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griffk07's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
virago's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
5.0
This was a beast! It's broken into five sections and each one tells the story of Ash's shenanigans with the Necronomicon, deadites, Evil Ash and time travel.
This has been a treat to read! It is full of time travel, Ash goobering up his one task to destroy the book over and over, fighting and endless deadite army, and multiple Evil Ashes. He saves the girl, loses the girl, ends up in the wrong time, travels backwards and forwards in time, gets sucked into a computer game and fights the evil digital version of himself and deadite soldiers. He travels back to the cabin where it all started, picks up [and loses] new allies, destroys the book on multiple occasions and still the Necronomicon finds a way back into his life every time.
The stories are amazing and the artwork is is phenomenal. Part of what took me so long to finish it was me staring at the art. Each section is done by different writers and illustrators, so that makes it that much more eye-grabbing noticing the differences in writing and art styles. It's a must read for anyone who is a fan of Ash Williams and the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness series.
This has been a treat to read! It is full of time travel, Ash goobering up his one task to destroy the book over and over, fighting and endless deadite army, and multiple Evil Ashes. He saves the girl, loses the girl, ends up in the wrong time, travels backwards and forwards in time, gets sucked into a computer game and fights the evil digital version of himself and deadite soldiers. He travels back to the cabin where it all started, picks up [and loses] new allies, destroys the book on multiple occasions and still the Necronomicon finds a way back into his life every time.
The stories are amazing and the artwork is is phenomenal. Part of what took me so long to finish it was me staring at the art. Each section is done by different writers and illustrators, so that makes it that much more eye-grabbing noticing the differences in writing and art styles. It's a must read for anyone who is a fan of Ash Williams and the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness series.
rasmenia's review
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
matteldritch92's review against another edition
2.0
A pretty decent collection of the miniseries and ongoing series for the Army of Darkness comics.Really didn't like how the second miniseries made Ash into a sexual assaulter/harasser though, the writing can be pretty zigzag in and out of quality.
The Army of Darkness miniseries had interesting painted work, but too much of it was just painted over screencaps of the movie and lacked the oomph of the source material, especially fumbling of the jokes.
Army of Darkness: Ashes to Ashes was an interesting sequel to the movie and I'm mixed on the artwork. Its fantastic to look at, but for a horror comic, it was probably the wrong choice to make it look like a cartoon. Likewise for the next book, Shop Till You Drop Dead, the one mentioned in the first paragraph. But that one is also hindered by a pointless time travel story for the penultimate issue.
In AoD Vs The Reanimator, it had a good premise but it just didn't really follow through on the promise of Ash fighting the cult classic character of the Reanimator. The artist didn't really capture the appearance of Jeffrey Combs' version of the character and most of the time, he's just taking orders from the secret bad guy and he and Ash never get a chance to play off each other.
The final three issues of the book is the second arc of the first ongoing series were Ash and his companion, Sugarbaby, go back to the cabin from the first two movies. The artwork is attempting a more appropriate horror vibe but its rather dreary to look at, not really appealing and too scratchy. The book is also pretty terrible at writing women, the women of the book exist either for Ash to leech out on, be his sidekick or be his possible love interest.
The Army of Darkness miniseries had interesting painted work, but too much of it was just painted over screencaps of the movie and lacked the oomph of the source material, especially fumbling of the jokes.
Army of Darkness: Ashes to Ashes was an interesting sequel to the movie and I'm mixed on the artwork. Its fantastic to look at, but for a horror comic, it was probably the wrong choice to make it look like a cartoon. Likewise for the next book, Shop Till You Drop Dead, the one mentioned in the first paragraph. But that one is also hindered by a pointless time travel story for the penultimate issue.
In AoD Vs The Reanimator, it had a good premise but it just didn't really follow through on the promise of Ash fighting the cult classic character of the Reanimator. The artist didn't really capture the appearance of Jeffrey Combs' version of the character and most of the time, he's just taking orders from the secret bad guy and he and Ash never get a chance to play off each other.
The final three issues of the book is the second arc of the first ongoing series were Ash and his companion, Sugarbaby, go back to the cabin from the first two movies. The artwork is attempting a more appropriate horror vibe but its rather dreary to look at, not really appealing and too scratchy. The book is also pretty terrible at writing women, the women of the book exist either for Ash to leech out on, be his sidekick or be his possible love interest.
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