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4.47 AVERAGE
4.47 AVERAGE
Sometimes you run across a comic book collection that reminds you that comic books can absolutely be literature, too. Such is The Vision. I've read many a book where the flesh and blood characters are nowhere near as human as Vision and his family of synthezoid. It's sometimes funny and often heart-wrenching. It's also a great exploration of human nature and how good and evil are not easily defined.
what the heck. 😭 i am ruined. tom king always gets *love* and family dynamics right. i’m still so new to reading comics, and i feel like this has spoiled me for anything else to come. not that i’m complaining, of course, but oh my god. my poor small heart cannot handle this.
I hadn't planned on blasting through this all in one sitting, but... oops.
As someone who hasn't ever been wowed by Marvel comics, The Vision is an incredible read that blows away most other graphic novels I've read, and I feel like a big part of that is because of how universal it makes its themes and story. The specifics require all the background, of course- Ultron, Scarlet Witch, the Avengers, and so on- but to take a step back, or one closer, shows that this has a tremendous amount in common with science fiction concepts that go back to Shelley's Frankenstein. Vision's attempts to live a normal life with a normal family- when they are anything but- are as much a classical desire for humanity as anything in Asimov, or the incessant quest of Commander Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Simply put, The Vision is a welcome addition to explorations of a long-standing idea.
The manner in which this is done is noteworthy as well, and only possible in an image-based medium. Our eyes are drawn to specific parts of certain panels, or even to specific panels on a page; the juxtaposition of shattered and unbroken is made very apparent, though it may not be noticed at first; the narration, juggled with dialogue, gives the feeling of a character speaking in direct aside to us, foreshadowing the tragedies to come.
And come they do. This one's a brutal heartbreaker. There's some kind of hope at the end, but even that is tainted by an expectation of future sorrow in the wake of all the pain that has been experienced up to this point, the source of which extends back decades, back to when Vision was created by Ultron, and which echoes throughout the series.
I'm won over by the ambition here and how well it was executed. This interpretation of a classic scifi idea brings some new elements that give it a unique feel and flavor, and it singlehandedly has convinced me to look into more from Marvel's comics, especially King's work.
As someone who hasn't ever been wowed by Marvel comics, The Vision is an incredible read that blows away most other graphic novels I've read, and I feel like a big part of that is because of how universal it makes its themes and story. The specifics require all the background, of course- Ultron, Scarlet Witch, the Avengers, and so on- but to take a step back, or one closer, shows that this has a tremendous amount in common with science fiction concepts that go back to Shelley's Frankenstein. Vision's attempts to live a normal life with a normal family- when they are anything but- are as much a classical desire for humanity as anything in Asimov, or the incessant quest of Commander Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Simply put, The Vision is a welcome addition to explorations of a long-standing idea.
The manner in which this is done is noteworthy as well, and only possible in an image-based medium. Our eyes are drawn to specific parts of certain panels, or even to specific panels on a page; the juxtaposition of shattered and unbroken is made very apparent, though it may not be noticed at first; the narration, juggled with dialogue, gives the feeling of a character speaking in direct aside to us, foreshadowing the tragedies to come.
And come they do. This one's a brutal heartbreaker. There's some kind of hope at the end, but even that is tainted by an expectation of future sorrow in the wake of all the pain that has been experienced up to this point, the source of which extends back decades, back to when Vision was created by Ultron, and which echoes throughout the series.
I'm won over by the ambition here and how well it was executed. This interpretation of a classic scifi idea brings some new elements that give it a unique feel and flavor, and it singlehandedly has convinced me to look into more from Marvel's comics, especially King's work.
Vision continues his pursuit to become more human - this time by creating a family and moving to the suburbs. But life is not easy and there are complications, especially for a synthezoid family. We see how far Vision is willing to go to protect his family, even if that means threatening former teammates or the world itself.
This was a lot of fun and very well written. I enjoyed all the foreshadowing. It's not as good as King's "Mister Miracle" storyline, but it's still quite good.
Sidenote on the Special Collector's Hardback edition - half of the book is extras (cover sketches, scripts, layouts, page sketches, etc). And while I enjoy extra features, this was a bit TOO many extra features.
This was a lot of fun and very well written. I enjoyed all the foreshadowing. It's not as good as King's "Mister Miracle" storyline, but it's still quite good.
Sidenote on the Special Collector's Hardback edition - half of the book is extras (cover sketches, scripts, layouts, page sketches, etc). And while I enjoy extra features, this was a bit TOO many extra features.
Huh, didn't realize I read it the same time back in '18.
YOU'RE A TOASTER!
YOU'RE A TOASTER!
Don't really like marvel superhero stuff, and definitely not the avengers. This was really good though, basically had nothing to do with any of that and works pretty well as a standalone book with only minor crossover stuff
When it comes to the MCU movies, I am horribly, terribly behind and since I only ever read the rare comic volumes that collect complete story arches of Captain America, I was not familiar with The Vision. And I still enjoyed the hell out of this. The art is beautiful and the story is heart breaking and I just wanna give The Visions a hug, they've been through a lot. Anyways...
tl;dr Awesome graphic novel, I loved it!
tl;dr Awesome graphic novel, I loved it!