out there.
booknooknoggin's review against another edition
2.0
Rival gangs in LA and everyone is Asian...whether it be Indian or Chinese. This is set on the future, and they all have "one trick" which is some sort of ability. Basically The One Tricks want to rob this rival gang, and well if I told ya what happened it would be spoiled for you. But this was only the first half of this massive hardcover. The rest were short stories, which didn't impress me at all. Read at your own risk.
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