A review by marlee_baldridge
East of West Volume 3: There Is No Us by Jonathan Hickman
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.