by Michael Lark, Greg Rucka, Stefano Gaudiano, Brian Level
I got this one on a whim. Why? Because the cover is REALLY cool. I love the artwork of it and it made me want to know more about the woman on the cover. She also reminded me of a character of mine that I created in high school and have started to revisit. So yeah, A+ for the cover. It's amazing. U...
Having already read Volumes 2 & 3 (with some difficulty regarding continuity), it is rewarding to read the first volume and see how things started and developed. Lazarus refers to Forever, part of the Carlyle family that dominate grain production in the USA in this collection about a possible future...
This is a dystopian world, where people are either Family, Serf, or Waste. The Waste are cannon fodder, the Serfs sort of middle class, and the Family the upper echelon. Each Family has a Lazarus, a defender who can't die - or at least it's so hard to kill them they might as well be invincible. ...
A promising idea and a promising series!In a post-apocalyptic society, select few families own all the resources, including land and supplies and people. The families have Lazaruses to protect them. My understanding is that a Lazarus is a genetically engineered human that has modifications that allo...
An intriguing start to a dystopian series that left me wanting to find out more. It starts off strong and just keeps going, with artwork that seemed (appropriately) slightly gritty.
Overall Rating: 4 Stars Star Rating Art: 3.5 Stars Star Rating Story: 4.5 Stars Netgalley Review First Impression: Is wondering why everything is tinted blue. Plot/Storyline: Really interesting family drama set in a dystopia. Incest occurs. The story is fantastic once it get’s going. At fi...
Overall Rating: 4 StarsStar Rating Art: 3.5 StarsStar Rating Story: 4.5 StarsNetgalley ReviewFirst Impression: Is wondering why everything is tinted blue.Plot/Storyline: Really interesting family drama set in a dystopia. Incest occurs. The story is fantastic once it get’s going. At first I thought...
An intriguing start to a new series. http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2013/10/more-please.html
arc provided by Image Comics through Netgalley In this dystopian future a few Families rule entire sections of land. If you're not part of a Family, you're a Serf, or Waste. The reader is dropped unceremoniously into this world - enough is revealed to follow the story along, but there is not much...