haia_929's review against another edition
1.0
This is a trimmed down version of my review, to view the full review visit The Book Ramble.
I received a copy of this book from Diamond Book Distributors on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
D4VE used to save the world, now he’s just unhappily married with a terrible job and a shithead son. But then the world is at stake and D4VE has to save the world again – is he up for the job?
I felt like D4VE was a ripoff of the droids we see in just about everything but especially Saga. I found him uninspired, uninteresting, and unrelatable. I couldn’t connect with him or the story at all. It was a lot of jokes that missed the mark and characters I just couldn’t be bothered with.
The plot was a bit of a mess. The pacing certainly didn’t help. I couldn’t follow it clearly and the art made the whole thing a muddled. I get the basic idea of the disenfranchised robot society and all that but the whole plot was spelled out so fast it just lost the beat completely for me.
I received a copy of this book from Diamond Book Distributors on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
D4VE used to save the world, now he’s just unhappily married with a terrible job and a shithead son. But then the world is at stake and D4VE has to save the world again – is he up for the job?
I felt like D4VE was a ripoff of the droids we see in just about everything but especially Saga. I found him uninspired, uninteresting, and unrelatable. I couldn’t connect with him or the story at all. It was a lot of jokes that missed the mark and characters I just couldn’t be bothered with.
The plot was a bit of a mess. The pacing certainly didn’t help. I couldn’t follow it clearly and the art made the whole thing a muddled. I get the basic idea of the disenfranchised robot society and all that but the whole plot was spelled out so fast it just lost the beat completely for me.
piecesofquiet's review against another edition
3.0
kind of like the incredibles excepttheyre all robots, there is no daughter, the wife leaves him, the son is horny and obnoxious, and the dad helped kill all the humans.
iffer's review against another edition
3.0
Although I liked the concept of this book as part "Office Space," part post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie (except featuring human-emulating robots), and part sophomoric comedy movie, my interest waned in the middle, probably because the teenage boy jokes, computer jokes/puns, and teenage boy toilet humor became stale.
I enjoyed the robot alien art, and I'd recommend this to someone who'd appreciate the humor!
I enjoyed the robot alien art, and I'd recommend this to someone who'd appreciate the humor!
daynpitseleh's review against another edition
3.0
I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This was a pretty decent graphic novel that had a lot of puns and computer/technology related humor. However, some of the elements were a little bit repetitive, but overall, it was a fun tale.
This was a pretty decent graphic novel that had a lot of puns and computer/technology related humor. However, some of the elements were a little bit repetitive, but overall, it was a fun tale.
wanderlustlover's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic Novel Book Club: July 2014
I really did not like anything in or about this series. This just made me sigh a lot, and wince. There was more sexual explicitness with the teen than ever needed, as well as absoutely no growth from the main character. I loved by 2% the really good old computer jokes and they made it not entirely like I was drowning alive in this read.
I really did not like anything in or about this series. This just made me sigh a lot, and wince. There was more sexual explicitness with the teen than ever needed, as well as absoutely no growth from the main character. I loved by 2% the really good old computer jokes and they made it not entirely like I was drowning alive in this read.
jmanchester0's review against another edition
5.0
I have got to get volume 1. This is hilarious and Ryan Ferrier has a fantastic way with words. He's the kind of writer that makes you say I wish I'd thought of that.
Within just a couple pages, quotes or references to The Terminator, Back to the Future, and Bill O'Reilly!
And should I be worried that I completely relate to D4VE?
"I'm haunted by the ghost of all the dumb shit I've ever done."
Same, D4VE.
Ok - complete honesty: in the second panel of the comic - I am D4VE in traffic.
And I'm exactly as awkward as D4VE when he's talking to B3TH.
And I'm so gonna use "banana-pants mcfuck-buttons".
Sorry. Language. Don't talk like that, kids.
Thanks to NetGalley and IDW Comics for a copy in return for an honest review.
Within just a couple pages, quotes or references to The Terminator, Back to the Future, and Bill O'Reilly!
And should I be worried that I completely relate to D4VE?
"I'm haunted by the ghost of all the dumb shit I've ever done."
Same, D4VE.
Ok - complete honesty: in the second panel of the comic - I am D4VE in traffic.
And I'm exactly as awkward as D4VE when he's talking to B3TH.
And I'm so gonna use "banana-pants mcfuck-buttons".
Sorry. Language. Don't talk like that, kids.
