qwintermute's review against another edition
5.0
This is a masterpiece. Uses comic as a medium in its own right. At the same level as the blade runner movies.
I wish I could spend the rest of my life reading comics this good, every single minute of it.
I wish I could spend the rest of my life reading comics this good, every single minute of it.
jakekilroy's review against another edition
4.0
This comic is so inarguably its own thing. I'm not even sure what I could point to that's closest. It exists in everything-adjacent, simultaneously romping as laidback and chaotic. It's packed with new slang, new creatures, new transports, new bureaucracy, and so on without going out of its way to break it down. Either you get it or you don't — or you don't and you sure wish you did (or you get parts of it and still have a blast). It's just a wild time and a half about a sly organ smuggler and her wolfy mechanic boyfriend being themselves to their core in a world that itself is very much just itself to its core. It feels throwback as hell without me totally sure what I'm even referencing. It's just so lively and unique. Hell of a vibe, man.
hannahfishie's review against another edition
2.0
I really enjoyed the world and the details of it (especially the food and creatures!). However, there were parts of this that were explicit that I REALLY could have gone without.
blackestclovers's review against another edition
3.0
Never been big on the short story style books, of which here are some throughout, but this was interesting, if not totally weird. I love Brandon Graham's PROPHET so I figured I'd give it a try. If nothing else, you get to see some great art and Brandon literally doing whatever he wants
djotaku's review against another edition
5.0
You can read what I thought about the story here: http://www.comicpow.com/2013/06/26/multiple-warheads-a-crazy-soviet-alternate-history-pun-filled-world/
What this trade adds to the Image Comics series is the first issue from Oni Press which sets up some of the characters as well as why they leave the city. It also includes the porn comic that originated the characters. The porn comic wasn't my cup of tea, but as a completist, I did want to see where the characters started off. Interestingly, with each edition of the comic, Graham draws Nik with less hair. He has a full beard in the porn comic, a goatee in the Oni Press comic, and a clean-shaven face in the Image Comics issues.
I'd previously only read the Image Comics issues on my tablet and the colors are so much better on this trade than they were on the tablet. Makes me happy to own the trade instead of being sad that it's just two extra stories (one of which I don't care too much about). Unlike some trades, there aren't a lot of extras (thinking of the Marvel trades), but that's OK. The price makes sense for the amount of content that's in there, plus the high quality paper it's printed on.
If you're OK with sexual content in your comics (and there isn't THAT much outside of the porn comic that started it), I'd recommend giving this a read. It'll really change your idea of what comics can be. (Hint: they don't all have to feature super heroes that make for great summer blockbusters)
What this trade adds to the Image Comics series is the first issue from Oni Press which sets up some of the characters as well as why they leave the city. It also includes the porn comic that originated the characters. The porn comic wasn't my cup of tea, but as a completist, I did want to see where the characters started off. Interestingly, with each edition of the comic, Graham draws Nik with less hair. He has a full beard in the porn comic, a goatee in the Oni Press comic, and a clean-shaven face in the Image Comics issues.
I'd previously only read the Image Comics issues on my tablet and the colors are so much better on this trade than they were on the tablet. Makes me happy to own the trade instead of being sad that it's just two extra stories (one of which I don't care too much about). Unlike some trades, there aren't a lot of extras (thinking of the Marvel trades), but that's OK. The price makes sense for the amount of content that's in there, plus the high quality paper it's printed on.
If you're OK with sexual content in your comics (and there isn't THAT much outside of the porn comic that started it), I'd recommend giving this a read. It'll really change your idea of what comics can be. (Hint: they don't all have to feature super heroes that make for great summer blockbusters)
maiakobabe's review against another edition
5.0
Multiple Warheads: Alphabet to Infinity is the start of Brandon Graham's second sprawling creator-owned sci-fi tale. Like King City, this book is a visual feast. The pages are crowded with street graffiti, urban detritus, bizarre little characters and hundreds of puns. The story begins with Sexica, an organ smuggler working out of Dead City, and her part-wolf mechanic boyfriend Nikoli. When their apartment is destroyed by a falling rocket ship (a common hazard in these parts) they decide to set out on the ultimate road trip- through the wastelands and boarder towns to Impossible City. This story starts up a little more slowly that King City, but each page is such a delight to explore that I am entirely willing to settle back for the ride and let this story take me where it will.
noysh's review against another edition
2.0
This one fell a little too much on the stream of consciousness and navel-gazey side for me. Graham's art is pretty, but the substance of the book itself is a little confused and lacking in direction.
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