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A.D. After Death, Book One by Scott Snyder, Jeff Lemire

jsevern1117's review against another edition

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Wow it was ok. I mean pretty good. I liked it.

themtj's review

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4.0

The story is still somewhat nebulous for being a relatively long comic. Still, they give you just enough to keep you going.

My only complaint is less about the story and more with the storytelling. The ratio of image/text is very important to me and this has several pages with only text (and a difficult font at that.).

The artwork is stunning and worth the cover price.

themtj's review against another edition

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5.0

Wow!

I read the first two parts as they came out but when the third came out I just didn't have time to read it. It is much better to read at one time than broken into three parts. There are enough threads going on that you'll want to keep going on it to keep track of the time jumps in storytelling and the details of the world that Snyder has built.

Snyder takes a more cerebral approach than I'm used to from him and executes it beautifully. For the deep sci fi fan there is a compelling premise for a world that has cured death. For the story-lover there is an intriguing protagonist who always keeps you guessing. And for the comic lover, Lemire's artwork is nothing short of stunning.

My only complaint is that I found the font difficult to read. It matched the aesthetic and the layout was beautiful to look at, but it made longer reading sessions more difficult. Even still, I give this 5 stars for a masterpiece in storytelling and a visual delight.

acrisalves's review against another edition

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4.0

Publicado em https://osrascunhos.com/2017/07/30/a-d-after-death-scott-snyder-e-jeff-lemire/

Conhecido por American Vampire (série com a qual ganhou alguns dos prémios mais interessantes da banda desenhada), Scott Snyder é, também, o autor de Wytches, uma das melhores obras de banda desenhada de horror que tive oportunidade de ler. Por sua vez, Jeff Lemire é o autor da fabulosa série de ficção científica Descender e participa aqui como desenhador no seu estilo inconfundível, tanto a nível de expressividade, como de coloração.

Agora homem feito, a personagem principal é um ladrão profissional, uma profissão menos glamorosa do que seria de esperar, sem grandes episódios de acção, que se baseia, sobretudo, numa boa capacidade de efectuar planos e uma grande lata. Esta profissão valeu-lhe um lugar na cidade do futuro, uma cidade onde não existem doenças ou envelhecimento e se vive para sempre. Utópico? Nem tanto. O preço a pagar é a memória que persiste apenas por pouco mais do que uma década.

Tendo crescido traumatizado pela morte repentina da mãe, vítima de uma doença rápida e progressivamente incapacitante, este homem não cede logo à utopia que lhe apresentam, e continua, inquieto, em busca de algo que possa ter sobrevivido no mundo que circundaria a cidade perfeita. Enquanto os restantes vão vivendo vidas diversas, aproveitando a curta memória que possuem para se reconstruírem, a nossa personagem angustia-se e dedica-se ao que parece ser uma causa perdida.

Explorando uma personagem peculiar, pouco linear em perspectiva, mais revolucionário do que seria de esperar, sem a mentalidade de ovelha que o poderia fazer seguir cegamente o caminho da felicidade que lhe é oferecido, parece encontrar-se num beco sem saída de angústia e depressão, uma luta na qual envereda sozinho.

Apesar da premissa pouco original torna-se interessante pela abordagem, não só pela personagem principal que foge a qualquer rumo esperado pelo leitor, como pela forma como é descoberto o elixir da juventude que causa o fim da humanidade enquanto sociedade em progresso. A falta de memória a que leva o elixir é um elemento interessante, mas também aquele que leva a um final algo cliché, um ponto de decisão que se pode tornar catastrófico.

saguaros's review

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3.0

3 stars for now. Might end up being more (or less) as the rest of the series comes out, but I'm super intrigued & I like the tone of it and the mix of comics and prose.

library_jones's review against another edition

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4.5

4.5 stars

tangiblereads's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

3.0

This book was not what I expected. The mixed media threw me off. I prefer a graphic to be a graphic and not have long pages of dialogue like a traditional book. It was confusing to follow the different timelines and I didn’t understand the sequence until towards the end. The story was OK. Not withstanding the dystopian sci fi elements, it was about trauma, correcting a wrong (if you ever really can) and giving into your fears. The science behind the never dying story line was interesting, but overall I was not vested in this story.  I just wanted to know why the girl was in the bag. 

togdon's review against another edition

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4.0

Super interesting use of the graphic novel medium. Snyder/Lemire were the perfect duo to pull it off; I'd love to see them work together again, Jeff's sparse art was a fantastic compliment to Scott's dense prose. The ending is the only thing that prevents it from five stars, and comes close to bumping it down to three.

samlo28's review against another edition

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1.0

Man, I wanted to like this comic so much more than I did.

I made it about 60% or so before I had to start skim reading because it’s so dull. It’s like Snyder had a good idea for a story but wasn’t sure how to write it. He constantly rambles on and on about irrelevant things and then will abruptly change to a different point in time that doesn’t always have a connection to what was just being discussed - h*cking confusing.

Jeff Lemire’s artwork, like always, is absolutely stunning and the saving grace of this series. For some reason I thought he co-wrote this series which is, honestly, the only reason I picked it up. I really played myself.

cetaylor05's review against another edition

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1.0

Although well written, this is a deeply disturbing and depressing depiction of humanity's future, and the art only further reinforces the viseral disquiet it evokes.