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hannah5273's review against another edition
2.0
the plot is fine but i’m not huge on the art. it’s weird and it makes jessica look like a washed up forty something year old that smokes a pack a day. also it being marked as explicit is pointless. omitting the f word would have kept the book pretty much the same. no grittier than any other marvel comic if i’m being honest.
amyjoy's review against another edition
4.0
I was a little disappointed that we didn't meet The Purple Man in this first volume, but overall, I really enjoyed it. I like the way they set up this character and really fleshed her out with a few short story arcs. I really hope that we get to see more of her relationship with Carol Danvers.
ETA: I forgot to mention that I really like what Bendis does with the panels here. He uses lots of smaller panels to stretch moments out & really ratchet up the tension. There's also lots of blank space around the panels which gives the story room & keeps it from feeling frenzied. Really excellent.
ETA: I forgot to mention that I really like what Bendis does with the panels here. He uses lots of smaller panels to stretch moments out & really ratchet up the tension. There's also lots of blank space around the panels which gives the story room & keeps it from feeling frenzied. Really excellent.
britterization's review
4.0
I read the book because I looooooooooooved the Netflix series, and while I'm not sure that I loooooooooooooved the graphic novel series, I'm totally enjoying it so far. Its similar (Jessica Jones here is very close/the same as what's presented in the Netflix series) to the Netflix series in character, though pretty different in plot. Matt Murdock and Luke Cage showed up, and I'm wondering if any of these plotlines will be used to unite the Defenders...I guess only time will tell. Also, no Patsy so far. Carol Danvers (AKA Captain Marvel) seems to be fulfilling that role for the time being...
4 stars. I really liked it!
4 stars. I really liked it!
samwescott's review against another edition
3.0
Eh? It's wasn't very good.
I know I'm going to say The Worst Thing, but I started this comic after loving the Jessica Jones Netflix series and this comic just doesn't do much for me. Apparently, Kristen Ritter is an even better actor than I thought, because without her wit and demeanor, this comic just falls completely flat. There is NO humor. None. And it none of the characters are remotely likable. Jessica herself has no personality and Luke Cage actually comes across as really harsh and creepy, which is disappointing.
Also, the style of the comic just didn't work for me. The art was really dark, and had a weird, angsty vibe to it. Not suave enough to fit the Noir tones this comic could have had, but also too heavy-handed not to overwhelm the story. Also, there was something about how the speech bubbles were formatted that just didn't click for me. I kept getting lost.
My husband has the next two volumes in this series, so I'll read them and see if it gets any better. Maybe I just need more time to figure out Bendis' style? And, I mean, the story is pretty ok. This is mostly a clash of personal taste. It's not awful. It just also wasn't very good...
I know I'm going to say The Worst Thing, but I started this comic after loving the Jessica Jones Netflix series and this comic just doesn't do much for me. Apparently, Kristen Ritter is an even better actor than I thought, because without her wit and demeanor, this comic just falls completely flat. There is NO humor. None. And it none of the characters are remotely likable. Jessica herself has no personality and Luke Cage actually comes across as really harsh and creepy, which is disappointing.
Also, the style of the comic just didn't work for me. The art was really dark, and had a weird, angsty vibe to it. Not suave enough to fit the Noir tones this comic could have had, but also too heavy-handed not to overwhelm the story. Also, there was something about how the speech bubbles were formatted that just didn't click for me. I kept getting lost.
My husband has the next two volumes in this series, so I'll read them and see if it gets any better. Maybe I just need more time to figure out Bendis' style? And, I mean, the story is pretty ok. This is mostly a clash of personal taste. It's not awful. It just also wasn't very good...
jjstallone's review against another edition
2.5
I think this one just wasn’t for me. It was interesting to see how this was adapted into the show we later got, but sometimes it just felt dark and gritty for no particular reason other than it being a dark and gritty book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual content
airypaola's review against another edition
4.0
Pareciera que la cultura pop actual estuviese girando en torno a los antihéroes.
Para aquellos que recién comienzan a familiarizarse con este término, les comparto que el diccionario de Oxford define a un antihéroe como "Personaje de una obra de ficción que desempeña el mismo papel de importancia y protagonismo que el héroe tradicional, pero que carece de sus características de perfección por tener las virtudes y defectos de una persona normal."
A pesar de que estos personajes existen ya desde hace varios años, la tendencia parece ir inclinándose hacia un nuevo tipo de antihéroe, y quien mejor para personificar dicha definición que Jessica Jones.
El detective privado alcohólico que usa su fuerza bruta y astucia para explorar a través de sus casos el lado humano mas oscuro de las personas es todo un cliché ... ¿pero una mujer que en su pasado solía ser una heroína de Marvel y que ahora ha decidido rechazar ese alias para convertirse en detective privado?
Eso es nuevo
Jessica Jones: Alias (Vol. 1) de Brian Michael Bendis y Michael Gaydos recopila los ejemplares #1 al #9 publicados por primera vez en 2001.
El volumen 1 comienza con una carta a los lectores escrita por Jeph Loeb en 2002 en donde habla acerca de como en su momento no podían publicar estos ejemplares porque la primera palabra escrita en ellos era Fuck . Esa pequeña palabra comenzó en si una revolución porque a pesar del hecho de que forma parte del lenguaje cotidiano de la gente en E.E.U.U, nunca había sido usada en los cómics de Marvel. La línea MAX Comics (dirigida a lectores mayores de 17 años) nació a raíz de esto; un riesgo bien tomado ya que inmediatamente recibió la aprobación del público lector.
