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ponch22's review against another edition
4.0
Bought this at the suggestion of a shop employee during Free Comic Book Day. I thought it was the graphic novel a friend Kickstarted several years ago, but as I started to read it (and went back to check my Kickstarter history) it doesn't seem like Matt Kelly ever got his Annabelle Avery off the ground (no pun intended). His story was much more steampunk themed, whereas [b:Wild Blue Yonder|22129356|Wild Blue Yonder|Mike Raicht|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1433625576l/22129356._SY75_.jpg|41475653] is more dystopian future (with a steampunk vibe).
The story is simple—humans have polluted the world to be completely unliveable. The only survivors are on airships and there are many battles in the sky for the few precious resources that remain. The lowest class of people (somehow) survive on the radioactive ground, mining fuel for the ships above, and one ship—The Dawn—is rumored to be fully solar-powered, never having to land.
Our heroes live on The Dawn, while the villains are trying to find her and take her over since their fuel reserves are growing ever smaller. The female on the cover is Cola, a young ace pilot whose mother commands The Dawn—the two argue about listening to commands versus following your gut. There's a lot of good dogfight action between planes with additional "guns" who are jetpack-wearing attackers flying around wreaking havoc. The art is a little too busy at times (the coloring might be a little heavy to follow exactly what's happening).
But still, it was a good read with a decent story—a few twists and surprises and again, some really good action. I just wonder exactly what do these people eat, especially on the ship that never has to land...
The story is simple—humans have polluted the world to be completely unliveable. The only survivors are on airships and there are many battles in the sky for the few precious resources that remain. The lowest class of people (somehow) survive on the radioactive ground, mining fuel for the ships above, and one ship—The Dawn—is rumored to be fully solar-powered, never having to land.
Our heroes live on The Dawn, while the villains are trying to find her and take her over since their fuel reserves are growing ever smaller. The female on the cover is Cola, a young ace pilot whose mother commands The Dawn—the two argue about listening to commands versus following your gut. There's a lot of good dogfight action between planes with additional "guns" who are jetpack-wearing attackers flying around wreaking havoc. The art is a little too busy at times (the coloring might be a little heavy to follow exactly what's happening).
But still, it was a good read with a decent story—a few twists and surprises and again, some really good action. I just wonder exactly what do these people eat, especially on the ship that never has to land...
rissreviews_xx's review against another edition
4.0
I read this for my college course (taught by the actual author himself) and it was the first graphic novel for me. I am happy to say that this was a great introduction to graphic novels. The plot, the art, everything about this was fantastic. The author is an incredible person, he definitely knows his writing.
omurphy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
lukeisthename34's review against another edition
5.0
Wonderful! Richly detailed and written. I would love to see more of this.
georgea_1234's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting post-apocalyptic world where the final planes rules the sky. The Dawn a solar powered fortress is the prize of skies and Cola will do her best alongside jet-pack powered flyers.
A reasonably good graphic novel that was nicely drawn and had a lovely family plot to the good guys. You never quite know the backstory of the bad guys and only in the final pages do you understand the impetus of the main bad guy. A bit more character development would have added nicely to the story.
A reasonably good graphic novel that was nicely drawn and had a lovely family plot to the good guys. You never quite know the backstory of the bad guys and only in the final pages do you understand the impetus of the main bad guy. A bit more character development would have added nicely to the story.
civreader's review against another edition
5.0
This was quite marvellous - sometimes the art was a bit too busy (especially near the end), but an excellent dystopian story. Recommended to all fans of SF and dystopian fiction/comics.
mall3tg1rl's review
3.0
So I really truly loved the art and concept of this one. I just felt like there was all this buildup for something that took place over three pages. I felt like the whole thing could have been so much longer, y'know? I loved Tug and Cola so much...
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