A review by thekarpuk
Elephantmen 2260 Book 1: Memories of the Future by Richard Starkings
3.0
I'm always going to have weird issues with the talking animal genre, especially with books like Blacksad and Elephantmen, where they ask me to act like these characters should be treated with an almost dire level of seriousness.
This volume contains some decent detective writing, with a twist on the typical wounded detective fretting over a dame cliche. I'm not sure how much the story benefited from its view through the eyes of a human. It's much the same issue with many supernatural movies: I came for the Ninja Turtles, I do not need to know this much about April O'Neil.
The art felt problematic at times. In some panels its detailed and gorgeous, and then I'll see panels that seem like poor composition, with weird perspective, poor character art, all covered up with what seems like some damn fine Photoshop skills. Its noticeable enough to be distracting at times.
An entertaining book overall, but it doesn't necessarily inspire me to invest in the larger series.
This volume contains some decent detective writing, with a twist on the typical wounded detective fretting over a dame cliche. I'm not sure how much the story benefited from its view through the eyes of a human. It's much the same issue with many supernatural movies: I came for the Ninja Turtles, I do not need to know this much about April O'Neil.
The art felt problematic at times. In some panels its detailed and gorgeous, and then I'll see panels that seem like poor composition, with weird perspective, poor character art, all covered up with what seems like some damn fine Photoshop skills. Its noticeable enough to be distracting at times.
An entertaining book overall, but it doesn't necessarily inspire me to invest in the larger series.