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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
Conceptually, I love this book. A goth survivor girl and her mistaken-for-a-slasher sidekick travel around the country killing undead serial killers? That's a winning premise right there and one I'd love to see make its way to the small screen. (Which I think I heard might happen? Let's hope.) And I generally enjoy Cassie and Vlad's friendship, and all the cases. I like how the supporting characters/survivors from earlier issues keep coming back later on. This whole series is a serious throwback to 80's slasher flicks, and I enjoy a lot of it.
What I got tired of fast was Cassie's constant revealing costumes/nudity/ridiculous ass poses. And I get it ("But Carlie! That's what those movies are like! You'd know that if you were a real horror fan!") but I think there's a way to pay homage to all those movies you love while updating it for a modern era where we can be like, hey, maybe Cassie doesn't need to bend over in porn poses every time she's fighting a monster, or we can have less women with gravity-defying breasts, or we can stop with the constant panty shots in the most unnecessary of moments. I really don't mind a little nudity now and then, and I don't care if Cassie's preferred outfits all show off her midriff or if she changes into sexy cheerleader outfits to lure bad guys . . . but this all got ridiculous and it got ridiculous fast. There was absolutely no doubt in my mind that Cassie was drawn by a man. Or, for that matter, written by one -- I kind of enjoyed Cassie's vulnerability in Girls Gone Dead. It made sense to me that she'd feel out of her element and abnormal, particularly never having that college experience a lot of girls have. But there are other moments (particularly one in Comic Book Carnage) where she behaved in ways I completely didn't buy and really seemed to take away from any sense of character strength.
I enjoyed reading this well enough -- because I do like all the homages and some of the humor -- but I didn't like it enough to keep reading, I don't think. Which is sort of a bummer: it's such a fun idea, but the execution just didn't pay off for me.
What I got tired of fast was Cassie's constant revealing costumes/nudity/ridiculous ass poses. And I get it ("But Carlie! That's what those movies are like! You'd know that if you were a real horror fan!") but I think there's a way to pay homage to all those movies you love while updating it for a modern era where we can be like, hey, maybe Cassie doesn't need to bend over in porn poses every time she's fighting a monster, or we can have less women with gravity-defying breasts, or we can stop with the constant panty shots in the most unnecessary of moments. I really don't mind a little nudity now and then, and I don't care if Cassie's preferred outfits all show off her midriff or if she changes into sexy cheerleader outfits to lure bad guys . . . but this all got ridiculous and it got ridiculous fast. There was absolutely no doubt in my mind that Cassie was drawn by a man. Or, for that matter, written by one -- I kind of enjoyed Cassie's vulnerability in Girls Gone Dead. It made sense to me that she'd feel out of her element and abnormal, particularly never having that college experience a lot of girls have. But there are other moments (particularly one in Comic Book Carnage) where she behaved in ways I completely didn't buy and really seemed to take away from any sense of character strength.
I enjoyed reading this well enough -- because I do like all the homages and some of the humor -- but I didn't like it enough to keep reading, I don't think. Which is sort of a bummer: it's such a fun idea, but the execution just didn't pay off for me.
Overall I love the idea of Cassie Hack. But I hate the different character designs and I loathe the fact that there are tiny fucking snippets of comics thrown in there. Only four pages of a comic should not be counted in the omnibus...
Probably only for slasher fans and horny boys that want to see a lot of tits and ass in their comics.
Cassie Hack and her huge and deformed buddy Vlad are hunting down slashers that were killed at some point already but returned from the dead to wreak more havoc. Like Cassie’s mom, who was slaughtering little school girls that were mean to little Cassie before eventually Mommy herself was killed by Cassie. Though that happened in the prequel [b: Hack/Slash: My first Maniac|9573979|Hack/Slash My First Maniac|Tim Seeley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347976911s/9573979.jpg|14460839].
This first omnibus collects several one-shots that were included in who knows which volumes of the series. Sometimes the publishing history of comics is rather confusing.
The one-shots collected in this one are the following:
Artists keep changing throughout the book which leads to a constant change in style that didn’t bother me. On the contrary, I found it quite interesting. Though the quality was inevitably fluctuating as well.
