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ZERO 1: Krize (2014)

by Ales Kot(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

CREW

review 1: Image continues it's quality run, I've lost count how many excellent series that company currently publishes and Zero is up there on a quality ladder.Ales Kot as a writer is new find for me, but from now on he's gonna be in my watch list. Vol. 1 contains first five issues, all illustrated by a different artist, and it works just fine as the artist talent fits with the story.So, now I'm hooked in yet another series because plot seems to be something 'out there' and this new writer who seems to has a talent to put words in the right order. Buy this one, because Image sells these first volumes in a very reasonable prices.
review 2: This book by Ales Kot has been talked up by a lot of people since issue #1 came out. Kot, who had a well-received short run on DC's Su... moreicide Squad, delivers up a spy thriller that's dense, uncertain, suspenseful, and full of psychological insight. Zero, Vol 1, An Emergency, collects issues #1-5, for a bargain price of only $9.99, although other first volumes from Image have collected six. Ah, well, never the mind.Although there's some element of Jason Bourne in Edward Zero, Kot gives the denouement of his story away at the very beginning, showing us an Agent Zero who has apparently gone over to the other side, whatever that is. In the five issues collected here, we begin to see the bits and pieces of what caused Zero to defect, while learning about the monstrous Agency along the way.Those who don't like "ugly" art, i.e., art that isn't a knock off of Jim Lee or George Perez, won't be happy. The art is unrefined, sketchy, and minimalist. It's also deep, blunt, and brilliant. Each chapter is illustrated by a different artist, so we see differing views of Zero and his world, but even so, there's a certain amount of continuity art wise, that ties everything together well.Interspersed between many of the issues are texts of interrogations, thoughts, etc., from the POV of the characters.This is a brutal book. It hit me between the eyes as surely as Agent Zero kills his targets. Nevertheless, while this usually leaves me feeling cold, shallow, and cynical, Kot draws me into this world he has created, making me want to know more. Well, one of my buddies on Facebook is already telling me not to wait for the next collection, but to go ahead and pick up issues #6 and #7. I just might. I don't know if I can wait. less

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