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BOOK
OF THE WEEK:
28 DAYS LATER THE AFTERMATH GN
Comic Review by:
Mike Kurnat
Writer: Steve Niles
Artist:
Diego Almos, Nate Jones, Dennis Calero, & Tim Bradstreet
Publisher:
Fox Atomic Comics
MSRP: $17.99 |
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"My
advice to fans of the movie is to wait and see the
second movie first than pick this one up."
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Let me preface this review by saying that I’m a big fan
of the zombie genre, movie and comics, and of the film that inspired
this book, so I apologize if I make some obscure reference to the film.
With that out of the way, this was clearly an attempt at broadening the
world around the film but more of a vehicle to hype 28 Weeks Later. The
book is split up in four parts. It starts with the creation of the virus
which was by far the most rewarding part of the book. The virus never
really made sense in the movie but is explained to satisfaction in the
first part of the story. The second part follows a family while they try
to regroup after the attack on the youngest son and escape the zombie
hordes. The only part that saved this was the scene at the train
station. The train stations were mentioned in the movie as overrun with
people, normal and infected alike, and we are treated to a page of that
anarchy. The third and my favorite part of the book showcases a man
still living in England and picking off zombies while he tries to
survive and understand the creatures. He comes across another man doing
the same thing and they have themselves a little turf war. The forth
part takes place in a security camp and we get to see the surviving
members of the first three parts get together to try and escape. There
were three artists working on the Steve Niles written book, the best
work of the three was by Nat Jones in the third part of the comic. I
enjoyed the references in the first two parts but felt like I was being
lead into the new movie by the second half by leaving loose ends and
introducing the new post infection world to me. At the end of the third
part, we see three fighter jets fly over the town, I’m assuming that is
a reference to the new movie, but it ends up meaning nothing when it is
referring to a piece of film that hasn’t even been released yet. It was
a little frustrating feeling lost after I was enjoying being on the
inside of the first two parts. Each section of the story does have a
nice little reveal about the world the 28 Days/Weeks Later is based in,
but it wasn’t as good as its movie brethren or comics of the same type.
My advice to fans of the movie is to wait and see the second movie first
than pick this one up. It does have enough redeeming qualities to
warrant a purchase, if you are already a fan. New comers may want to
pass entirely. |
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KIDZ CORNER COMIC REVIEW:
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES
IN THE 31ST CENTURY #1
a DC Comics ongoing series
Comic Review by: Jim "Good Old JR" Rutkowski
Release Date:
031807 |
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Any book that uses
Rashamon for inspiration can’t be all bad but this one
comes really close. This is yet another re-imagined
superhero book using an anime style and frankly it’s
getting tiring. So much so, that after reading it, I’m
not the least bit interested in seeing the animated
series that it is based on. The story, such as it is,
revolves around all the members of the team recalling
how Clark Kent/Superman first joined them. Everyone’s
recollection is different and not one of them is the
least bit original or interesting. Since there are
pending legal problems with the creator of Superboy,
the series and comic have to refer to him as Superman.
This is a bit distracting as the character is depicted
as being somewhere in the vicinity of junior high
school age. This is a flat, uninspired book with
generic anime art and a completely lackluster story.
Just leave it on the shelf. Use the money to get some
gum. The act of chewing will be more entertaining. Not
Recommended. |
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Reviews are based on the Sneak
Peek titles sent out by Marvel & Image (DC no longer sends them out). It's not
everything that's shipping for the week, but it is a real good cross-section of
this weeks releases. |
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Books/Characters pictured herein are © Copyright 2007
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Reviews © 2007 Alternate Reality, Inc. |
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