Reviews
East of West, Vol. 3: There Is No Us by Rus Wooton, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin, Jonathan Hickman
whitecat5000's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
4.0
Still have no clue what is going on....but I now have even more questions...
jammasterjamie's review against another edition
4.0
That ending... Oh, man!! Good stuff happening here and I can't wait to see what comes next, and I'm kind of mad at myself for not buying the rest of the series when I picked up the first three volumes.
marlee_baldridge's review against another edition
5.0
In the most "Holy F******* S***" volume yet, Hickman proves himself if not a visionary, then quite possibly the most talented writer on acid.
Times are a changin', and not just in the nations. Image Comics has brought us a plethora of new voices; brand new racial voices are being heard, Genre-benders are making the best-seller lists, and gender roles are getting a good ole KA-Pow! in the face. All of these brand new ideas about comic books are no better summed up than in EAST OF WEST, a beautiful and violent comic book about the end of times.
War is on it's way to the nations as the House of Mao decides to take a stand against the Chosen, those destined to bring about the apocalypse. Will our favorite princess-general keep her own in her effort to make the President's head her new purse?
Death & Co. have suffered a minor setback in an effort to find his son. But aside from some really cool art, this subplot is rendered null a little too soon for my taste.
The Horsemen decide enough is enough, ditch Ezra back at the house (although with a kinda-sad moment with Mother Conquest) and set of to destroy the Beast. Will these ne'er-do-wells reach the child of the Apocalypse before Death?
Archibald Chamberlain also features heavily in this issue, with cameos from the cool-looking but ultimately useless Lawman. The Endless Nation finally make an appearance (with a direct punch-of-badassery to the teeth) and Doma Lux, our lost Addams Family child, has an interesting few pages as well.
All in all, buy the book. It's totally worth it.
Times are a changin', and not just in the nations. Image Comics has brought us a plethora of new voices; brand new racial voices are being heard, Genre-benders are making the best-seller lists, and gender roles are getting a good ole KA-Pow! in the face. All of these brand new ideas about comic books are no better summed up than in EAST OF WEST, a beautiful and violent comic book about the end of times.
War is on it's way to the nations as the House of Mao decides to take a stand against the Chosen, those destined to bring about the apocalypse. Will our favorite princess-general keep her own in her effort to make the President's head her new purse?
Death & Co. have suffered a minor setback in an effort to find his son. But aside from some really cool art, this subplot is rendered null a little too soon for my taste.
The Horsemen decide enough is enough, ditch Ezra back at the house (although with a kinda-sad moment with Mother Conquest) and set of to destroy the Beast. Will these ne'er-do-wells reach the child of the Apocalypse before Death?
Archibald Chamberlain also features heavily in this issue, with cameos from the cool-looking but ultimately useless Lawman. The Endless Nation finally make an appearance (with a direct punch-of-badassery to the teeth) and Doma Lux, our lost Addams Family child, has an interesting few pages as well.
All in all, buy the book. It's totally worth it.
acyl's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars
Believe me, this whole series just gets crazier and crazier per volume, and is utterly enticing that I just can't stop reading it. Death's storyline is getting VERY interesting especially with what's happening with his son. I love how I'm equal parts lost and enthralled at the same time while reading this.
Believe me, this whole series just gets crazier and crazier per volume, and is utterly enticing that I just can't stop reading it. Death's storyline is getting VERY interesting especially with what's happening with his son.
Spoiler
And that sudden outburst between the different nations? YES. GIVE. ME. WAR.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
4.0
How good would this series b without the art of [a:Nick Dragotta|205810|Nick Dragotta|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png]? Probably just three stars. The coloring of the characters, and the washed out pallete to infer flashbacks is perfect. I would reread Peter Milligan's X-Men run if Dragotta had drawn it.
The factioning of the North American continent in this volume, as war looms, is really intriguing, and I'm really enjoying how Hickman is giving us time with a variety of characters and none of them have justifiable motivations, and yet none of them seem reprehensibly evil.
If you like complex character studies set up in a cool western/sci-fi genre mashup, this might be your spitoon of spice.
The factioning of the North American continent in this volume, as war looms, is really intriguing, and I'm really enjoying how Hickman is giving us time with a variety of characters and none of them have justifiable motivations, and yet none of them seem reprehensibly evil.
If you like complex character studies set up in a cool western/sci-fi genre mashup, this might be your spitoon of spice.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
2.0
Fantastic and interesting characters and settings. And fairly amazing art. Apparently still not enough to make a readable book. This book was tiresome. And yet individual pieces, the different lands, the different characters interacting with each other, these pieces were kind of cool. But still picking up this book a battling through reading it was just plain irritating.
acrisalves's review against another edition
4.0
https://osrascunhos.com/2017/09/09/east-of-west-vol-3-hickman-dragotta-e-martin/
Este é, até agora, o volume menos interessante da história. Ainda que, graficamente continue excelente, e que, do ponto de vista narrativo se resolvam alguns impasses de forma definitiva (eliminando algumas personagens) senti, no final, que não se tinha avançado propriamente com nenhuma das componentes principais.
Morte, cavaleiro do Apocalipse, continua em busca do filho, e as várias fracções interessadas em deter poder lutam entre si numa guerra de interesses que toma a forma de violência física.
No final um jovem robotizado de poderes imensos solta-se mas é uma liberdade falsa, pois a sua visão depende de terceiros que possuem interesses díspares e lhe mostram um mundo inóspito e carregado de caveiras ao invés de um prado primaveril.
Confesso que, neste volume, me senti menos envolvida e, até aborrecida. Salvaram-me as páginas de excelentes perspectivas que possuem imagens de cortar o fôlego. Decerto continuarei a explorar a série nos restantes volumes, mas por enquanto deverá perder prioridade.
Este é, até agora, o volume menos interessante da história. Ainda que, graficamente continue excelente, e que, do ponto de vista narrativo se resolvam alguns impasses de forma definitiva (eliminando algumas personagens) senti, no final, que não se tinha avançado propriamente com nenhuma das componentes principais.
Morte, cavaleiro do Apocalipse, continua em busca do filho, e as várias fracções interessadas em deter poder lutam entre si numa guerra de interesses que toma a forma de violência física.
No final um jovem robotizado de poderes imensos solta-se mas é uma liberdade falsa, pois a sua visão depende de terceiros que possuem interesses díspares e lhe mostram um mundo inóspito e carregado de caveiras ao invés de um prado primaveril.
Confesso que, neste volume, me senti menos envolvida e, até aborrecida. Salvaram-me as páginas de excelentes perspectivas que possuem imagens de cortar o fôlego. Decerto continuarei a explorar a série nos restantes volumes, mas por enquanto deverá perder prioridade.
joanarcherknight's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0