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singh_reads_kanwar2's review against another edition
4.0
In a fallen world ravaged by oil and water wars, humanity exists without law or mercy. All those who wander the Wasteland are ruled by a single imperative…survive! Among them is Max Rockatansky, a Road Warrior haunted by his turbulent past… “It’s hard to know who is more crazy. Me or everyone else?!” In this first issue, witness the rise of Colonel Joe Moore, a war hero turned tyrannical warlord…The Immortan Joe, story of Nux, who born after the apocalypse hit humanity and his life is chaos, and Furiosa a women who is fighting her demon and want to save women from Joe sexual pleasure against women's will, there fate collided and Furiosa, and Mad max who work as single unit form an alliance and Nux change of heart by the question of women with him, Mad max win over dome and fight against immortan Joe and his minions, they survived and end his reign, and want to build a new world worth living for humanity.
alison_jane's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
It bugs me that none of the writers know what anarchism actually is (nothing to do with chaos), and that they hint at a character perhaps being gay, and frame it as a less-than-good thing, but other than that, I found the stories enjoyable. I flipping love the movie Fury Road and was delighted to get some backstory on those characters. In that sense, it absolutely delivers.
nerdinthelibrary's review
2.0
content warnings: violence, murder, rape, abortion
Before I start this review you should know that Mad Max: Fury Road is quite possibly my favourite movie, or at least in my top three. Just so you can understand how much it breaks my heart that I (for the most part) didn't like this graphic novel.
I'll get into more details on each section in a second, but there are two general points I have first:
1) The art style really didn't gel with me. I'm not saying it was bad because objectively speaking, it's not, it's just really not my kind of style and that made it harder for me to engage.
2) With very little exception, this entire graphic novel was super unnecessary. Not a criticism, just an observation.
NUX & IMMORTAN JOE
This was my least favourite of the entire thing so it's really unfortunate that it was the first one. I don't really understand what happened as it kept switching back and forth between Nux and Joe, and it was so boring I don't even care.
FURIOSA
This was a really unnecessary story - the entire thing is Furiosa deciding to take the wives - but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I liked that more focus was on the wives rather than Furiosa, and seeing them bond cleared my skin and watered my crops. In particular when the Dag defended Cheedo because I highkey ship them.
MAD MAX #1
Most of this was just a recap of the first three movies and I'm not gonna lie, I skimmed most of it. The stuff at the end was interesting, though.
MAD MAX #2
Easily the best of the entire graphic novel. It gives you context for the child Max keeps seeing in his PTSD flashbacks in the movie, and just overall has a really nice story that had me genuinely tearing up.
THE WAR RIG
I've gotta be real with you: I skimmed literally all of this and I have no regrets, it was so uninteresting.
Even if you're a die-hard Fury Road fan (like me), I wouldn't recommend reading this, or at least not all the way through. If you really want to read it, only read Furiosa's and Max's parts.
Before I start this review you should know that Mad Max: Fury Road is quite possibly my favourite movie, or at least in my top three. Just so you can understand how much it breaks my heart that I (for the most part) didn't like this graphic novel.
I'll get into more details on each section in a second, but there are two general points I have first:
1) The art style really didn't gel with me. I'm not saying it was bad because objectively speaking, it's not, it's just really not my kind of style and that made it harder for me to engage.
2) With very little exception, this entire graphic novel was super unnecessary. Not a criticism, just an observation.
NUX & IMMORTAN JOE
This was my least favourite of the entire thing so it's really unfortunate that it was the first one. I don't really understand what happened as it kept switching back and forth between Nux and Joe, and it was so boring I don't even care.
FURIOSA
This was a really unnecessary story - the entire thing is Furiosa deciding to take the wives - but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I liked that more focus was on the wives rather than Furiosa, and seeing them bond cleared my skin and watered my crops. In particular when the Dag defended Cheedo because I highkey ship them.
MAD MAX #1
Most of this was just a recap of the first three movies and I'm not gonna lie, I skimmed most of it. The stuff at the end was interesting, though.
MAD MAX #2
Easily the best of the entire graphic novel. It gives you context for the child Max keeps seeing in his PTSD flashbacks in the movie, and just overall has a really nice story that had me genuinely tearing up.
THE WAR RIG
I've gotta be real with you: I skimmed literally all of this and I have no regrets, it was so uninteresting.
Even if you're a die-hard Fury Road fan (like me), I wouldn't recommend reading this, or at least not all the way through. If you really want to read it, only read Furiosa's and Max's parts.
bookslucyreads's review against another edition
3.0
This was okay, I liked that we got to see the characters from the film.
emmsiej95's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and War
theowlinside's review against another edition
4.0
While I wasn't a huge fan of Nux and the Imortan's stories I really enjoyed the Wives' with Furiosa, and Max's stories. Those stories fill in some of the holes left over from the film, such as how Max got his new car and also explain the little girl from his nightmares.
Easily the most memorable story is that of the Wives. When you're watching such an action-packed film, it can be hard to remember the subtle reality of what their lives were like - this illustrates their pain of being treated as objects. Afterall, what does one do when they think of something as an object but to do anything and everything they want to it.
Easily the most memorable story is that of the Wives. When you're watching such an action-packed film, it can be hard to remember the subtle reality of what their lives were like - this illustrates their pain of being treated as objects. Afterall, what does one do when they think of something as an object but to do anything and everything they want to it.
merixcil's review against another edition
3.0
The Furiosa section is absolutely standout. Otherwise a fun read for anyone who enjoyed the film
woowottreads's review
4.0
Not usually into Western comics. But the art in this one is decent. And I loved this bloody movie--it is marvelous. The tales are short, but they are so good, especially the Furiosa one. And, oddly, the one about the origins of the War Rig.
ragingcardboard's review against another edition
3.0
Okay, so this was disappointing. If you read the note at the beginning, these short stories are the information that was presented to the actors as their characters back story in the movie, which is really cool and interesting. Unfortunately, there just isn't a lot of story here. I was hoping for so much more. I do really like finally knowing who that damn little girl was that followed Max around in the movie, but beyond that, this didn't add too much to the plot.
It was well written and I think would be a fun read if you knew nothing about Mad Max and just wanted a graphic novel to read or were looking to get into it. I REALLY love the art in this. I do hope that someone picks up the Mad Max story and makes a proper graphic novel series out of it one day as the world really lends itself to this type of book.
It was well written and I think would be a fun read if you knew nothing about Mad Max and just wanted a graphic novel to read or were looking to get into it. I REALLY love the art in this. I do hope that someone picks up the Mad Max story and makes a proper graphic novel series out of it one day as the world really lends itself to this type of book.
noblereads's review against another edition
4.0
Mad Max Fury Road is one of my favourite films of 2015, this series of short stories act as a prologue to the film and definitely adds to the vast world that George Miller created! It was great to get some backstory on some of the main characters and I'd love if they released more comic books set in this world