alexi77777's review against another edition
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
jhstack's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't care for Yoko's constant self-centered relationship discussions, nor her dated male fantasy character design. Both took away from the sci-fi elements and plot (which was supposed to be the primary plot but fell back to become the secondary plot). (e-galley from NetGalley)
slimikin's review against another edition
2.0
Who knew space could be such a gory place? (So many flying corpse bits, man. And squelchy sound effects.) That said, I'm still intrigued by the premise of the series and would like to see where the authors take the next volume.
unsquare's review against another edition
3.0
Previously published at Full of Words. Full disclosure: I received a review copy from NetGalley.
If I didn’t already know that Infinity 8 is a French comic, reading it would make that crystal clear. It has a French feel about it, from the art reminiscent of Moebius, to the laconic dialogue scenes, to (most tellingly) the glimpse of casual nudity and the protagonist who wears a skin-tight spacesuit straight out of 1950s pinup illustrations.
It isn’t a very complex book, but I did enjoy it well enough. The main character, Yoko Keren, is an agent tasked with saving everyone on her ship from certain catastrophe. The captain of her ship is a massive alien who can roll back time eight hours to give them another chance to survive, but it needs her help to know what to expect. This means that Keren can fail up to a certain point, but she has to prevent the ship and captain from being destroyed before they can roll back time.
When Keren goes outside the ship to investigate an anomaly, she discovers a debris field full of dead bodies – a veritable floating space necropolis. Shortly thereafter, she is followed outside by a species of aliens who can’t resist eating the dead, and hijinks ensue. This mostly involves dead things exploding in chunks of gore and aliens chasing her because they want to kill and eat her. She handles all of this with aplomb and never seems particularly ruffled, even when coated with blood and gore or fending off the attentions of an amorous alien.
For some reason Keren is also obsessed with having a baby, constantly scanning everyone around her for their genetic suitability. Mostly this involves scanning aliens and telling them that they wouldn’t work. It’s a very odd detail to include.
I think mostly I enjoyed the art style and the deadpan conversations Keren has with the aliens she meets in space in the middle of a field of corpses. It’s all so very macabre and charming.
The series does continue after this volume, but it feels like it could wrap up here. This volume reads like a fairly self-contained story, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. To be honest, I’m not sure if I would be interested in reading the rest of the series.
If I didn’t already know that Infinity 8 is a French comic, reading it would make that crystal clear. It has a French feel about it, from the art reminiscent of Moebius, to the laconic dialogue scenes, to (most tellingly) the glimpse of casual nudity and the protagonist who wears a skin-tight spacesuit straight out of 1950s pinup illustrations.
It isn’t a very complex book, but I did enjoy it well enough. The main character, Yoko Keren, is an agent tasked with saving everyone on her ship from certain catastrophe. The captain of her ship is a massive alien who can roll back time eight hours to give them another chance to survive, but it needs her help to know what to expect. This means that Keren can fail up to a certain point, but she has to prevent the ship and captain from being destroyed before they can roll back time.
When Keren goes outside the ship to investigate an anomaly, she discovers a debris field full of dead bodies – a veritable floating space necropolis. Shortly thereafter, she is followed outside by a species of aliens who can’t resist eating the dead, and hijinks ensue. This mostly involves dead things exploding in chunks of gore and aliens chasing her because they want to kill and eat her. She handles all of this with aplomb and never seems particularly ruffled, even when coated with blood and gore or fending off the attentions of an amorous alien.
For some reason Keren is also obsessed with having a baby, constantly scanning everyone around her for their genetic suitability. Mostly this involves scanning aliens and telling them that they wouldn’t work. It’s a very odd detail to include.
I think mostly I enjoyed the art style and the deadpan conversations Keren has with the aliens she meets in space in the middle of a field of corpses. It’s all so very macabre and charming.
The series does continue after this volume, but it feels like it could wrap up here. This volume reads like a fairly self-contained story, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. To be honest, I’m not sure if I would be interested in reading the rest of the series.
grilledcheesesamurai's review against another edition
3.0
I felt like I was 13 years old again reading a Heavy Metal magazine.
That's a good thing.
That's a good thing.
etienne02's review against another edition
1.0
I didn't like the illustrations style and neither the story. Unoriginal, unnecessary nudity, full of clichés. Don't see the points of that one!
thebibliophilegirl's review against another edition
2.0
I've gone a bit click-happy on Netgalley when it comes to graphic novels. I think it's because I'm searching for the next Saga: something to fill the hole in my chest whilst I wait for vol. 9 to be released. Unfortunately, Infinity 8 is not the next Saga...
The city-sized, deep-space cruise ship "Infinity 8" stops halfway in route between the Milky Way and Andromeda, blocked by a massive field of debris containing wreckage and artefacts from countless planets, cultures, and possibly dimensions. The captain of the ship calls upon eight of the ship's top security to investigate the anomaly, each one sent out in a parallel time-loop to collect information which he can then assemble to hopefully discover the truth before disaster erupts. Each time loop lasts only 8 hours, at which point things snap back to the way they were when they started, with no memories of their time in that window. Can the 8 agents solve the mystery without making things worse? Danger reveals itself within the inter-species population on the ship, some of whom may know more than they lead on . . .
The first volume introduces us to the crew and Captain of the Infinity 8 as they first encounter the anomaly, and the first security agent—the brassy Yoko Keren—is sent on the case. But she’s more preoccupied with her own relationship woes (or lack-of-relationship woes) to focus on the job. When a race of necrophagous aliens follow her into the floating graveyard, they begin to assimilate the criminal and violent behaviour of the corpses they devour. With their attention turned back to the ship itself, Yoko has to find a way to stop them from destroying the ship before her time loop expires?
