by China Mieville
I thought this had potential. But I won't be continuing with the series.
Cross-posted on Soapboxing.netNetgalley, y u never approve me on Miéville titles? Maybe if you had approved me for Dial H, Vol. 1: Into You, I wouldn't be months down the road after twice unsuccessfully requesting this from the library, unsuccessful because they blew up my local library branch, and ...
I liked the basic premise and the fact that the protagonists were a woefully overweight and generally unhealthy man in his late twenties and an elderly woman. I didn't like the fact that DC chose to depict a much more trimmed down version of the main protagonist on the cover of this book. Really? Th...
I don't doubt that I would have completely overlooked Dial H if it weren't written by Miéville. But his name was enough to interest in me in what is, frankly, a niche comic to begin with. I know absolutely nothing about the older versions of the concept, so I came in without any preconceived notions...
By chance, I saw China Miéville’s name as the writer for this reboot of an old DC comic line Dial H. I never read the original series, but in Miéville fanboy devotion, I had to pick up this graphic novel which includes the first several issues of the comic.It’s trippy and cheeky and filled with har...