misssusan's review against another edition
2.0
uhhh
look someone's probably going to write a really cool paper about literary experimentation in comics and how a lot of mainstream superhero comics are beginning to mess around with narrative and art styles in a way you usually only see in indie work
i will probably read that paper. it will probably mention hawkeye. i will probably not put much effort into continuing hawkeye. as fun it is might be to analyze, the redo of hawkeye's origins cut through the ongoing storyline is really not doing much for me
2 stars
look someone's probably going to write a really cool paper about literary experimentation in comics and how a lot of mainstream superhero comics are beginning to mess around with narrative and art styles in a way you usually only see in indie work
i will probably read that paper. it will probably mention hawkeye. i will probably not put much effort into continuing hawkeye. as fun it is might be to analyze, the redo of hawkeye's origins cut through the ongoing storyline is really not doing much for me
2 stars
kjboldon's review against another edition
5.0
I didn't read this when it came out monthly, and I should have--this is a great Hawkeye story, or rather collection of stories.
octobertune's review against another edition
4.0
No idea why this is Hawkeye vol. 5 even though the actual individual comics are called All-New Hawkeye (and it's also a completely new story, no more Tracksuit bros), but sure, I'll take more Clint and Kate.
daredeviling's review against another edition
3.0
This volume was alright, I suppose. I guess nothing could really top the epic-ness that was Fraction's Hawkeye, but this volume did an okay job with following it up. There were two storylines and I felt like they were trying to force parallels between the storylines. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. I did like seeing Clint's past, but at parts, I felt like the main storyline was being ignored for it. In truth, I wasn't really fond of the main storyline much, and I definitely didn't like how the storyline ended for this volume. The time jump felt really weird and didn't really make much sense to me. I'll see where they go with it, but this comic definitely leaves something lacking, especially compared to the Fraction run.
sunsetglittery's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
I really enjoyed how Clint's past affected his future. Also, Kate Bishop is total badass.
tshepiso's review against another edition
4.5
4.5 stars
I'll admit I've been hesitant to read Jeff Lemire's All-New Hawkeye. Matt Fraction's Hawkeye run is one of my absolute favourite comics and I feared comparison becoming a thief of joy for this story. Luckily for me, Lemire's storytelling is just as good at capturing what I love about these characters as Fraction's.
The plot is simple but effective. In it we see Kate and Clint rescue children experimented on by Hydra. The familiar Hawkeye and Hawkeye dynamic is captured perfectly. The action is kinetic and fast-paced as always and that classic Hawkeye wry humour is present and accounted for.
The jewel of this comic is the way Lemire with artist Ramón Pérez integrates flashbacks with the narrative. Perez's watercolour illustrations are used to represent Clint's childhood and that stylistic choice was brilliant. It captured the hazy nostalgia of memory beautifully but also conveyed violence starkly. I adored how the flashbacks were contrasted on-page with the present timeline with panels often going back and forth between past and present brilliantly.
For anyone as hesitant as I was to read Hawkeye under a new writer-artist team be assured Jeff Lemire and Ramón Pérez's work is just as good as their predecessors.
I'll admit I've been hesitant to read Jeff Lemire's All-New Hawkeye. Matt Fraction's Hawkeye run is one of my absolute favourite comics and I feared comparison becoming a thief of joy for this story. Luckily for me, Lemire's storytelling is just as good at capturing what I love about these characters as Fraction's.
The plot is simple but effective. In it we see Kate and Clint rescue children experimented on by Hydra. The familiar Hawkeye and Hawkeye dynamic is captured perfectly. The action is kinetic and fast-paced as always and that classic Hawkeye wry humour is present and accounted for.
The jewel of this comic is the way Lemire with artist Ramón Pérez integrates flashbacks with the narrative. Perez's watercolour illustrations are used to represent Clint's childhood and that stylistic choice was brilliant. It captured the hazy nostalgia of memory beautifully but also conveyed violence starkly. I adored how the flashbacks were contrasted on-page with the present timeline with panels often going back and forth between past and present brilliantly.
For anyone as hesitant as I was to read Hawkeye under a new writer-artist team be assured Jeff Lemire and Ramón Pérez's work is just as good as their predecessors.