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A review by mewpasaurus
Adventureman, Volume 1: The End and Everything After by Matt Fraction
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
3.75
The direction that this series is taking is interesting and the art is gorgeous, but some of the panels and the "flow" of speech bubble in said panels is confusing in some parts (not a natural progression for how most Western graphic novels pace or place their speech bubbles) which led to some re-reading of the text to get them in the correct sequence.
However, I picked this up because the art and story reminded me of media like The Rocketeer and all the old Art Deco and Art Nouveau underpinnings I studied in school and that I have personal interest in. In that regard, this graphic novel series is solidly in that vein. The characters are all pretty interesting, past, present and baddies alike. I look forward to seeing where the series takes us, but I really do hope they sort out the panel flow, in particular the placement of speech therein.
However, I picked this up because the art and story reminded me of media like The Rocketeer and all the old Art Deco and Art Nouveau underpinnings I studied in school and that I have personal interest in. In that regard, this graphic novel series is solidly in that vein. The characters are all pretty interesting, past, present and baddies alike. I look forward to seeing where the series takes us, but I really do hope they sort out the panel flow, in particular the placement of speech therein.