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A review by helpfulsnowman
Invincible, Vol. 16: Family Ties by Robert Kirkman
4.0
Even after 17 volumes, still loving this book. You have to read this one. It's a great superhero story that really does an incredible job handling things like family dynamics and creating an entire universe as opposed to a planet or two.
I have to say, compared to Kirkman's more famous Walking Dead, which I do very much enjoy...I think I get more excited about reading the next installment of Invincible. I enjoy zombie stuff, I still think the Walking Dead is a great book, but goddamn if I don't have a hard time remembering exactly who has lived, who died, and what happened in the last 15 or so volumes. With Invincible, I've only read through once, and I still remember almost all of what happened. It comes flooding back pretty fast, and the parts that aren't so automatic have good reminders built in by the writer. The events, the characters, they just feel bigger, more vibrant somehow. Even the side characters are so memorable. I guess this whole book has that option, the option to be outsized and incredible whereas it wouldn't really work all that well in Walking Dead. But screw it, if I had to read one Kirkman series, this would be it.
That said, what an amazing talent we have in Robert Kirkman.
I have to say, compared to Kirkman's more famous Walking Dead, which I do very much enjoy...I think I get more excited about reading the next installment of Invincible. I enjoy zombie stuff, I still think the Walking Dead is a great book, but goddamn if I don't have a hard time remembering exactly who has lived, who died, and what happened in the last 15 or so volumes. With Invincible, I've only read through once, and I still remember almost all of what happened. It comes flooding back pretty fast, and the parts that aren't so automatic have good reminders built in by the writer. The events, the characters, they just feel bigger, more vibrant somehow. Even the side characters are so memorable. I guess this whole book has that option, the option to be outsized and incredible whereas it wouldn't really work all that well in Walking Dead. But screw it, if I had to read one Kirkman series, this would be it.
That said, what an amazing talent we have in Robert Kirkman.