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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
This review is for the series as a whole. Overall this serious was just a constant level of OK, nothing really stood out as great and nothing really stood out as bad. I felt the series got off to a rocky start and it really took awhile for me to get behind Matty as a character. It felt to me the first couple of arcs where him just running around and yelling about how messed up everything. The series hit a high point for me with the arc surrounding the Delgado nation as Matty works through that election but then it's followed up with the completely stupid Warlord Matty stuff in the following arc and I thought the ending was pretty solid. The cast of supporting characters are decent but nothing noteworthy and the art is good and consistent through most of the volumes. I found the story compulsive and read through it all but I don't really know what will stick with me. The idea and themes were enough to reel me in and keep me around
It's interesting to read a series that ran 72 issues over 6 years and finish the complete run in less than 3 months. There are benefits to reading this way as the story can unfold and I'm able to keep with the story and maybe connect lines more from subtle plots versus waiting a month between issues and forgetting things. At the same time, I feel like this run could have used some more space - I binged read it because it was so good, but I'm not sure I processed it the same as someone who was with the single issues. I'd suggest taking your time with this series - maybe an issue a week and let the space between issues/arcs/editions breath. Enjoy - well worth the read! I will most likely pickup in omnibus or Absolute form if they ever release it that way.
Un final agridulce pero muy digno para una serie en la que los hijos perdidos, antiguos amores y amazonas postapocalipticas brillan por su ausencia (¿Me entiendes HBO?). Una de esas grandes sagas del cómic que conviene revisitar de vez en cuando.