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A review by vanessakm
DC Comics: Zero Year by Van Jensen, Greg Pak, Chris Sprouse, Vic Drujiniu, Kyle Higgins, Vicente Cifuentes, Jimmy Palmiotti, Eduardo Pansica, Pat Olliffe, Juan Castro, Rob Lean, Christy Marx, Robert Venditti, Julio Ferreira, Marguerite Bennett, Jason Fabok, Scott Snyder, Art Thibert, Karl Story, Brian Buccellato, Jonathan Glapion, Fernando Pasarín, Scott McDaniel, Travis Moore, Marc Andreyko, Jorge Lucas, John Layman, Greg Capullo, Romano Molenaar, Justin Gray, Will Conrad, Ivan Fernandez, Keith Champagne, Denys Cowan, Francis Manapul, Allan Jefferson, James Tynion IV, Cliff Richards, Jeff Lemire, Jim Fern, Jeremy Haun, Aaron Kuder, Andrea Sorrentino, Daniel Sampere, Aaron Lopresti, Trevor McCarthy
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.