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sheldonnylander's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
jgkeely's review against another edition
2.0
For some reason, the publishers decided to re-color this book for American release. The digital color work not only completely covers up the original line art, but gives us the awful dodge-and-burn murkiness we'd expect from drawings of pokemon sex on deviantart.
There is a lengthy explanation inside about how the original colors were bright, but Americans wouldn't understand that this was supposed to be hyperbolic satire. It seems they could have saved the art by simply using that space to explain "the use of color here is not only beautiful, it is hyperbolic satire which contrasts delightfully with the subject matter".
They also decide to bowdlerize the art for the American audience, I can only wonder which parts of the dialogue survived translation. Really disappointing.
The title is also translated as 'The Incal' even though this is a prequel series before the character even comes into contact with the Incal. This not only makes the title nonsensical, but confusing, since it has been translated to have the same title as the earlier story which it was written as a prequel to, and by a different art team.
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There is a lengthy explanation inside about how the original colors were bright, but Americans wouldn't understand that this was supposed to be hyperbolic satire. It seems they could have saved the art by simply using that space to explain "the use of color here is not only beautiful, it is hyperbolic satire which contrasts delightfully with the subject matter".
They also decide to bowdlerize the art for the American audience, I can only wonder which parts of the dialogue survived translation. Really disappointing.
The title is also translated as 'The Incal' even though this is a prequel series before the character even comes into contact with the Incal. This not only makes the title nonsensical, but confusing, since it has been translated to have the same title as the earlier story which it was written as a prequel to, and by a different art team.
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