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Kabuki, Vol. 7: The Alchemy (2009)

by David W. Mack(Favorite Author)

4.53 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

078513249X (ISBN13: 9780785132493)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Marvel

series

Kabuki

review 1: This book was incredible! It took me forever to find a copy that wasn't ass amounts of money but it was well worth the wait. This volume literally brings everything together for the final storyline. The conclusion is solid and I felt like I learned a little about the author and myself after reading this book. If you've read all the other volumes, definitely get a hold of this! I rate it equal to the ending of Breaking Bad - for those of you that know me know that is a high honor.
review 2: The artwork is fantastic as always. Mack uses a variety of styles including stick figures, realistic portraits, abstracts, collages, connect-the-dots, graphing paper, origami, traditional comic book style, photography and children's book. Unfortunately, there isn't really a p... morelot. The characters all just sit around discussing new age philosophy and agreeing with each other. His characters also rant about how the government is suppressing free energy machines and how comic books are a superior medium to television. He includes more nonsense from the movie What the Bleep Do We Know, specifically the claim that writing positive words on a glass of water makes the water better.Mack has once again forgotten that Kabuki originally took place in the future and instead sets this story firmly in the present. He includes some commonsense self-help advise specifically directed at writers and artists. In fact, most of the characters in this volume are artists and they all share Mack's personal life philosophy. As if basing all of the characters on himself wasn't enough, Mack also makes himself a character. He explains to Kabuki the creative process he went through when he created her. Kabuki then has a dream in which she realizes that she's a comic book character. She writes her life story down and has Mack turn it into a comic book. Mack also includes an autobiographical comic-within-a-comic. I wanted to like this volume, but it was just far too self-referential and self-indulgent. less

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