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Echo 1: Incident (2008)

by Terry Moore(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

2756017728 (ISBN13: 9782756017723)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Delcourt

series

Echo

review 1: A sort of biological weapon-suit explodes while being tested high over the California desert. It rains to earth in tiny particles, some of which land on a young woman taking photos nearby. These particles merge and consolidate on her body into a kind of living metal plate, one that proves to have some serious defensive capabilities when the feds come looking."Echo's" premise is interesting, although the dastardly military researchers here will feel familiar to anyone who's seen "Alien." Moore's black-and-white art is expressive and intricate; I really enjoy looking at his character designs.But the characters themselves fall short. They all feel ham-handed and over-the-top in their reactions to the admittedly unbelievable developments around them. With some of the dialogue,... more especially the hospital and soldier scenes, it seems the characters are trying to convince themselves about the lines they're delivering. I don't buy the final chapter's developments, and even before that the story just felt too implausible to continue with.
review 2: Moore manages to make me interested enough to continue to Volume 2 despite this first volume being short on both action and exposition around the tech. The artwork played a part in keeping me in. Although it gets really sparse in parts, with many panels lacking anything in the way of background, the characters' faces and body language still give your eyes something to study and draw story from. The art and dialogue keep everything moving smoothly enough, so it was only now in retrospect that I realized how little I was given. The time was spent well as I do come out of this volume interested in the heroine. less

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