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kierli's review
Unlikable main character is unlikable, first dimension fish lady had mammalian breasts and butt, mishandling of women characters
shirohige's review
4.0
De mis favoritos junto con [b:East of West: The Apocalypse: Year One|25402964|East of West The Apocalypse Year One|Jonathan Hickman|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1461526847s/25402964.jpg|45156553] .
Tanto la premisa, al ser una versión más culposa de lo Fantastic Four, así como la riqueza visual de los mundos presentados en cada salto, o los claroscuros de los personajes hacen de la historia un constructo que dispara para varios lados, pero no se queda corta en su alcance. Puede ser debido a que no se enmarca dentro de ningún limite moralista, sino que plantea -en todo momento- que la distancia entre una buena decisión y una mala es tan milimétrica que resulta aterrador. Además de hacer del dicho 'El Camino al infierno está plagado de buenas intenciones' su motto.
Matteo Scalera además, da el ancho con unos diseños bastante originales que el coloreado de Dean White solo hace resaltar más.
Tanto la premisa, al ser una versión más culposa de lo Fantastic Four, así como la riqueza visual de los mundos presentados en cada salto, o los claroscuros de los personajes hacen de la historia un constructo que dispara para varios lados, pero no se queda corta en su alcance. Puede ser debido a que no se enmarca dentro de ningún limite moralista, sino que plantea -en todo momento- que la distancia entre una buena decisión y una mala es tan milimétrica que resulta aterrador. Además de hacer del dicho 'El Camino al infierno está plagado de buenas intenciones' su motto.
Matteo Scalera además, da el ancho con unos diseños bastante originales que el coloreado de Dean White solo hace resaltar más.
mrpink44's review
5.0
Goddamn was this awesome!! I couldn't quite reading and without restraint i would have burned through this in a day. Hard to put down. Characters are dynamic, flawed, real. Art and coloring are among the best in comics - try and figure out which is better!! Definitely recommend buying this one, a hands down great series!
shadowagentzero's review
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
squidbag's review
4.0
To be fair, I had already read the first six of these, but there's 10 more chapters in here (plus some supplementary art material) so this was worth me re-reading the first six to really dive back into it.
The breakneck pacing of this really helps to further drive home the point about entropy (right there in the title, or at least, the subtitle) - anarchic scientist Grant McKay has, with help and funding, made a device that breaks down or rips open portals to other dimensions, but every time they use it (and they have to, due to plot devices) things seem to get markedly worse not only for everyone in his little explorer's party, but everything and everyone they interact with, as well. The art is spectacularly frenetic, with Steadman-like splashes over Kubert/Romita faces and backgrounds - it's an homage in this case, or an influence, and it's a good one.
The huge scale of this edition (it's like carrying around a phone book) is in aid of the epic content; one of the dimensionauts hurtling through city streets on an alien world grappling with a plant-headed otherworldly warrior looks better here than ever before. My only complaint about this edition is that the dialogue boxes (internal thoughts, not explicit speech) are printed a bit light, making them relatively difficult to read. Otherwise, this is better than I thought it was going to be initially, and you should read it.
The breakneck pacing of this really helps to further drive home the point about entropy (right there in the title, or at least, the subtitle) - anarchic scientist Grant McKay has, with help and funding, made a device that breaks down or rips open portals to other dimensions, but every time they use it (and they have to, due to plot devices) things seem to get markedly worse not only for everyone in his little explorer's party, but everything and everyone they interact with, as well. The art is spectacularly frenetic, with Steadman-like splashes over Kubert/Romita faces and backgrounds - it's an homage in this case, or an influence, and it's a good one.
The huge scale of this edition (it's like carrying around a phone book) is in aid of the epic content; one of the dimensionauts hurtling through city streets on an alien world grappling with a plant-headed otherworldly warrior looks better here than ever before. My only complaint about this edition is that the dialogue boxes (internal thoughts, not explicit speech) are printed a bit light, making them relatively difficult to read. Otherwise, this is better than I thought it was going to be initially, and you should read it.
will_sargent's review
2.0
Starts off interesting, but almost immediately loses the thread by focusing on the idiot protagonist and his emotional issues to the exclusion of all else. There is never a time when Grant isn't talking about how he's fucked up and deserves everything bad that happens to him, and the entire story of everything happening is somehow connected to his marriage.
It says something about narcissism that a man can travel the universe and still not be able to get out of his own head, but it doesn't make for a great reading experience.
It says something about narcissism that a man can travel the universe and still not be able to get out of his own head, but it doesn't make for a great reading experience.
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