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chantale's review against another edition
3.0
Brain fluff. If you like bare chested men and large chested women then this graphic novel is for you. I can see why some libraries have shelved it in the young adult literature.
alliezeaman's review against another edition
2.0
I really wanted to like this more than I did, because I love Christopher Moore so much. It was just 'meh'. There were snippets of his humor and absurdity there for sure, which helped not make it entirely lame, and the artwork was fine. I just didn't really enjoy or buy into the so-called plot or ending.
kayladaila's review against another edition
2.0
This was a really fun, enjoyable read. There was lots of violence and world destruction, and it was occasionally funny. I LOVED the art, however, there wasn't enough story to really attach me. I think this would have been better had it been done in two or three volumes and had a bit more character development and some more plot development. I know comic books can have absurd plots, but this one, the two authors didn't even attempt to explain. It was not my favorite of Moore's books by far.
glitterandtwang's review against another edition
2.0
Parts of this were clever -- and I appreciated that we jumped right in to the post-apocalypse without any long preamble -- but it felt weirdly dated; the scantily clad dreamboat gamer girl aroused at the mere sight of a gun was like jumping straight back to a weird '90s-era Marvel comic fan fantasy . Seriously, I could see Rob Liefield illustrating another edition of this. It's a quick read and the Griff are pretty cute for Earth-invading aliens, but it doesn't have much else going for it.
38threads's review against another edition
3.0
Beautiful colour scheme with easy identification for characters and settings. Good plot with likeable personalities. Somewhat open ended but definitely a must read if you’re into sci-fi dystopia with a touch of mythical creatures.
careythesixth's review against another edition
1.0
Yeah, this gets the rare poop shelf rating from me for inconsistency, making very little sense, and one of the worst, most self serving forwards I've ever read. And the art was okay.
qwerty88's review against another edition
2.0
Some serious male gaze happening here with the illustrations. Personally I like my stories to have a bit more story. They're right, this likely would have been better as a shot-em-up. It could still be turned into a video game with the New Yorkers being playable, and the Florida crew being mostly video interludes with a few unlockable playable sections.
bluepigeon's review
3.0
Perhaps The Griff was too short to have proper character development or to make me care about any of the 5 humans struggling against the alien flying lizards. Perhaps I should have known I would not be too drawn in, because the art style, though impeccable, is not my favorite; I don't like shiny, superhero-comic-like, computer-generated art usually... There is one character who really voices the Christopher Moore we know and love, so at times that's funny. There are one or two twists in the plot that are good, but not amazing. The most interesting thing, then, was the different walks of life the characters come from, but did I mention that there needed to be much more character development.
alanglois's review
2.0
Love Christopher Moore, but I just couldn't enjoy the story in this format. Not enough story.
theangrylawngnome's review
2.0
Started writing a long review but then decided to deep six that and simply go with: What the hell was Moore thinking? Wow.