Thanks to NetGalley and IDW Comics for a copy in return for an honest review.
theartolater's review against another edition
4.0
This review covers both volumes in this series)
I’ve said before that I’m not one to laugh out loud at things I read, but then I get my hands on graphic novels like D4VE and question whether it’s just that I have high standards for humor, or whether it’s just juvenile humor through robots that tickles my fancy.
Anyway, D4VE is a robot that was part of the massive robot rebellion on Earth. The bots wiped out all the humans, then explored the stars and wiped out all the aliens as well. They’ve now become as lazy and complacent as the humans they’ve replaced, so when existential problems arise (in either volume), it takes someone who is fed up like D4VE to solve it.
The humor here comes from the sex-crazed teenage robots, D4VE himself being in over his head so much, the unique l33tspeak way all the bots spell their names, and just the little hidden pieces throughout. The entire thing is kind of dumb, sure – the second volume in particular feels more like a “crap, this first series did pretty well, we should try to do more” run, but that’s not a knock against it in and of itself – but dumb is good and funny. In terms of just having some fun?
This absolutely did the trick. Definitely recommended.
I’ve said before that I’m not one to laugh out loud at things I read, but then I get my hands on graphic novels like D4VE and question whether it’s just that I have high standards for humor, or whether it’s just juvenile humor through robots that tickles my fancy.
Anyway, D4VE is a robot that was part of the massive robot rebellion on Earth. The bots wiped out all the humans, then explored the stars and wiped out all the aliens as well. They’ve now become as lazy and complacent as the humans they’ve replaced, so when existential problems arise (in either volume), it takes someone who is fed up like D4VE to solve it.
The humor here comes from the sex-crazed teenage robots, D4VE himself being in over his head so much, the unique l33tspeak way all the bots spell their names, and just the little hidden pieces throughout. The entire thing is kind of dumb, sure – the second volume in particular feels more like a “crap, this first series did pretty well, we should try to do more” run, but that’s not a knock against it in and of itself – but dumb is good and funny. In terms of just having some fun?
This absolutely did the trick. Definitely recommended.
theartolater's review against another edition
4.0
This review covers both volumes in this series)
I’ve said before that I’m not one to laugh out loud at things I read, but then I get my hands on graphic novels like D4VE and question whether it’s just that I have high standards for humor, or whether it’s just juvenile humor through robots that tickles my fancy.
Anyway, D4VE is a robot that was part of the massive robot rebellion on Earth. The bots wiped out all the humans, then explored the stars and wiped out all the aliens as well. They’ve now become as lazy and complacent as the humans they’ve replaced, so when existential problems arise (in either volume), it takes someone who is fed up like D4VE to solve it.
The humor here comes from the sex-crazed teenage robots, D4VE himself being in over his head so much, the unique l33tspeak way all the bots spell their names, and just the little hidden pieces throughout. The entire thing is kind of dumb, sure – the second volume in particular feels more like a “crap, this first series did pretty well, we should try to do more” run, but that’s not a knock against it in and of itself – but dumb is good and funny. In terms of just having some fun?
This absolutely did the trick. Definitely recommended.
I’ve said before that I’m not one to laugh out loud at things I read, but then I get my hands on graphic novels like D4VE and question whether it’s just that I have high standards for humor, or whether it’s just juvenile humor through robots that tickles my fancy.
Anyway, D4VE is a robot that was part of the massive robot rebellion on Earth. The bots wiped out all the humans, then explored the stars and wiped out all the aliens as well. They’ve now become as lazy and complacent as the humans they’ve replaced, so when existential problems arise (in either volume), it takes someone who is fed up like D4VE to solve it.
The humor here comes from the sex-crazed teenage robots, D4VE himself being in over his head so much, the unique l33tspeak way all the bots spell their names, and just the little hidden pieces throughout. The entire thing is kind of dumb, sure – the second volume in particular feels more like a “crap, this first series did pretty well, we should try to do more” run, but that’s not a knock against it in and of itself – but dumb is good and funny. In terms of just having some fun?
This absolutely did the trick. Definitely recommended.
georgea_1234's review against another edition
3.0
An amusing graphic novel. The premise is an interesting one of a robot designed for combat against space aliens, now redundant and reduced to some sort of office lackey. The many references to popular tech culture are good ("for the love of Woz!"), but can get a bit much.
Besides D4VE, the characters are largely charicatures and it all seems a bit...shallow.
Like I said, amusing, but not great.
Besides D4VE, the characters are largely charicatures and it all seems a bit...shallow.
Like I said, amusing, but not great.