En Alias, el pasado como superheroína de la detective privada Jessica Jones es tanto una bendición como una maldición. No necesitamos ir mas allá de la escena inicial (la cual podría verse como un homenaje a la película clasica Chinatown para agarrar el tono de la historia que vamos a leer. El mundo de Jessica no es un mundo de glamour; no hay capas, guaridas secretas ni disfraces de spandex, pero no por eso deja de ser menos fascinante.
Los años 50s vieron el nacimiento y el boom de un tipo de películas comúnmente llamadas "Film Noir" (literalmente traducido como película negra) las cuales hablaban de hombres malos - y mujeres peores comúnmente llamadas femme fatale- que comenzaban la historia con su protagonista tocando fondo sólo para descubrir que podrían ir incluso mas abajo.
Bajo esa premisa, no encuentro una mejor manera para describir a Jessica Jones: Alias (Vol. 1) como un tipo de "Comic Book Noir".
El mundo creado por Bendis y Gaydos es uno imperdible para todos los fans adultos de Marvel.
4.5/5 estrellas
Para aquellos que recién comienzan a familiarizarse con este término, les comparto que el diccionario de Oxford define a un antihéroe como "Personaje de una obra de ficción que desempeña el mismo papel de importancia y protagonismo que el héroe tradicional, pero que carece de sus características de perfección por tener las virtudes y defectos de una persona normal."
A pesar de que estos personajes existen ya desde hace varios años, la tendencia parece ir inclinándose hacia un nuevo tipo de antihéroe, y quien mejor para personificar dicha definición que Jessica Jones.
El detective privado alcohólico que usa su fuerza bruta y astucia para explorar a través de sus casos el lado humano mas oscuro de las personas es todo un cliché ... ¿pero una mujer que en su pasado solía ser una heroína de Marvel y que ahora ha decidido rechazar ese alias para convertirse en detective privado?
Eso es nuevo
Jessica Jones: Alias (Vol. 1) de Brian Michael Bendis y Michael Gaydos recopila los ejemplares #1 al #9 publicados por primera vez en 2001.
El volumen 1 comienza con una carta a los lectores escrita por Jeph Loeb en 2002 en donde habla acerca de como en su momento no podían publicar estos ejemplares porque la primera palabra escrita en ellos era Fuck . Esa pequeña palabra comenzó en si una revolución porque a pesar del hecho de que forma parte del lenguaje cotidiano de la gente en E.E.U.U, nunca había sido usada en los cómics de Marvel. La línea MAX Comics (dirigida a lectores mayores de 17 años) nació a raíz de esto; un riesgo bien tomado ya que inmediatamente recibió la aprobación del público lector.
En Alias, el pasado como superheroína de la detective privada Jessica Jones es tanto una bendición como una maldición. No necesitamos ir mas allá de la escena inicial (la cual podría verse como un homenaje a la película clasica Chinatown para agarrar el tono de la historia que vamos a leer. El mundo de Jessica no es un mundo de glamour; no hay capas, guaridas secretas ni disfraces de spandex, pero no por eso deja de ser menos fascinante.
Los años 50s vieron el nacimiento y el boom de un tipo de películas comúnmente llamadas "Film Noir" (literalmente traducido como película negra) las cuales hablaban de hombres malos - y mujeres peores comúnmente llamadas femme fatale- que comenzaban la historia con su protagonista tocando fondo sólo para descubrir que podrían ir incluso mas abajo.
Bajo esa premisa, no encuentro una mejor manera para describir a Jessica Jones: Alias (Vol. 1) como un tipo de "Comic Book Noir".
El mundo creado por Bendis y Gaydos es uno imperdible para todos los fans adultos de Marvel.
4.5/5 estrellas
beccalicious666's review
5.0
Showing a different side to the Marvel universe, Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 1 introduces us to the character of Jessica Jones, a former superhero turned private detective. From the first issue it quickly becomes clear this isn't your average superhero story. The first page introduces us with a flurry "fuck" and it's not long before we see the character almost passed out in a bar when she meets with popular Marvel superhero, Luke Cage. What follows is a brief sex scene between the two that leaves a lot to the imagination but shows us much about Jessica's character from her facial expressions that look like she's possibly in pain as well as her inner thoughts where she says she wants him to do whatever he wants to her just so that she can feel something.
The first story arc involves Jessica being hired to look for someone who is revealed to be romantically involved with a powerful figure in the Marvel universe, drawing Jessica into a world of conspiracy and paranoia as she ends up dead centre in a situation she's not prepared for. The second brings in the character of Rick Jones in a much less action packed story but affective nonetheless, something that works well here are excerpts from a book written by Rick Jones that detail his adventures with some of the superheroes of the Marvel universe and gives us a different insight into the world of the Avengers.
This is a must read for any comic book fan but I would definitely recommend to anyone who is not much of one as it offers a different perspective into this world and introduces a well written and complex character.
The first story arc involves Jessica being hired to look for someone who is revealed to be romantically involved with a powerful figure in the Marvel universe, drawing Jessica into a world of conspiracy and paranoia as she ends up dead centre in a situation she's not prepared for. The second brings in the character of Rick Jones in a much less action packed story but affective nonetheless, something that works well here are excerpts from a book written by Rick Jones that detail his adventures with some of the superheroes of the Marvel universe and gives us a different insight into the world of the Avengers.
This is a must read for any comic book fan but I would definitely recommend to anyone who is not much of one as it offers a different perspective into this world and introduces a well written and complex character.
happy_hiker's review
3.0
3.5 stars. I picked this up because I am watching the "Jessica Jones" series and enjoying it. I do not usually read graphic novels, but I liked this one well enough that I will likely pick up volume 2 at some point. This is listed as a "teen" book at my library; the swearing, violence, and sex would make me keep it out of the hands of my younger teen.