Opening Fire

I was introduced to this series by way of the Netflix series. Love the concept, the characters and the different times the creators have chosen. Thankfully the weapons of choice are an easy way for me to identify the different characters in a frame.

The sequencing of the frames and bubbles is not quite intuitive for me, probably as I don't read many graphic novels. I also find the frames way to busy to understand most times but I do pause to appreciate and admire the skill in the design and drawing of the really busy frames.

I'm looking forward to reading volume 2 and sad to see it's the last available.

I read this just after seeing the movie based on the comics.
The early parts of the movie follow the comic quite closely.
For the most part, I liked them both.

Even though I watched the movie first, reading the graphic novel was still enjoyable and it was so much fun trying to figure out the differences between the two, and think which was done better. I was definitely reading all of Andy's dialogue in Charlize Theron's voice because I can't get her out of my head. And my favorite scene of the movie - Joe's romantic confession about Nicky - was even more heartwarming and spectacular in the book and I don't think I can forget it anytime soon.

To conclude, this is a cool story and the artwork is interesting (maybe not completely to my taste but I have no complaints) but I think you'll enjoy it much more if you read it first and then watch the movie. But undoubtedly both the formats are very good and I can't wait to read the sequel which releases later this year.