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A review by hobbitfreddie
The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television by Koren Shadmi
5.0
After surrending my soul to season 1 of the Twilight Zone, I quickly found this comic, and of course I picked it up.
It's good, it's kinda hard to muck up a bio comic. Some flaws yeah, but I think it tells his story well tying in his personal life with the history and business of television. However not that much of the Twilight Zone, I mean the whole comic kinda revolves around the Twilight Zone and seems to have the feel of an episode, but it's more everything else in his life. You gain a bigger appreciation for the show I think too. THIS MAN WROTE SO MUCH MEDIA, YET THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY "WHO?" WHEN I MENTION ROD SERLING'S NAME.
The art's alright, I like the style it fits the Twilight Zone narrative, but the panels are pretty repetetive, there's not alot of motion in the pages. I think the art gets better over time, or I just grew used to it. There's alot of talking heads, well drawn talking heads, but still.
The memoir tends to skip around, like scenes will end, and you're just thinking "Wait, did I miss a page? Surely there's more to that scene." So it feels pointless, except to fill the pages.
I also love how it's not just a standard memoir, it feels like A Twilight Zone episode with the plane scenes, and being told in first person. There's alot to like, it's emotional, interesting, just a good comic.
Anyways I'm a sucker for bio comics, so if that's your thing, you'd love this. I think you could read this without being a TZ fan, but I feel like if you're a newer fan to the show it works even better.
It's good, it's kinda hard to muck up a bio comic. Some flaws yeah, but I think it tells his story well tying in his personal life with the history and business of television. However not that much of the Twilight Zone, I mean the whole comic kinda revolves around the Twilight Zone and seems to have the feel of an episode, but it's more everything else in his life. You gain a bigger appreciation for the show I think too. THIS MAN WROTE SO MUCH MEDIA, YET THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SAY "WHO?" WHEN I MENTION ROD SERLING'S NAME.
The art's alright, I like the style it fits the Twilight Zone narrative, but the panels are pretty repetetive, there's not alot of motion in the pages. I think the art gets better over time, or I just grew used to it. There's alot of talking heads, well drawn talking heads, but still.
The memoir tends to skip around, like scenes will end, and you're just thinking "Wait, did I miss a page? Surely there's more to that scene." So it feels pointless, except to fill the pages.
I also love how it's not just a standard memoir, it feels like A Twilight Zone episode with the plane scenes, and being told in first person. There's alot to like, it's emotional, interesting, just a good comic.
Anyways I'm a sucker for bio comics, so if that's your thing, you'd love this. I think you could read this without being a TZ fan, but I feel like if you're a newer fan to the show it works even better.