For the ones interested in who has done what exactly:
The writing has all been done by Tim Seeley though. And there’s a certain consistency in tone. Slasher movies are usually funny or scary or both. And this one very much falls on the funny side, though it isn‘t always on target. If you’re looking for scary, look somewhere else.
The stories are told chronologically as far as I can tell and there are some recurring characters and themes. Though they are still very much self-contained. You could pick up any of those without missing something significant.
The one I really recommend is Hack/Slash vs. Chucky, as that one has been tremendous fun.
The one that stood out in terms of the art was Hack/Slash vs. Evil Ernie. This one looked really interesting and very different from the rest. I liked that style a lot. But I thought the story was rather boring.
Hack/Slash: Trailers had some really good moments and even one story that was told in the form of a poem. But I can’t really see why anyone would buy this one, since it tells several stories in a single issue comic, which makes them very very short. And most are not even complete. They’re really just trailers. Even though they were fun.
This omnibus is free on kindle unlimited (at least in Germany). So if you’re fond of slasher flicks you might want to pick it up, read the stories you like and skip the rest. It isn’t necessary to read the whole thing. Though I did.
Overall this was wavering around three stars for most of the time. Some stories were average, some were decent and the one with Chucky was really good.
The art, even though inconsistent, was consistently better than it was in the prequel, which I thought wasn’t very nice to look at.
As a whole this was a pleasant surprise after the somewhat underwhelming [b: Hack/Slash: My first Maniac|9573979|Hack/Slash My First Maniac|Tim Seeley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347976911s/9573979.jpg|14460839]. But the moments in which it was really good were few and far between, to be honest.
Cassie Hack and her huge and deformed buddy Vlad are hunting down slashers that were killed at some point already but returned from the dead to wreak more havoc. Like Cassie’s mom, who was slaughtering little school girls that were mean to little Cassie before eventually Mommy herself was killed by Cassie. Though that happened in the prequel [b: Hack/Slash: My first Maniac|9573979|Hack/Slash My First Maniac|Tim Seeley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347976911s/9573979.jpg|14460839].
This first omnibus collects several one-shots that were included in who knows which volumes of the series. Sometimes the publishing history of comics is rather confusing.
The one-shots collected in this one are the following:
Artists keep changing throughout the book which leads to a constant change in style that didn’t bother me. On the contrary, I found it quite interesting. Though the quality was inevitably fluctuating as well.
For the ones interested in who has done what exactly:
The writing has all been done by Tim Seeley though. And there’s a certain consistency in tone. Slasher movies are usually funny or scary or both. And this one very much falls on the funny side, though it isn‘t always on target. If you’re looking for scary, look somewhere else.
The stories are told chronologically as far as I can tell and there are some recurring characters and themes. Though they are still very much self-contained. You could pick up any of those without missing something significant.
The one I really recommend is Hack/Slash vs. Chucky, as that one has been tremendous fun.
The one that stood out in terms of the art was Hack/Slash vs. Evil Ernie. This one looked really interesting and very different from the rest. I liked that style a lot. But I thought the story was rather boring.
Hack/Slash: Trailers had some really good moments and even one story that was told in the form of a poem. But I can’t really see why anyone would buy this one, since it tells several stories in a single issue comic, which makes them very very short. And most are not even complete. They’re really just trailers. Even though they were fun.
This omnibus is free on kindle unlimited (at least in Germany). So if you’re fond of slasher flicks you might want to pick it up, read the stories you like and skip the rest. It isn’t necessary to read the whole thing. Though I did.
Overall this was wavering around three stars for most of the time. Some stories were average, some were decent and the one with Chucky was really good.
The art, even though inconsistent, was consistently better than it was in the prequel, which I thought wasn’t very nice to look at.
As a whole this was a pleasant surprise after the somewhat underwhelming [b: Hack/Slash: My first Maniac|9573979|Hack/Slash My First Maniac|Tim Seeley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347976911s/9573979.jpg|14460839]. But the moments in which it was really good were few and far between, to be honest.
