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geekwayne's review
2.0
'Godzilla: Oblivion' by Joshua Hale Fialkov with art by Brian Churilla is a Godzilla story of other dimensions. I've read better Godzilla stories and the art was pretty weak.
A group of brainiac scientists develop a portal. When they start it up and go through it, they discover a parallel world that has been decimated by giant monsters. Contacting a group of soldiers in the other world, they find out that Godzilla is what keeps the other monsters in check, even at the cost of a destroyed city. When one of that world's monsters makes it through the scientist's portals, things go from bad to worse.
I liked the idea of the story. It felt a bit predictable, and I even figured it was going to end the way it did. Having giant kaiju in your world is never a good thing. The art feels a bit slap-dash. It's got a hasty looking sketch style that just didn't work for me with the story and characters. I want epic art for my Godzilla stories, and this wasn't it.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from IDW Publishing, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
A group of brainiac scientists develop a portal. When they start it up and go through it, they discover a parallel world that has been decimated by giant monsters. Contacting a group of soldiers in the other world, they find out that Godzilla is what keeps the other monsters in check, even at the cost of a destroyed city. When one of that world's monsters makes it through the scientist's portals, things go from bad to worse.
I liked the idea of the story. It felt a bit predictable, and I even figured it was going to end the way it did. Having giant kaiju in your world is never a good thing. The art feels a bit slap-dash. It's got a hasty looking sketch style that just didn't work for me with the story and characters. I want epic art for my Godzilla stories, and this wasn't it.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from IDW Publishing, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
bookpairings's review
3.0
To be honest I wasn’t sure going into this that I would enjoy it. I thought there was a good chance it would be a flop, but I was pleasantly surprised. In a nutshell the story goes like this, a portal to an alternate Earth is opened and a huge monster is accidentally let through. This so called king of the monsters begins to destroy the Eastern seaboard. In a desperate attempt to stop the complete destruction of our world the main characters return to the alternate world for technology to defeat the monster and come back with, you guessed it, Godzilla. I don’t want to give away much more than that, but there are a few more plot twists involved.
Overall, I thought the artwork was pretty good, but not amazing. The plot was fast-paced and transitioned smoothly between issues. If you’re a Godzilla fan, you will probably enjoy this comic trade. I know I did. :)
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
Overall, I thought the artwork was pretty good, but not amazing. The plot was fast-paced and transitioned smoothly between issues. If you’re a Godzilla fan, you will probably enjoy this comic trade. I know I did. :)
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
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