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Dragon by Nate Cosby, Chris O'Halloran, Saladin Ahmed, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

tomel's review

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.0

karliclover's review against another edition

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3.0

Not nearly long enough. Would've loved to have had more time with Adil and Marjorie talking about their faiths. The climax could have also been more drawn out too. I backed this on Kickstarter and would have gladly paid more for 10-15 more pages. The books is also deceptively short because the last third of the pages here are bonus material (sketches, panel layouts, scripts, etc.), which are great, but it made me think there was more than there was, so when things happened in the climax, I didn't think too much of them because I thought there was still a lot more story left. But there wasn't lol. Great premise, great art, great writing. It just suffers from not being long enough.

mtmdays's review

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Absolutely fantastic work from Saladin Ahmed and Dave Acosta. I hope to see many more collaborations between them in the future. 

jonwesleyhuff's review against another edition

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3.0

Fantastic art, with interesting characters and concept. Unfortunately, the ending kind of fizzled. I think a little more complication would have helped.

alexanderp's review

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Decent enough story that does a good job with combining at odds characters to defeat a common enemy, or really, force of nature.

I really wanted more from this, but as it stands it's a fun pulpy adventure that leans into its roots.

kimbeey13's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

stadkison's review against another edition

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4.0

The biggest gripe here is that I wanted more. In other words, the pacing felt a bit off, such that this could been a nice ten issue maxi series or a 50 page one-shot. Don’t let my gripes get you too much, because there is a lot to love here.

First and foremost is Acosta’s art, colored wonderfully by O’Halloran. It feels very classic comics filtered through contemporary widescreen sensibilities. The process pieces in the back are a wonder to behold. The action flows naturally and coherently, conveying straightforwardly what is happening and how it is going. Some of the full-pagers would make lovely posters. Otsmane-Elhaou too adds some beautiful touches, especially Dracula’s voice.

The second killer element is how the team weaves in a fascinating historical element to the Dracula narrative. I simply don’t know why I haven’t seen a story incorporating these before. The closest I can think of is the Netflix Castlevania, but this is even more grounded than that. This comic sent me on a Wikipedia binge in the best possible way. This is why I want a full miniseries with this material (or at least a longer graphic novel).

Returning to the slightest of nitpicks, I do wish more was done here thematically with religion. It plays a huge prt of the narrative, but we don’t get much religious internal depths to the characters. This goes especially for Dracula himself. I don’t need a full backstory or origin, but I would have liked to see flashes of something I can piece together. The epilogue thus feels tacked on to get a theme out.

I don’t know if this is available to those outside kickstarter backers. If it is, I do recommend checking it out!

freckles_and_books's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

4.5

bagelanjeli's review

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adventurous challenging dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

jenny_d's review

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adventurous dark sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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