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Prophet, Volume 1: Remission (2012)

by Brandon Graham(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1607066114 (ISBN13: 9781607066118)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Image Comics

series

Prophet

review 1: There are some 3 and 5 star reviews of this that somewhat reflect how I felt while reading this so I'm confused how they gave it so many stars. I don't even know how to explain this story to anyone else outside of the summary blurb. I don't know who or why or what in this story and by the 3rd chapter I didn't care. I just read it to finish it. By that point I'm not even looking at the pictures anymore. which also, I'm apparently the only person who thinks they're terrible. What I find most troubling of all is that several people actually collaborated to make this happen and at no point did any one of those people say, "hey guys, this is kinda shit. should we maybe make it a little less shit? Maybe we shouldn't make it all." I think I hate this even more than kill Shakesp... moreeare.
review 2: (Caveat: I'm listing the trade paperback collecting the first arc of the series here, but in actual fact I read these in the original comic book format that came out month to month, or thereabouts, so this is more or less a review of the whole experience.)I know that everybody loves Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples' Saga. Hell, I do.But I also think that this is the better science fiction comic (though it's about to come to an end in a week or so). It's not that I don't think that Saga is wildly inventive and original and all of that. I just think that this utterly strange and unpredictable reboot of a Rob Liefeld creation (of all things) is actually MORE wildly inventive and original and . . . mind-boggling. Yes, I realize that "mind-boggling" is quite the cliche, but I can't think of a better phrase to describe this.It's about as close to the experience of reading Heavy Metal in its heyday as you are likely to experience these days, which is about the highest praise I can muster.I will confess that the narration in the first few issues did put me off a bit, so you ought to know that if you experience a similar dissatisfaction, keep going. It gets better.Also, after the first arc (collected in this trade), things really take off. It takes a while to adjust to the strangeness, but there's a cohesiveness to it that really bowls you over when you finally see the whole shape of the thing.You should read this if you are even remotely interested in science fiction, or comic books, or science fiction comic books (which are, surprisingly, kind of sparse--or at least, good, worthwhile science fiction comic books are, anyway). less

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