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The Drift (2009)

by Jeff Smith(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Cartoon Books

series

RASL

review 1: I loved the entire "Bone" series, including "Rose," and the short stories featuring that world and those characters. I read some good reviews of this new series, so I gave it a try. I liked it, but there's not enough that happens in the first volume to make me LOVE it, yet. Only one bizarre humanoid creature, and unfortunately lots of desert backgrounds. Which I find boring. Don't need to see flat horizons and cactus. Smith is such a great artist, conveying so much with clear simple lines, but I wished there were more detail in this book. Still, it has to do with quantum mechanics, Nikola Tesla, and parallel worlds, so that's all fun. If I can find the 2nd volume at a good bargain price, I'm sure I'll pick it up. Also, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that there's an almo... morest fetishistic focus on the male protagonist's slim and muscular form, frequently shirtless. Which is fine with this reader. But it did make me sort of snicker, and think, "Wow. Jeff Smith really likes drawing this ripped little dude..."
review 2: Re-title this book 'Quantum Pulp Fiction' or 'Harboiled Sliders' or... ahh, just leave it the way it is, Jeff Smith knows what he's doing. Rasl is a very serious departure from 'Bone'. It has mature content, is intended for mature audiences, all of the TVMA ratings would apply here except for gratuitous nudity. There's murder, theft, swearing, boozing, sex, and science-fiction. A damn good combination all around. The build-up is slow, but once it gets moving it won't stop. It becomes a perpetual motion machine powered by the sheer force of Smith's genius. The man has the perfect instinct when it comes to placement and composition within each panel and the arrangement of the panels on each page. His lines are near perfect and he's a master of the black and white medium, knowing exactly where to place shadow and where to leave off and let the positive spaces speak. And it may not be the most original story, but not all of the world's greatest stories are the most original. Its solid and intriguing and makes all the right turns through the maze it sets up in front of you.Grade: A less

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