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piratekingalex's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
crowyhead's review
4.0
I was pretty unimpressed with the first Animal Man collection, but I'm glad I picked this one up. Morrison is in some ways more restrained here than he is in Doom Patrol, but at the same time he is playing even more blatantly with the whole idea of comic books and re-writing characters' histories and continuities. I have a feeling that the next volume is going to be even more deeply weird.
adrianasturalvarez's review
3.0
More philosophical play from Grant Morrison. This volume definitely shows a marked interest in political activism: anti-animal testing, anti-whaling, vegetarianism, and even anti-superhero violence. In one story, images of violence being committed against dolphins prefigure with stunning accuracy the documentary footage captured in The Cove.
Most interesting to me, however were the storylines involving a mysterious "red man" who challenges the very foundations of reality for the characters he interacts with.
I'll definitely be continuing on with volume 3 of Morrison's Animal Man series. More than the first volume, this one was written for the meta-narrative-ly inclined and I can only imagine he goes further down that path as he develops these characters.
Most interesting to me, however were the storylines involving a mysterious "red man" who challenges the very foundations of reality for the characters he interacts with.
I'll definitely be continuing on with volume 3 of Morrison's Animal Man series. More than the first volume, this one was written for the meta-narrative-ly inclined and I can only imagine he goes further down that path as he develops these characters.
the_graylien's review
3.0
From nearly the first panel of THIS volume of Animal Man (the second of three in Morrison's run), we can see Morrison's style exemplified more clearly.
Readers familiar with his other work see oft-used Morrison themes of aliens, mysticism and the occult, fiction vs. reality, perception of time, and other things that weren't often, if at all, touched upon in Morrison's first volume of this title.
Although markedly more Morrisonian, we do have chapters that, despite offering valid social commentary (touching on apartheid, veganism, animal rights, pacificism, etc.), seem to break off from the big picture that Morrison is trying to paint here.
If rumors I've heard are true, the last volume of the series turns into a metafictional, brilliantly written mindfuck, and seemingly we're almost there, but not quite. A bit more Morrison and a bit more layered than the first volume, though.
And the whole series thus far has been enjoyable, just not wholly what we've come to love about Morrison.
Readers familiar with his other work see oft-used Morrison themes of aliens, mysticism and the occult, fiction vs. reality, perception of time, and other things that weren't often, if at all, touched upon in Morrison's first volume of this title.
Although markedly more Morrisonian, we do have chapters that, despite offering valid social commentary (touching on apartheid, veganism, animal rights, pacificism, etc.), seem to break off from the big picture that Morrison is trying to paint here.
If rumors I've heard are true, the last volume of the series turns into a metafictional, brilliantly written mindfuck, and seemingly we're almost there, but not quite. A bit more Morrison and a bit more layered than the first volume, though.
And the whole series thus far has been enjoyable, just not wholly what we've come to love about Morrison.
kissem4me's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
booknooknoggin's review
3.0
This was alright...why was this a Vertigo book? I prefer the New 52 Animal Man. This was just okay..
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