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radwaashraf's review
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
vampar's review
4.0
The artwork was impressive however it was the storyline that really captured my attention. I really hope the author plans to continue the story since my only complain was to be left hanging and wanting more.
otterno11's review
1.0
Tribes: The Dog Years is a post-apocalyptic romp set in the ruins of Seattle two hundred years after a “nano-virus” infected humanity which kills everyone soon after their 21st birthdays. I had reserved this comic from the library after stumbling upon its depiction of a ruined Seattle skyline, but was ultimately disappointed by it’s rather uninspired, hackneyed plot and characters. In spite of a kernel of a thought provoking premise and some evocative post apocalyptic landscape art, I can’t recommend its cliched, stereotype driven plot-hole filled story line.
A few members of the low-tech Sky Shadow tribe, who live in harmony with the earth, toss ridiculous saw disk weapons and wear bikinis, become involved with an elderly “ancient” from a high-tech undersea settlement who wants to return science to the surface world and cure the nano-virus, along with a standard issue prophesy. As the centuries passed, these surviving settlements of adolescents have created elaborate tribal hunter-gatherer societies in what is left of the Pacific Northwest, but never really seem plausible. Their weirdly formal, stilted super awkward diction aside, our heroes speak English, but drop in gibberish made up words for common concepts, for that exotic "noble savage" feel; the new agey messages seem cobbled from a ‘90s kid’s movie with some incongruously gruesome violence. I am not sure if the writers are siding with the "science as savior" trope or with the "follow your heart, trust your destiny" version, the plot is so muddled. As if in so much of a hurry to get to the “epic” chosen ones save humanity story, such niceties as introductions of major characters are neglected in favor of fights with hoards of identical sharp-toothed 12 year old “headhunters” who conveniently kill off all other tribe members. Finally, to make matters worse, it ends on a literal “to be continued,” and there seems, four years later, to be no signs of a sequel currently in the works. Sadly, I am not sure if I would feel the need to continue in any case.
A few members of the low-tech Sky Shadow tribe, who live in harmony with the earth, toss ridiculous saw disk weapons and wear bikinis, become involved with an elderly “ancient” from a high-tech undersea settlement who wants to return science to the surface world and cure the nano-virus, along with a standard issue prophesy. As the centuries passed, these surviving settlements of adolescents have created elaborate tribal hunter-gatherer societies in what is left of the Pacific Northwest, but never really seem plausible. Their weirdly formal, stilted super awkward diction aside, our heroes speak English, but drop in gibberish made up words for common concepts, for that exotic "noble savage" feel; the new agey messages seem cobbled from a ‘90s kid’s movie with some incongruously gruesome violence. I am not sure if the writers are siding with the "science as savior" trope or with the "follow your heart, trust your destiny" version, the plot is so muddled. As if in so much of a hurry to get to the “epic” chosen ones save humanity story, such niceties as introductions of major characters are neglected in favor of fights with hoards of identical sharp-toothed 12 year old “headhunters” who conveniently kill off all other tribe members. Finally, to make matters worse, it ends on a literal “to be continued,” and there seems, four years later, to be no signs of a sequel currently in the works. Sadly, I am not sure if I would feel the need to continue in any case.
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