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Prophet Vol. 1: Remisión (2013)

by Brandon Graham(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Aleta Ediciones

series

Prophet

review 1: For some reason at one point Amazon recommended that I read this, but I couldn't find much information on it and am not in the habit of just casually purchasing their suggestions. But recently I saw it on hold at my library and realized that the library system had it. It was well worth reading and I might even be interested in owning it at some point. The artwork in all of the stories is well done and I love the terse, minimalist narration that provides just enough explanation as the story moves along visually. I love the almost travelogue style of the first story, moving from one fantastic but minimally explained location to the next, with all of the bizarre inhabitants (intelligent and non) of a far-future Earth inhabited by aliens. Overall the comic demonstrates the pot... moreential for science fiction to encompass fantastic expanses of time and space. Starting the comic I knew only about as much as the short blurb on the back said, which isn't very much. So I thought that John Prophet was an individual and the story continue much like it had for the first three chapters. But he wasn't unique, just one of many clones and the collection had four distinct stories in total (plus a very short fifth one at the end). It was a bit disappointing finding this, but I did like all of the stories. However, I don't care about the meta-plot, about the Earth Empire and whatever conflict it had with the first John Prophet; it is too vague to really hook my attention, and too far from what first interested me. Also, at the time of the comic humanity seems to consist of just thousands of John Prophet clones and a number less of the grotesquely giant-headed "Mothers" that control ships, and it is hard to care at all about those beings or to truly relate to them as human. Still, I would be interested in reading other volumes, but sadly the library only has volumes 1 and 3. I will need to suggest that someone purchase volume 2.
review 2: Bearing no real resemblance to the Rob Liefeld title of the 90's, this reboot is more of a Jack Vance, Dying Earth-style space mystery. It's visceral, brilliant, disgusting and incredibly intriguing throughout each of the six stories.Simon Roy, Farel Dalrymple and Brandon Graham contribute complimentary art styles that capture the strange, dystopian science fiction settings each John Prophet visits. I've already ordered the following volumes in anticipation of where the story is going. A great read overall! less

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