This book is the opus of Brian K Vaughn and Pia Guarra (sorry if i spelt that wrong but i am feeling lazy hence no name checking and no cover art)
The art is amazing. IT is a little different then most vertigo books that seem to make the art an afterthought. Pia is on top of her game. (There is also a fill in artist but again feeling lazy and whoever it is meshes so well with Pia that it is hard to tell the difference.)
The writing is amazing. Next to preacher i think this is the best thing that Vertigo has ever put out. This is a great science fiction political satire. Vaughn really now how to mesh high drama with humor and not let political ideals get in the way of the story telling. Through all seven volumes the reader really begins to feel for the characters and learn their motives (you think).
The story in this one was just OK. Vaughn has a way with playing with the time stream where each section takes place at a certain point of time but is not necessarily linear. If you go into the book not paying attention to the section where he puts "5 Months Ago" or hell even "30 Minutes ago" you really can get a lost feeling. There were points in this volume that i found myself getting a little lost but that may be because of my mind set going in. We learn a lot of the back story of 355 which was great and we also meet a character that we haven't seen in a while and boy has she changed. There is church allegory (more specifically catholic allegory) that is kind of witty and not off putting if you are a strong believer in that faith. Anyway this volume was good to move the story forward but not nearly as good as Volume 4 which is still my favorite.
No a little side story. My wife is a big reader (big as in reading a lot not as in size because my wife is a little thing). She is a fan of Jodi Piccoult and Lifetime (you know guys the channel we try to block on our cable list) put on a movie of her latest book "The 10Th Circle." Like the good husband i am I DVR'd it for her and she watched it last night. As she was watching I read this trade. In the background i get the gist of her story. A HS student is distraught over her boyfriend breaking up with her. She then get drunk at a party and gets raped by said ex boyfriend. The police are investigating it and this guys life is ruined to the point where it looks like he kills himself. We later find out (do you all mind if i spoil this chick flick) that the mother pushed the kid off the bridge but it was an accident and nothing happened to the family.
No here was the mistake i made. After the show was over I turned to her and said "Man you sure read a lot of Drivel." Mind you I said this while i was reading a science fiction book where all males are destroyed by a virus except one and his pet monkey and we come to find out that the monkeys poop is what is the savior of mankind. man was she pissed. Oh well
Talk to you later,
TJ
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