librarimans's review
5.0
A fascinating character study of General Ursus, Planet of the Apes: Ursus was a great read.
The story covers a lot of ground, covering the events of the first two films (and in doing so explains where Ursus was during the events of the first) as well as flashing back to Ursus' youth and following the events that turned him into the bitter, hardened gorilla he is. Walker really shines here, instead of just playing Ursus up as a human hating monster, he actually makes him a sympathetic figure who experiences a great deal of loss (and some pretty hardcore brainwashing) early in his life. It's those events that lead to Ursus as he's seen in the second movie.
The art is outstanding, Chris Mooneyham handles the art for the first three issues and Lalit Kumar Sharma does the final three. Despite the artist change halfway through, the book maintains a singular visual identity of more traditional cartooning for the present day and water colors for the flashbacks. I wasn't familiar with Sharma's work before reading this, but his style was perfect to pick up where Mooneyham left off. All in all this series was very aesthetically pleasing and easy on the eyes.
I'd say this is a can't miss book for any fans of the franchise.
The story covers a lot of ground, covering the events of the first two films (and in doing so explains where Ursus was during the events of the first) as well as flashing back to Ursus' youth and following the events that turned him into the bitter, hardened gorilla he is. Walker really shines here, instead of just playing Ursus up as a human hating monster, he actually makes him a sympathetic figure who experiences a great deal of loss (and some pretty hardcore brainwashing) early in his life. It's those events that lead to Ursus as he's seen in the second movie.
The art is outstanding, Chris Mooneyham handles the art for the first three issues and Lalit Kumar Sharma does the final three. Despite the artist change halfway through, the book maintains a singular visual identity of more traditional cartooning for the present day and water colors for the flashbacks. I wasn't familiar with Sharma's work before reading this, but his style was perfect to pick up where Mooneyham left off. All in all this series was very aesthetically pleasing and easy on the eyes.
I'd say this is a can't miss book for any fans of the franchise.
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