joshgauthier's review
4.0
Animosity and its spin-off titles get stronger with each subsequent volume. With Animosity: Evolution Bennett turns the lens away from the characters we've already met, and onto a different set of survivors with a whole new mess of responsibilities and challenges.
Evolution vol. 1 provides a view of humans and animals alike trying to build a new city out of the violence and chaos of the old world. Bennett does interesting work examining the gray morality that comes out of difficult situations, and asks complex questions about how effectively we can really built the utopias that so many leaders have envisioned--who are the heroes and who are the tyrants in such a world? Her characters are flawed, and the story takes some dark turns even as the heroes--such as they exist--strive to find the best in the harsh lives they have been given.
Bennett's writing and world of Animosity as a whole have some rough patches, but I can appreciate the sweeping scope of themes and experiences Bennett works to encapsulate in her storytelling. The writing blends complicated issues with personal and exciting plotlines, backed up with excellent art and talent from the rest of the creative team.
It's a unique title in the comics world, and though I don't love everything about it, Bennett and the team are doing some impressive work here. I'll be following this series to see where it goes next.
Evolution vol. 1 provides a view of humans and animals alike trying to build a new city out of the violence and chaos of the old world. Bennett does interesting work examining the gray morality that comes out of difficult situations, and asks complex questions about how effectively we can really built the utopias that so many leaders have envisioned--who are the heroes and who are the tyrants in such a world? Her characters are flawed, and the story takes some dark turns even as the heroes--such as they exist--strive to find the best in the harsh lives they have been given.
Bennett's writing and world of Animosity as a whole have some rough patches, but I can appreciate the sweeping scope of themes and experiences Bennett works to encapsulate in her storytelling. The writing blends complicated issues with personal and exciting plotlines, backed up with excellent art and talent from the rest of the creative team.
It's a unique title in the comics world, and though I don't love everything about it, Bennett and the team are doing some impressive work here. I'll be following this series to see where it goes next.
lobodepapel's review
3.0
No es taaaan buena como la serie regular de Animosity pero no deja de ser disfrutable, el final fue un twist interesante.
barb4ry1's review
3.0
One day, the animals woke up. They started thinking. They started talking. They started taking revenge. Now, they’ve started building. In a city by the sea, a new power is on the rise…and they’re making an animal kingdom all their own.
You may expect that's just another post-apocalyptic tale and in a way, it can be interpreted as such. Animosity Universe feels well developed and rich. Humans and animals can communicate and cooperate. Unfortunately, after their "awakening" animals experience feelings such as jealousy, guilt, hate, hunger for power. Conflicts arise and lead to dangerous situations.
Gapstur’s visual style is clean and polished. Apart from more static panels, there's plenty of dynamic, action-packed ones that look very well. It makes the world incredible and I'm impressed by the way he gives the animals personalities. A stellar job, really. Rob Schwager’s saturated colors bring sharpness to the story.
Overall, it's a dialogue-heavy blend of drama and emotion set in a well developed and rich world. I liked it despite some minor issues.
You may expect that's just another post-apocalyptic tale and in a way, it can be interpreted as such. Animosity Universe feels well developed and rich. Humans and animals can communicate and cooperate. Unfortunately, after their "awakening" animals experience feelings such as jealousy, guilt, hate, hunger for power. Conflicts arise and lead to dangerous situations.
Gapstur’s visual style is clean and polished. Apart from more static panels, there's plenty of dynamic, action-packed ones that look very well. It makes the world incredible and I'm impressed by the way he gives the animals personalities. A stellar job, really. Rob Schwager’s saturated colors bring sharpness to the story.
Overall, it's a dialogue-heavy blend of drama and emotion set in a well developed and rich world. I liked it despite some minor issues.
lainy122's review
3.0
While reading this I felt like I was coming in half way through the story - and it turns out I was, as this is a spin off.
Still a good read, but I think I may have appreciated it more if I had read the original text.
Still a good read, but I think I may have appreciated it more if I had read the original text.
bbpettry's review
3.0
Animosity takes the speculative fiction framework and uses it in a gargantuan way - instead of a market crash or a horde of pesky robots, all animals are suddenly imbued with the logic that had, until then, been only present in the human mind. This new level of consciousness has varying results on the animals, but they are all aware of, if not consumed with rage over, their station in society and the endless degradation that their kind has suffered at the hands of humans.
The first look into this world focused on a young girl Jesse and her dog Sandor in the days after “The Wake.” The series is now in its second volume, and Matt Santori of comicosity.com wrote “...experience the complete horror and joy — and the joy of horror — from this new Bennett-de La Torre joint.”
With a more sprawling premise, Evolution is the beginning of animal society, starting with a leader called Wintermute. The mysterious canine is feared and respected by the animals on her swathe of the coast, and there are a few humans who have proved themselves to her. Bennett (DC Bombshells, Insexts, Batwoman) has constructed a societal fable, or layers and layers of fables intertwined. One is reminded of a war-torn Europe or Berlin before the wall came down - conspiracy in the air and a seedy, swinging underground.
For Fans of: Pride of Baghdad and/or Y: the Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan, WE3 by Grant Morrison, The Power by Naomi Alderman, the Warriors and Hunters middle grade series by Erin Hunter and - hear me out- the live action Animal Farm movie from 1999.
Art: To see animals be designed as a characters is probably my favorite part of this comic. It’s well done, and indispensable to the story.
Sell it: To speculative fiction nuts and militant vegans. Also, in the selling, feel free to use one of Bennett’s many masterful references: Wintermute of Gibson’s sci fi classic Neuromancer. Hart, Ram & Wolf Law Offices of the Buffyverse via the Angel TV show, and a slew of establishments named after writers of animal-centered literature like Milne Warehouse and Berenstain Bed and Breakfast. Customers are bound to get caught up on one.
The first look into this world focused on a young girl Jesse and her dog Sandor in the days after “The Wake.” The series is now in its second volume, and Matt Santori of comicosity.com wrote “...experience the complete horror and joy — and the joy of horror — from this new Bennett-de La Torre joint.”
With a more sprawling premise, Evolution is the beginning of animal society, starting with a leader called Wintermute. The mysterious canine is feared and respected by the animals on her swathe of the coast, and there are a few humans who have proved themselves to her. Bennett (DC Bombshells, Insexts, Batwoman) has constructed a societal fable, or layers and layers of fables intertwined. One is reminded of a war-torn Europe or Berlin before the wall came down - conspiracy in the air and a seedy, swinging underground.
For Fans of: Pride of Baghdad and/or Y: the Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan, WE3 by Grant Morrison, The Power by Naomi Alderman, the Warriors and Hunters middle grade series by Erin Hunter and - hear me out- the live action Animal Farm movie from 1999.
Art: To see animals be designed as a characters is probably my favorite part of this comic. It’s well done, and indispensable to the story.
Sell it: To speculative fiction nuts and militant vegans. Also, in the selling, feel free to use one of Bennett’s many masterful references: Wintermute of Gibson’s sci fi classic Neuromancer. Hart, Ram & Wolf Law Offices of the Buffyverse via the Angel TV show, and a slew of establishments named after writers of animal-centered literature like Milne Warehouse and Berenstain Bed and Breakfast. Customers are bound to get caught up on one.
etienne02's review against another edition
3.0
The action takes place in a world where the animals have awaken and have now a higher/human like intelligence that allow them to talk and interact with the human as equal, or close. The concept is cool, but the action seem a bit repetitive, the illustration are correct but not my style and I really never get into it. I think it may interest some people, maybe a younger public, but withou being bad, it wasn't for me!
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