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2.72 AVERAGE
2.72 AVERAGE
crystalm17's review against another edition
1.0
Once upon a time the Angel graphic novels were actually better than the Buffy ones. With this season that is no longer the case. The artwork is rough and makes the characters nearly unrecognizable as their TV counterparts. If they'd spent the entire life of the graphic novel series giving them their own looks apart from the actresses/actors who portrayed the characters then I would understand but that's not the case so the stylistic change this season is jarring.
Also, the team of Angel and Fred/Illyria is not nearly as fun as Angel and Faith. I was always partial to Fred in the TV show because she was overall a more "normal" character and so I identified with her but now that she's back she's sharing her body with Illyria and that seems to be the entirety of her identity: that she's harboring an all-powerful demon.
Overall I am ready for this arc of Angel to be over.
Also, the team of Angel and Fred/Illyria is not nearly as fun as Angel and Faith. I was always partial to Fred in the TV show because she was overall a more "normal" character and so I identified with her but now that she's back she's sharing her body with Illyria and that seems to be the entirety of her identity: that she's harboring an all-powerful demon.
Overall I am ready for this arc of Angel to be over.
pantsreadsbooks's review against another edition
1.0
Angel season 11 isn’t getting any better. This volume they’ve brought on artist Zé Carlos, who is a slight improvement but draws the most generic versions of these characters possible that don’t look anything like their real counterparts. Fred looks like generic cute woman, Darla looks like Harmony, and Angel looks like he belongs in the old 90s comics or Witchblade/similar. The story isn’t much better— Angel & Fred go forward in time and end up on a boat with Angelus & Darla, whose actions actually were the right ones for once, so of course our intrepid heroes fuck it up. Honestly, more than anything, this whole arc/season is BORING. Bechko hasn’t gotten any better at writing these characters (at least in season 10, Gischler had Angel & Faith down relatively okay?) and I can’t believe I’m taking the time away from Buffy Season 11 to read this, but I’m just going to finish it and be done with it.
Scott Fischer’s cover art of Angel & ship-dress!Darla is absolutely gorgeous. Nothing else here holds up to that— not even his other covers, to be completely honest.
Scott Fischer’s cover art of Angel & ship-dress!Darla is absolutely gorgeous. Nothing else here holds up to that— not even his other covers, to be completely honest.
waveycowpar's review
2.0
Good to see Darla again. Angel and Angelus coming face to face was interesting. Illyria was just very annoying in this arc.
crystalm17's review
1.0
Once upon a time the Angel graphic novels were actually better than the Buffy ones. With this season that is no longer the case. The artwork is rough and makes the characters nearly unrecognizable as their TV counterparts. If they'd spent the entire life of the graphic novel series giving them their own looks apart from the actresses/actors who portrayed the characters then I would understand but that's not the case so the stylistic change this season is jarring.
Also, the team of Angel and Fred/Illyria is not nearly as fun as Angel and Faith. I was always partial to Fred in the TV show because she was overall a more "normal" character and so I identified with her but now that she's back she's sharing her body with Illyria and that seems to be the entirety of her identity: that she's harboring an all-powerful demon.
Overall I am ready for this arc of Angel to be over.
Also, the team of Angel and Fred/Illyria is not nearly as fun as Angel and Faith. I was always partial to Fred in the TV show because she was overall a more "normal" character and so I identified with her but now that she's back she's sharing her body with Illyria and that seems to be the entirety of her identity: that she's harboring an all-powerful demon.
Overall I am ready for this arc of Angel to be over.
daisymoon's review
1.0
There were so many ways to explore Angel's past and... well... That is not the one I would have chosen. The story was so silly, so full of plotholes and so obvious. Also, they give us Darla but don't do anything with her, she's just a kind of prop, nothing comes from it, when she was one of the most interesting characters of the tv show... A little like nothing has come from Fred since they brought her back... And don't get me started on how convenient the whole Fred/Illyria situation is without ever being logical or consistent. Also the drawings suck, they don't look anything like they should.