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A review by vanessakm
DC Comics: Zero Year by Jorge Lucas, Travis Moore, Brian Buccellato, Juan Castro, Jeff Lemire, Romano Molenaar, Jeremy Haun, Christy Marx, Kyle Higgins, Chris Sprouse, Robert Venditti, Jim Fern, Aaron Kuder, Justin Gray, Marc Andreyko, Jason Fabok, Scott Snyder, Cliff Richards, Pat Olliffe, John Layman, Daniel Sampere, Jimmy Palmiotti, Eduardo Pansica, Trevor McCarthy, Rob Lean, Will Conrad, Keith Champagne, Aaron Lopresti, Greg Pak, Jonathan Glapion, Karl Story, Greg Capullo, Francis Manapul, Vicente Cifuentes, Allan Jefferson, Scott McDaniel, Van Jensen, Denys Cowan, Julio Ferreira, Art Thibert, Marguerite Bennett, James Tynion IV, Vic Drujiniu, Fernando Pasarín, Ivan Fernandez, Andrea Sorrentino
I heard Scott Snyder on the Imaginary Worlds podcast discussing this series, and I came away thinking he sounded charming and the series sounded interesting.
Unfortunately, I could not hack my way through this omnibus edition. The art in places is so distracting. Why does Bruce Wayne look like he has a head injury in some panels? What happened to Barbara Gordon's lips? Why does she look like a blow-up doll who ate a fudgesicle? Seriously, she has gigantic brown lips.
Why was I getting so fixated on the art, I finally asked myself. Because the stories weren't holding my attention. It's supposed to be the New 52 take on [b:Batman: Year One|59980|Batman Year One|Frank Miller|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327940389s/59980.jpg|2501570]. It has crossovers with Batwoman, Batgirl, Black Canary, The Flash, and Superman, to name a few. It sounds awesome. But it was boring. Even when I liked the story (Barbara Gordon's for example), there were those giant, brown lips. Then other stories, like Superman's, didn't sound at all like Superman.
Some reads aren't meant to be.
Unfortunately, I could not hack my way through this omnibus edition. The art in places is so distracting. Why does Bruce Wayne look like he has a head injury in some panels? What happened to Barbara Gordon's lips? Why does she look like a blow-up doll who ate a fudgesicle? Seriously, she has gigantic brown lips.
Why was I getting so fixated on the art, I finally asked myself. Because the stories weren't holding my attention. It's supposed to be the New 52 take on [b:Batman: Year One|59980|Batman Year One|Frank Miller|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327940389s/59980.jpg|2501570]. It has crossovers with Batwoman, Batgirl, Black Canary, The Flash, and Superman, to name a few. It sounds awesome. But it was boring. Even when I liked the story (Barbara Gordon's for example), there were those giant, brown lips. Then other stories, like Superman's, didn't sound at all like Superman.
Some reads aren't meant to be.