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A review by ponch22
The Vision, Volume 1: Little Worse Than A Man by Tom King
4.0
Saw [a:Tom King|6423138|Tom King|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442632976p2/6423138.jpg]'s [b:Vision|35838422|The Vision|Tom King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1517387406l/35838422._SY75_.jpg|57347085] on a list of great standalone graphic novels and picked up [b:Vol 1|30812645|Vision, Vol. 1 Little Worse Than A Man|Tom King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1467219267l/30812645._SY75_.jpg|49571362] (and Vol 2) through Libby.
The first six issues are a quick read and feel like a Vision-focused version of the Disney+ show Wandavision. Whereas that show centered around Wanda and her family in the suburbs, this story focuses on Vision and his synthetic family in the suburbs.
Maybe I'm too used to Paul Bettany's Vision, but here he and his family speak a little too robotically. Plus, there's often a narration that runs alongside dialog and it was sometimes difficult to follow both tracks—I had to reread several pages to understand both the scene and the relevant commentary.
But the art and story are fantastic. I love how [a:Gabriel Hernandez Walta|3856312|Gabriel Hernández Walta|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1564958819p2/3856312.jpg] always makes the Visions look so odd. Plus, King has mentioned a few things that (I assume) are going to happen in [b:Vol 2|29507117|The Vision, Volume 2 Little Better than a Beast|Tom King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1480727492l/29507117._SY75_.jpg|49796441], so I'm excited to finish off this story and see how it all ends up.
The first six issues are a quick read and feel like a Vision-focused version of the Disney+ show Wandavision. Whereas that show centered around Wanda and her family in the suburbs, this story focuses on Vision and his synthetic family in the suburbs.
Maybe I'm too used to Paul Bettany's Vision, but here he and his family speak a little too robotically. Plus, there's often a narration that runs alongside dialog and it was sometimes difficult to follow both tracks—I had to reread several pages to understand both the scene and the relevant commentary.
But the art and story are fantastic. I love how [a:Gabriel Hernandez Walta|3856312|Gabriel Hernández Walta|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1564958819p2/3856312.jpg] always makes the Visions look so odd. Plus, King has mentioned a few things that (I assume) are going to happen in [b:Vol 2|29507117|The Vision, Volume 2 Little Better than a Beast|Tom King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1480727492l/29507117._SY75_.jpg|49796441], so I'm excited to finish off this story and see how it all ends up.