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Joe the Barbarian by Grant Morrison, Todd Klein, Dave Stewart, Sean Gordon Murphy

cherrymustdie's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

5.0

snailinbar's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

cried like a very sad man bc of rats  i miss my rats)

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shibosan's review against another edition

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4.0

Очередная история ребенка - попаданца в сказочный мир, где он оказывается тем самым Избранным, который должен победить Страшное Зло, порабощающее волшебные земли. Но есть нюанс.

Попаданец - школьник-диабетик Джо, которого которого накрыло приступом гипогликемии, он один-одинешек (не считая ручной крысы Джека) беспомощный в пустом доме, где из-за грозы выбило пробки, и все приключения в другом мире - галлюцинации, вызванные болезнью. Или нет? И он действительно живет в двух мирах, и если не спасет сказочный мир, то Страшное Зло проникнет и в его родной мир? Одни из остающихся после прочтения вопросов, как и "почему никто за эти годы не перевернул фотографию"?

Сначала, прочитав синопсис, недовольно скривился - очередная экзотизация и фетишизация болезни, обычно так любят делать с ментальными заболеваниями. Но в процессе прочтения недовольство незаметно ушло, история очень неплоха, а арт Шона Мерфи делает ее еще лучше, ему отлично удалось передать эти порожденные детским воображением безумные пейзажи и панорамы. Повествование сумбурно перескакивает из одного мира в другой, очень уместно передавая горячечное состояние главного героя, персонажи попадают из одной передряги в другую, обрастая своим Братством Кольца по пути к завершению квеста. А мальчик-попаданец вынужден решать, что важнее - спасти себя в реальном мире или спасти всех в мире своих галлюцинаций.

Прочитал, что права на экранизацию были проданы. Интересно, что с ними сейчас.

ЗЫ. 3,5 плюс дополнительные полбалла за крысу в числе главных героев.

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5.0

I think that Grant Morrison should really just have his own comic imprint. The man is a wellfont of ideas and stories that are either mind blowingly bizzare and often just plain cool. 2011 miniseries Joe the Barbarian is actually one of Morrison’s tamer ideas but still an elegant and moving story. Joe is a type 1 diabetic whose father died in Iraq and his mother is struggling to make ends meet and to make matters worse he is bullied at school and his class is going to a field trip to Arlington National Cemetery; a poignant reminder of his father’s death. Circumstance and bullying during this field trip lead to a hiccup in Joe’s habbits and by the time he is home finds himself slipping into a state of severe hypoglycemia. In this state Joe slips into a fantasy world made up of childhood hopes and memories where he is the expected savior. Or is it? The fantasy world of Joe’s mind is made up not only of his own memories but of his own hopes, fears, expectations, as well as the very real knowledge that death might be coming if he doesn’t get help soon. Joe the Barbarian is a wonderful story and Morrison’s writing along with Sean Murhpy’s ability to lend a touch of reality to surreal left me on the edge of my seat in a fear and apprehension for Joe’s life.

ethandm's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.75

if_you_give_a_mouse_a_prozac's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

dawnoftheread's review against another edition

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4.0

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mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition

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4.0

Well. Hmm. That was pretty crazy. Amazing art. Fantastical world with the Wizard of Oz everyday bleeding into the dream. Super over the top but very cool. So most of this doesn't make direct sense. But it makes a lot more sense then say The Incal. 3.5 of 5.

gohawks's review against another edition

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3.0

So there are plenty of stories out there, especially written by Grant Morrison, about alternate realities. But this is a fun concept. A diabetic kid going through a hypoglycemic episode during a major storm imagines himself a medieval warrior against forces of evil which includes his toys. Only problem with this 8 issue series gathered in graphic novel form? At least two issues too long. It gets repetitive. But the art is fun with a hard edge to it. Sprinkled throughout the panels are the boys toys as soldiers in his world - Batman, Optimus Prime etc. OVerall, almost four stars. Just needed to be a bit shorter to trim the fat.

nkives's review against another edition

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4.0

Maybe one of the harder graphic novels I have read to actually truly pin down what was going on. In the end, it really comes down to a boy fighting through a hypoglycemic attack, and ends up hallucinating a whole other world and adventure. Very well done, by Grant Morrison, but don't try to read it all the way through in one sitting. It works better when the jumps between the hallucinated world and real world aren't right next to each other. It is able to build a little more.