I have a feeling that the synopsis for this graphic novel is going to be much longer than my actual review because I don't feel like I've got anything to say about this. You can see from my rating that I didn't particularly enjoy this.
Considering it's supposed to be a space opera, it was so much goofier than I thought it would be. It just didn't seem that serious in places considering what was happening. There's basically an alien race who feast on the dead, and then once they've eaten the dead person, they take on the personality traits of the person they've just eaten - think iZombie... To be honest, at first, it was quite funny because the 'main alien' had eaten a lovestruck person, so it was hilarious to see the personality change. But after a little bit, it got boring and stupid.
I think one of the brilliant things about this graphic novel was the artwork. I really did like it, even though it had slight cartoonish elements. You can definitely see that there is a high level of detail, and when there is a full spread of an art piece with no text, you can just see how talented Dominique Bertail is.
Overall, I was disappointed with Infinity 8. I was expecting a serious space graphic novel, but instead, I ended up with a tongue-in-cheek story that didn't really capture my attention. However, I do actually think that I would read volume two because I want to see if we are given any more information on the spaceship and the handful of the characters that we met.
Dislcaimer: this book was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review
The city-sized, deep-space cruise ship "Infinity 8" stops halfway in route between the Milky Way and Andromeda, blocked by a massive field of debris containing wreckage and artefacts from countless planets, cultures, and possibly dimensions. The captain of the ship calls upon eight of the ship's top security to investigate the anomaly, each one sent out in a parallel time-loop to collect information which he can then assemble to hopefully discover the truth before disaster erupts. Each time loop lasts only 8 hours, at which point things snap back to the way they were when they started, with no memories of their time in that window. Can the 8 agents solve the mystery without making things worse? Danger reveals itself within the inter-species population on the ship, some of whom may know more than they lead on . . .
The first volume introduces us to the crew and Captain of the Infinity 8 as they first encounter the anomaly, and the first security agent—the brassy Yoko Keren—is sent on the case. But she’s more preoccupied with her own relationship woes (or lack-of-relationship woes) to focus on the job. When a race of necrophagous aliens follow her into the floating graveyard, they begin to assimilate the criminal and violent behaviour of the corpses they devour. With their attention turned back to the ship itself, Yoko has to find a way to stop them from destroying the ship before her time loop expires?
I have a feeling that the synopsis for this graphic novel is going to be much longer than my actual review because I don't feel like I've got anything to say about this. You can see from my rating that I didn't particularly enjoy this.
Considering it's supposed to be a space opera, it was so much goofier than I thought it would be. It just didn't seem that serious in places considering what was happening. There's basically an alien race who feast on the dead, and then once they've eaten the dead person, they take on the personality traits of the person they've just eaten - think iZombie... To be honest, at first, it was quite funny because the 'main alien' had eaten a lovestruck person, so it was hilarious to see the personality change. But after a little bit, it got boring and stupid.
I think one of the brilliant things about this graphic novel was the artwork. I really did like it, even though it had slight cartoonish elements. You can definitely see that there is a high level of detail, and when there is a full spread of an art piece with no text, you can just see how talented Dominique Bertail is.
Overall, I was disappointed with Infinity 8. I was expecting a serious space graphic novel, but instead, I ended up with a tongue-in-cheek story that didn't really capture my attention. However, I do actually think that I would read volume two because I want to see if we are given any more information on the spaceship and the handful of the characters that we met.
Dislcaimer: this book was sent to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review
kindleandcrochet's review against another edition
I recieved this electronic arc in exchange for an honest review.
So this is about a young woman on the spaceship Infinity 8. Which houses thousands of species of creatures. Our main character is an officer sent out to investigate a necropolis in the middle of space. She has to find out how it got there and why. Hilarity ensues with one of the species of Aliens from the ship who eat dead things.
The art is really cool and thw storyline is great too. The main character is a little too sexualised for my taste but that could just be this one volume... I'd definitely be interested in reading more of the series
So this is about a young woman on the spaceship Infinity 8. Which houses thousands of species of creatures. Our main character is an officer sent out to investigate a necropolis in the middle of space. She has to find out how it got there and why. Hilarity ensues with one of the species of Aliens from the ship who eat dead things.
The art is really cool and thw storyline is great too. The main character is a little too sexualised for my taste but that could just be this one volume... I'd definitely be interested in reading more of the series
librarianryan's review
4.0
This was an intriguing adventure. A city spaceship is traveling by the Milky Way when they find an unknown asteroid field that turns out to be a collection of death markers, or memorials. Yoko is sent out to discover what exactly is going on. She is armed with the knowledge that the captain on the ship plans on rewinding the clock by 8 hours after she figures out what is going on, so that they can safely bypass this section of space. And thank goodness for that time turner, as it is going to be needed. Lots of interesting things happen. An alien species on board happen to be a type of death eater, but they also take on the property and personality of the dead they eat, and cause a great havoc outside the ship. This was such an interesting story, and I cannot wait to read the next adventures, and see how the rewinding of time changes events.
mouseg's review
1.0
Why is the main character hyper sexualized? Very off-putting.
Some of the art is good but it’s overshadowed by the giant breasts of the MC. I’m sure she has a name but I keep referring to her as space boobs.
Space boobs is an idiot.
With a different artist, this story might have worked.
Some of the art is good but it’s overshadowed by the giant breasts of the MC. I’m sure she has a name but I keep referring to her as space boobs.
Space boobs is an idiot.
With a different artist, this story might have worked.
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