Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1
Kelly Sue DeConnick (Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel) and Emma Rios (Dr. Strange, Osborn) present the collected opening arc of their surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the western brutality of Preacher. Death's daughter rides the wind on a horse made of smoke...
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Kelly Sue DeConnick (Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel) and Emma Rios (Dr. Strange, Osborn) present the collected opening arc of their surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the western brutality of Preacher. Death's daughter rides the wind on a horse made of smoke and her face bears the skull marks of her father. Her origin story is a tale of retribution as beautifully lush as it is unflinchingly savage.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781607069621 (1607069628)
ASIN: 1607069628
Pages no: 120
Edition language: English
Series: Pretty Deadly
The art work is nice, but the story is pretty deadly boring.
Attend the song of Deathface Ginny,And how she came to beA wrath of rage for men who'd cageAnd harm what should be freePart spaghetti western, part mythical fantasy, Pretty Deadly's first volume flies by in a blur of backstory as it attempts to lay the foundation for the laws that govern the world(s...
I enjoyed the story line in this comic but I wasn't crazy about the art style. At times it felt really overly cluttered and chaotic and seemed to detract rather than add to the story. On the story front I wish we'd dived gotten a little more of the story with characters like Johnny.
I originally picked this one up because I thought the art style, particularly the color pallet, was really eye catching. It's a gorgeous book. There was obviously a lot of thought put into which colors they were going to use, as well as repeating visual motifs. The character design is also interesti...
2 Stars Not my cup of tea. Too Abstract, too much western stuff. Abandoned. netgalley review. Read on iphone.
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