Perry
Meh. Most of the art is meh. Most of the stories are meh. Now, since I don't read tons of Western comics, I feel like some of these guys don't normally write horror. Some of these seemed unfinished, half-assed, uncertain. Some of the endings were disappointing after an otherwise decent story. Joe R. Lansdale and Mike Carey had some of the best offerings in this. Some of the art was cartoony, but fit. Some of the art was mediocre. And some of it was good. As usual with an anthology, the stories are all over the place in terms of quality and enjoyment. On the whole, though, I think I'll be donating this to the library.
There are some dull parts, but mostly this was a fascinating introduction to the series. I need to find the rest. It's hard to find.
Meh. I heard that Harvest was a touch on the horror side of things. And I liked the creepy child on the cover. So I was pumped about reading it initially. But then I read reviews and forgot about it, since it seemed underwhelming.
And then I decided to get it from the library.
I was totally underwhelmed.
I wasn't scared. I wasn't creeped out. I wasn't grossed out. I was a trifle bored with the degenerate privileged white guy with a conscience in over his head with organ harvesting baddies. If you've seen one degenerate privileged white guy with a conscience, you've seen them all.
And the child he apparently hallucinates–that was just downright goofy.
I had a feeling I would be disappointed. And I was. The only thing not disappointing was the decent art with its dark palette.
I found this today whilst I festered at Barnes and Noble. It was enjoyable enough. It was definitely twisted. I've read a few other things by this writer, and this is probably the closest to Splat that I've seen him create. Essentially, we follow are intrepid hero and his annoying girlfriend from a vacation in Okinawa through to an apocalypse inadvertently created by the Japanese military seventy years in the making. As Tadashi and Kaori are lolling around and arguing because she's kind of awful, they smell a nasty smell and discover that–lo!–fish bodies have mysteriously come to have mechanical spider legs attached to them. The fish creatures take over Okinawa and then, after our awful couple has returned to mainland Japan, the horror follows them. When the fish bodies rot, people become the next targets of the weird mechanical legs. Because a weird ‘germ' is passed from the fish to all other creatures. This germ causes people to become covered in boils and then become swollen with gas, which the mechanical legs need to run. There are a ton of gas clouds in this, which should be funny, but it isn't, because gas clouds are usually followed by oral and anal intrusion. Some messed up stuff goes down in this. The art is great. Not much blood, but it's still gruesome and disturbing, and Ito-sensei's line art is trippy and weird and unnerving. It's wonderfully Lovecraftian in parts.
My main quibble is that the two female characters are both terrible. Kaori is just a bitcah from the get-go. And Tadashi's uncle's assistant is just a damsel in distress. Neither of them are strong characters; they just exist for the men to act upon.
Still, it was an entertaining read. I'd recommend it for horror fans.
A silly note. I've always loved Soma and Agni. But Soma gets hotter with each successive reading. He might possibly be in the top five hottest characters for me. I'm not really into the Grim Reapers. I like them for amusement's sake. Except Spears. He stresses me out.
I quite like anything involving the Lost Light crew, quite a bit. But since I'm getting this series from friends, and they didn't give me any RiD to read beyond the Phase I hardcover, I'm a bit confused by some of the things happening in this. The art, whilst quite nice, doesn't help because the interpretations of the ‘bots are different from the ones I became used to. And I still can't tell all ‘bots apart. That said, I still had a good time and can't wait to read more, especially MTMTE.
Mr Browning is obviously intelligent. It shows. He's also obviously an older man. He provides interesting information, although sometimes I wonder if he doesn't quite grasp younger LGBT culture. He tries, and that's good. He also tends to ramble a bit too much. Every chapter is rather unfocused, and I would at times wonder how we got from Point A to Point B. But worth a read.
I haven't played the game (or, in my case, watched it being played), but this was a choppy introduction. Half of the art was really good, quite creepy; but the second half the art was too cartoony to be creepy. Basically, if you've played Silent Hill or Obscure, then you probably won't get anything new from this graphic novel.
Probably my first actual political read ever that wasn't a civics class in high school. I'm sure there are many nuances to law and politics that I'm missing in this book, but it was still a worthwhile read simply to further educate myself. It is basically the GOP is evil and will not stop being evil until they have ruined everything and only rich white men get to vote again, and they will keep conniving and lying to their constituents until this happens. A few Republicans are horrified by this, but the bad ones win the day again and again.
Holy crud, you guys. I saw this raved about online. As I was reading the first part last week, the B&N cafe guys saw me and started raving about it. I finished this week.
Oh, my gosh. I think I'm in love. The cast, the art, the fun, the vulgarity, the strong ladies who are hilarious and as sexual as they want to be, the characters, the fact that orcs get to be awesome, the fact that the ladies are as tough and bloody-minded as any human gets sometimes. Dee has social anxiety and wants to be with books! Hannah has a foul mouth and is snarky snarker! Violet is serious and strong and bearded! Betty is hilarious and tough!
Yeah, I might have liked it.
This is short, and the author's first language is definitely not English. I would like to read a longer version of this. It felt far to abbreviated. I'll check out the companion piece and review them together, I think.
3.5 stars.
I don't usually like erotica, beyond some yuri and yaoi. But prose? Hardly ever. I'm usually bored, especially if it's heterosexual (no offense, but it really just isn't my thing). But this was a free offer, so I thought, ‘Why the deuce not?'
Imagine my surprise when I completely and totally enjoyed it and the characters and found myself laughing multiple times. It was enjoyably funny, sweet, and titillating. Who knew? Yes, with all romance there must be a communication problem, which can be frustrating, but at least–even in its frustration–it made sense for these kids.
Not bad, not bad. Fairly typical male main character, but the cult stuff could be interesting. I shall continue for now.
P5 boy band is...amazing. And I think I finally get what Lizzie's deal is, since I've been–ahem–reading online. Epiphany.
God, Mizuno-sensei's art is glorious and weird, just like this nuts story. But that's not surprising. I was introduced to her art through the sadly dead hardcopy magazine Shoujo Beat, which I miss terribly. She did the zodiac illustrations for the magazine. Be prepared for weird storytime and weird, beautiful, adorable, messed-up art.
Wow. There are a lot of people raising unpleasant little turd cats. I maintain that this is not the norm, because I've never had cats do things that these cats do. Sure, we have to hide hair ties and spaghetti strap tanks from Strawberry because he loves to eat them. But that's about it. I think there are people with either really bad cat luck or who have no ability to raise a good cat. We have four, and they are, for the most part, delightful. There is a lot of eating, barfing, eating barf, meanness, idiocy, and pooping in bad places. What the devil?
UWAHHHH! I have been horrified for days for a few different reasons. Spoilers, sort of...
RAVAGE! WAHHHH!
SKIDS! WAHHHH!
EVERYONE!!!!
I'm glad I looked up things online, since I don't make it to comic shops to get single issues, or I'd be devastated. I'm still really upset by the deaths of Ravage and Skids.
Harem smut. So if that's what you need in your day, go for it. I sometimes do, but I wish it were better. The art is so-so.
Recommended at a comic shop because I like all things horror, and I'd read literally nearly everything else the proprietor mentioned.
So, not bad. I enjoyed the creep and some of the characters and the time period. The historical elements were probably one of my favorite parts. The twist, though, the bloody twist. Once again, another thriller with a bloody conveniently annoying twist. It was going decently well until then. Sigh.
But the art is quite lovely and dark.