A review by iffer
Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Denton J. Tipton, Troy Little
2.0
I have three confessions to make that should be taken into account when reading my review:
1) I've never read or watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
2) I don't like funny things.
3) I've never been high out of my mind.
I enjoyed Troy Little's adaptation, because the art was reminiscent, in a good way, of the Sunday paper comics section, in art style. I also liked how Little varied the the font, size, position, boldness, etc of the speech and thought bubbles to make the content more dynamic. I also think that he did a good job incorporating portions of text presumably taken from the novel, which he did by splitting them up into the perfect size pieces in courier (typewriter-esque) font to capture the book without making the comic seem too text-heavy.
All of these positive things said about Little's adaptation, I just didn't enjoy this. Call me uptight, but it wasn't my cuppa. It reminded me of a loud, blockbuster comedy with crass jokes and drug jokes that people around me end up finding funny, but I don't. I became kind of bored with vignette after vingette of loud high guys doing things that were supposed to be funny hijinx.
Thanks to NetGalley for the digital advanced reader copy.
1) I've never read or watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
2) I don't like funny things.
3) I've never been high out of my mind.
I enjoyed Troy Little's adaptation, because the art was reminiscent, in a good way, of the Sunday paper comics section, in art style. I also liked how Little varied the the font, size, position, boldness, etc of the speech and thought bubbles to make the content more dynamic. I also think that he did a good job incorporating portions of text presumably taken from the novel, which he did by splitting them up into the perfect size pieces in courier (typewriter-esque) font to capture the book without making the comic seem too text-heavy.
All of these positive things said about Little's adaptation, I just didn't enjoy this. Call me uptight, but it wasn't my cuppa. It reminded me of a loud, blockbuster comedy with crass jokes and drug jokes that people around me end up finding funny, but I don't. I became kind of bored with vignette after vingette of loud high guys doing things that were supposed to be funny hijinx.
Thanks to NetGalley for the digital advanced reader copy.