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creativecura's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
It's a fun little romp of a book. Maybe a bit on the Mary-sue end with four characters defeating twenty or more goons in one go, but still a fun romp.
colinreedmoon's review
4.0
Hopeless Savages features a sort of 'who's who' of indie comics from the period, and explores a sort of domestic punk world--the world of classic punk rock moving into family life. It's cute, and illustrates the sort of social consciousness which came from that movement on a familial scale: what do children of punks idealize, and in what manner of tiny ways? The genre skips around from series to series, but always makes a point to high light a better world through punk's dying--and forgotten by the majority of the population--influence, through the eyes of children who live through a subculture which focused on group identity well after that identity has been replaced by 21st century homogony. While contemporary punk culture is still trying to fight the good old fight, the kids in HS had that fight handed down from them from parents the way religion and politics often are handed down; the Hopeless-Savages are a stronger familial unit even than functional families of a more conservative bend, possibly because their ideals are so fiercely inclusive.
plexbrarian's review
4.0
Picked this up on a recommendation from a patron. She described previously hating graphic novels and manga until she met the Hopeless-Savage family, so I decided to take a look.
It takes a little bit to get used to the pace and all the characters (the family is comprised of 6 members with a couple school and music industry friends on the side), but I ended up liking the family and how much they stick together. I love Zero's style and innocence, Arsenal's fire and strength, and Rat's accent (that may or may not have been read out loud for funsies).
This is a compendium of 3 smaller books, with frequently-rotating artists, about a family created from the union of two punk legends. It focuses on the unity of the family and acceptance of one another's unique natures (each family member has at least quirk).
It takes a little bit to get used to the pace and all the characters (the family is comprised of 6 members with a couple school and music industry friends on the side), but I ended up liking the family and how much they stick together. I love Zero's style and innocence, Arsenal's fire and strength, and Rat's accent (that may or may not have been read out loud for funsies).
This is a compendium of 3 smaller books, with frequently-rotating artists, about a family created from the union of two punk legends. It focuses on the unity of the family and acceptance of one another's unique natures (each family member has at least quirk).
therudielibrarian's review
4.0
If you are a fan of the punk rock scene, bands like the Sex Pistols, and families...this is a great book. Needless to say I loved it.
tangleroot_eli's review
5.0
The plots in this book are so ridiculous that my disbelief was suspended beyond its breaking point within the first ten pages. But it absolutely didn't matter, because within the first five pages I'd already come to love this delightful rabble of characters. I want to wrap Zero in a blanket and take her home with me. I want to be Twitch or Arsenal (depending on mood). And I'm just generally in love with this family of misfits and rebels, misunderstood, picketed, even reviled--and loving and protecting each other all the more fiercely because of it.
(PS Even if I hadn't adored the rest of the book, the "bonus track" detailing Nikki and Dirk's misadventures at the kids' school conferences alone would've made it worth the read.)
(PPS "No time to swoo!" is possibly the most perfect sentence ever written in the English language, and everyone who knows me should probably prepare to hear it in conversation with me from now on. I apologize for nothing.)
(PS Even if I hadn't adored the rest of the book, the "bonus track" detailing Nikki and Dirk's misadventures at the kids' school conferences alone would've made it worth the read.)
(PPS "No time to swoo!" is possibly the most perfect sentence ever written in the English language, and everyone who knows me should probably prepare to hear it in conversation with me from now on. I apologize for nothing.)
tricky's review
3.0
I picked this book up at a book fair and had no background to the characters or the story. I was pleasantly surprised as this is a really engaging family. Dirk Hopeless and Nikki Savage are a couple of punk rockers who have four children, Rat, Arsenal, Twitch and Zero. The stories are primarily told through Zero who is your typical teenager, all gung-ho emotion and thus erratic. The dialogue is quite humorous and the stories rocket along.
There are several artists involved in the series and you do get different interpretations of the characters. This can be a bit confusing as sometimes Nikki and Arsenal are so similar by a couple of the artists that you are not sure who is who. It is a minor quibble in what I thought was a really good series.
There are several artists involved in the series and you do get different interpretations of the characters. This can be a bit confusing as sometimes Nikki and Arsenal are so similar by a couple of the artists that you are not sure who is who. It is a minor quibble in what I thought was a really good series.
jenmiller253's review
2.0
I found it just a little too confusing sometimes. The made up words plus slang meant I was not sure what was going on part of the time.
yokaiakito's review against another edition
5.0
Great comic about an awesome punk rock family! Features some great artists and some amazing characters.
jodiwilldare's review against another edition
5.0
Now there is competition for my heart. Before, Ramona Flowers was the queen of all graphic novel heroines as far as my heart was concerned. Nobody came close to Ramona. Not the ass-kicking used-to-be fairy tale princesses in “Fables.” Not the real-life women who pepper so many of the graphic memoirs I love (think Alison Bechdel, Marjane Satrapi, Ariel Schrag). Nope, my heart belonged firmly to Ramona.
But then Skank Zero Hopeless-Savage kicked down the door to my heart and I fell madly in love with the made-up word using, punk band fronting, youngest member of the Hopeless-Savage family. I’m pretty enamored with the whole damn family, but that Zero is a charmer.
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But then Skank Zero Hopeless-Savage kicked down the door to my heart and I fell madly in love with the made-up word using, punk band fronting, youngest member of the Hopeless-Savage family. I’m pretty enamored with the whole damn family, but that Zero is a charmer.
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