A review by verumsolum
Gideon Falls #1 by Jeff Lemire

2.0

There is much about this that I like, but this first issue, at least, is so dark and drab that I don't want to spend my time reading it. And nothing in the first issue grabbed me and made me have to read more. That fits with my impression of Lemire: I think his work is always of high quality, but I think much of his work doesn't match up with my personal taste. When it does match, I really enjoy it; when it doesn't, it is usually so far from my taste that reading it is very uncomfortable. This isn't that far. If I saw a TPB in a comic shop, I might flip through it; if I saw it in a library, I might borrow it. But even then, I'm not sure if I would get through it.

Now, I tend to hate issue #1 of anything, so it might be unfair for me to judge. But… that's the impression I have of it. Not bad, but likely not for me.