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A review by crookedtreehouse
A.D. After Death, Book One by Scott Snyder, Jeff Lemire
4.0
If you have a friend who you want to get into graphic novels, but who isn't interested in reading your Sandman or X-Men collections, and who balks at Maus or Persepolis (no offense, but your friend sounds like kind of a snobby jerk), you might find [a:Scott Snyder|70026|Scott Snyder|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1337783422p2/70026.jpg] and [a:Jeff Lemire|543719|Jeff Lemire|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1300396580p2/543719.jpg]'s A.D. works for them. Unlike most modern comics and graphic novels, there's a great deal of prose text, in addition to the graphic elements, so they're not going to finish reading it in ten minutes.
If you're familiar with Snyder's writing or Lemire's art, there aren't any real surprises here. The combination of their arts gel really well together, but I could tell by page three that Snyder was up this typical trope of...I don't want to spoil anyone else's Snyder-reading experience but you don't have to look too close to realize that all of his stories are the same core with a few different baubles. Luckily, he's really good at writing that one story, so it's always entertaining, if you can get past that particular trope.
In addition to people who aren't into most graphic novels, I recommend this for people looking for an unusual graphic novel experience, or for people who like they're sci-fi a little more Twilight Zone and a little less Battlestar Galactica.
If you're familiar with Snyder's writing or Lemire's art, there aren't any real surprises here. The combination of their arts gel really well together, but I could tell by page three that Snyder was up this typical trope of...I don't want to spoil anyone else's Snyder-reading experience but you don't have to look too close to realize that all of his stories are the same core with a few different baubles. Luckily, he's really good at writing that one story, so it's always entertaining, if you can get past that particular trope.
In addition to people who aren't into most graphic novels, I recommend this for people looking for an unusual graphic novel experience, or for people who like they're sci-fi a little more Twilight Zone and a little less Battlestar Galactica.