It took me FOREVER to finish this! It's not because it was a huge graphic novel. I just expected the story to be more linear. Instead, it's really a collection of single stories and that I found much more difficult to get though. That said, I really enjoyed the characters and the atmosphere. If there's a Cassie Hack story that spans more than one comic, I'd love to know about it.
I'm not sure why I love this so much, but I do.
Yeah, the artists constantly change... and it's supposed to be kind of trashy, but there are some really beautiful stories in here. Cassie's mom, Ernie loving Cassie, Vlad... more please.
Yeah, the artists constantly change... and it's supposed to be kind of trashy, but there are some really beautiful stories in here. Cassie's mom, Ernie loving Cassie, Vlad... more please.
Ok, I loved this graphic novel!
Now, I'm not big on horror movies - I haven't seen any of the classics mentioned in this omnibus.
But it was still just what I wanted.
Its about a girl that turns the table on the ''slashers''. People that wont stay dead - Chucky, Freddy, Jason, not to mention the ''normal'' people returning!
Its an album filled with gore, kick ass goth girls and friendly giets + undead creatures!
The only thing I didn't like with this omnibus, was that in the midle suddenly three numbers had different artists. I didn't feel for the new styles, and didn't manage to read two of them! This was sad, seeing how it appeared to be a lot of backstory in those issues.
But I liked it.
It had all the gore and skin a girl could want!
I'm deff buying the next omnibus!
Now, I'm not big on horror movies - I haven't seen any of the classics mentioned in this omnibus.
But it was still just what I wanted.
Its about a girl that turns the table on the ''slashers''. People that wont stay dead - Chucky, Freddy, Jason, not to mention the ''normal'' people returning!
Its an album filled with gore, kick ass goth girls and friendly giets + undead creatures!
The only thing I didn't like with this omnibus, was that in the midle suddenly three numbers had different artists. I didn't feel for the new styles, and didn't manage to read two of them! This was sad, seeing how it appeared to be a lot of backstory in those issues.
But I liked it.
It had all the gore and skin a girl could want!
I'm deff buying the next omnibus!
3.5 stars
This is pretty decent insofar as good mindless fun goes, but I lost interest in the story about two-thirds of the way in. The pop culture references are occasionally clever or enticing in some manner but it does feel like meta for the sake of meta more than anything else, but hey it did remind me that Battle Pope exists and it's probably the closest thing to this that I read/enjoyed growing up. I actually like the pacing of this graphic for the most part and the seamless transitions between scenes, but after awhile it kind of feels like they're just passing the reader around aimlessly from one situation to the next with no clear end-goal anywhere in sight. It's actually surprising to me how long this series is given there are at least 6 omnibus volumes; which seems really exhaustive considering the somewhat weak premises of the main duo, but then again we are talking about a comic book & it accomplishes that expected experience if nothing else.
This is pretty decent insofar as good mindless fun goes, but I lost interest in the story about two-thirds of the way in. The pop culture references are occasionally clever or enticing in some manner but it does feel like meta for the sake of meta more than anything else, but hey it did remind me that Battle Pope exists and it's probably the closest thing to this that I read/enjoyed growing up. I actually like the pacing of this graphic for the most part and the seamless transitions between scenes, but after awhile it kind of feels like they're just passing the reader around aimlessly from one situation to the next with no clear end-goal anywhere in sight. It's actually surprising to me how long this series is given there are at least 6 omnibus volumes; which seems really exhaustive considering the somewhat weak premises of the main duo, but then again we are talking about a comic book & it accomplishes that expected experience if nothing else.
I'm hardcore all about this graphic novel plot. A bad ass chick and her big lovable giant of a sidekick killing horror movie inspired slashers. I was also loving first comics art style, so I became invested with Cassie and Vlad fast, and I was disappointed when the artist changed with each new adventure and a few of them were torture for me to get through becuase I found the art style not appealing in the least. Yet I love Vlad so I will most likely continue with the series when I can .
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Good storylines. Borrows a Lot from slasher films and writers. Artwork varies widely. Some excellent, some overdone.