ljrinaldi's review against another edition
4.0
This is an interesting take on the superhero world. The premise is that there is a group of hitman who take out superheroes. They aren't the usual bad-guys. They are doing this because they are being paid to do this. The story follows one not-so-good-guy who takes out superheroes, or tries to. He is not really all that good at his job.
This story has a lot of twists and turns as we try to find out who is calling in these hits on the superheroes and why. If you are familiar with superhero comic books, than this would be an interesting turn on them, seen from the other side. Both Marvel and DC heroes are thinly masked here, as we have The Savior (Superman) , The Black Prince (Batman), and Bugboy (Spiderman).
This is firmly for adults, or mature teenagers, as there is a lot of blood and guts.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
This story has a lot of twists and turns as we try to find out who is calling in these hits on the superheroes and why. If you are familiar with superhero comic books, than this would be an interesting turn on them, seen from the other side. Both Marvel and DC heroes are thinly masked here, as we have The Savior (Superman) , The Black Prince (Batman), and Bugboy (Spiderman).
This is firmly for adults, or mature teenagers, as there is a lot of blood and guts.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
jmanchester0's review against another edition
3.0
Quite a different take on the superhero world.
It was funny, and fast-paced. But it was a tad uneven and confusing at times.
It was enjoyable - worth a read if you're into superhero comics and want to see something a little different. But not something I'd recommend to just anyone - or first time readers.
Thanks to NetGalley and T Pub for a copy in return for an honest review.
It was funny, and fast-paced. But it was a tad uneven and confusing at times.
It was enjoyable - worth a read if you're into superhero comics and want to see something a little different. But not something I'd recommend to just anyone - or first time readers.
Thanks to NetGalley and T Pub for a copy in return for an honest review.
thecommonswings's review against another edition
3.0
The main problem with this is that although “The Boys With Less Puerile Gags” is a decent proposition, this doesn’t quite replace the extremes of Ennis’ comic with anything particularly interesting. It’s considerably more likeable than The Boys, and has a nice line in absurdist comedy, but to be honest most of that is down to Klaus’ enjoyably bonkers art. Everything I enjoyed about this is down to his wonderfully fluid yet angular style, nicely imbuing grotesques with enough life to make you actually care a bit about the story. It’s never terrible, just never quite justifies why it should exist and everything great about it is because of the art. It really should be a great portfolio for Klaus who should go into greater things than this
emarleene's review against another edition
4.0
Turncoat is a somewhat humoristic riff of some of our most well known superheroes. They are not exactly mentioned by name in this comic, but it isn’t hard to find characters that resemble Batman, Superman etc. This story is about a man called Duke, he’s part of a group of superhero assassins. Duke however really sucks at his job, but being completely unaware of this, he sets out to kill one of the biggest superheroes in the world. Kind of makes up for a great plot there.
This comic has a lot of humor to it, but at the same time you can’t really say that the art is particularly “child friendly”. There is a lot of blood and a lot of splasher-like deaths and injuries pictured here, still done in a comic way though so no need to be grossed out.
I think the art it amazing, not to mention the wonderful cover, and the plot is original and fun. The characters are well developed and you will find loads of twists and turns you probably didn’t see coming. This comic has everything a comic need and all pieces are placed exactly in the right spot.
There isn’t a chance one would get bored reading this, so..read it!
This comic has a lot of humor to it, but at the same time you can’t really say that the art is particularly “child friendly”. There is a lot of blood and a lot of splasher-like deaths and injuries pictured here, still done in a comic way though so no need to be grossed out.
I think the art it amazing, not to mention the wonderful cover, and the plot is original and fun. The characters are well developed and you will find loads of twists and turns you probably didn’t see coming. This comic has everything a comic need and all pieces are placed exactly in the right spot.
There isn’t a chance one would get bored reading this, so..read it!
apolasky's review against another edition
4.0
I received this e-comic from Netgalley in enchange for an honest review.
I have to admit I didn't imagine this being so funny because I didn't expect it to be a satire on comics themselves.
Actual rating: 4.5.
Una parodia del mundo del cómic ¡en formato de cómic! Muy original.
En realidad son 4,5 estrellas
Complete bilingual review on my blog (Reseña bilingüe completa en mi blog): http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/turncoat-ryan-osullivan.html
I have to admit I didn't imagine this being so funny because I didn't expect it to be a satire on comics themselves.
Actual rating: 4.5.
Una parodia del mundo del cómic ¡en formato de cómic! Muy original.
En realidad son 4,5 estrellas
Complete bilingual review on my blog (Reseña bilingüe completa en mi blog): http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/turncoat-ryan-osullivan.html
acidalia's review
2.0
I wanted to like this but it really wasn't for me. The humour and the characters just didn't appeal and I couldn't care about the story.
apolasky's review
4.0
I received this e-comic from Netgalley in enchange for an honest review.
I have to admit I didn't imagine this being so funny because I didn't expect it to be a satire on comics themselves.
Actual rating: 4.5.
Una parodia del mundo del cómic ¡en formato de cómic! Muy original.
En realidad son 4,5 estrellas
Complete bilingual review on my blog (Reseña bilingüe completa en mi blog): http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/turncoat-ryan-osullivan.html
I have to admit I didn't imagine this being so funny because I didn't expect it to be a satire on comics themselves.
Actual rating: 4.5.
Una parodia del mundo del cómic ¡en formato de cómic! Muy original.
En realidad son 4,5 estrellas
Complete bilingual review on my blog (Reseña bilingüe completa en mi blog): http://aleph1984.blogspot.com.ar/2016/09/turncoat-ryan-osullivan.html
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