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kaqueershi's review
5.0
What a cool fuckin idea. It's like the show 24 but with 1000 different people
shinychick's review
4.0
You ever read/watch/listen to something that was a bit before your time, and think,"wow, this is/was amazing. How did I miss out on this?"
Welcome to my world after Global Frequency.
About six months back, my comic shop (Vault of Midnight) had a showing of Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts, and since then, I've been reading anything of his I can lay my hands on, and following him on Twitter, where he is quite funny.
Anyhow, Global Frequency is a great series of one-shot comics about a group of 1001 experts, all on different subjects, all equipped with a number and a special video cell phone. When the world is threatened in some way, like by a Six Million Dollar Man gone very awry, GF leader Miranda Zero and her techie, Aleph, call in the right people for the job. And they save the world.
Welcome to my world after Global Frequency.
About six months back, my comic shop (Vault of Midnight) had a showing of Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts, and since then, I've been reading anything of his I can lay my hands on, and following him on Twitter, where he is quite funny.
Anyhow, Global Frequency is a great series of one-shot comics about a group of 1001 experts, all on different subjects, all equipped with a number and a special video cell phone. When the world is threatened in some way, like by a Six Million Dollar Man gone very awry, GF leader Miranda Zero and her techie, Aleph, call in the right people for the job. And they save the world.
crowyhead's review
4.0
This collects the first six issues of Global Frequency, each of which is a self-contained story. The basic idea is that there is a global network of operatives with different skills who can be called in at a moment's notice to diffuse potentially world-threatening situations. The concept is wicked cool, and it's fun to see Ellis playing with different scenarios; I've often felt that he had a special talent for single-issue stories, and this book supports that. It does end up feeling a bit slight, though, because it's hard to develop emotional attachments to the characters. Each issue is illustrated by a different artist, and in most cases the artist is very well-suited to the story. I found Steve Dillon's work to be a bit static, but honestly, I'm not a huge Steve Dillon fan, despite the fact that he's illustrated many of my favorite comics.
sherpawhale's review
4.0
First introduction to Warren Ellis, I think I like him.
Fascinating ideas, tense plotting, diverse cast. Dialogue a bit stilted in a few areas, and the concept of 1001 agents is a little much. Perhaps the next volume will smooth everything out.
Fascinating ideas, tense plotting, diverse cast. Dialogue a bit stilted in a few areas, and the concept of 1001 agents is a little much. Perhaps the next volume will smooth everything out.
joelipsett's review
3.0
Like the idea of an independent organization that goes around saving the world with experts in all kinds of fields (including the idea that there's always new characters to introduce and then move away from). I've always had issues with one-off stories, and while some of these are compelling and well-executed, others are fairly bland, which makes this first volume only partially successful (bio-engineered assassin = interesting, fire angel = bland).
tarheel99's review
4.0
I liked this one quite a bit, but I wish the stories were a bit more fleshed out. They seemed a bit rushed, but I understand that comes with trying to fit a whole story into one comic. That said, the artwork was great and the idea behind the whole thing is very cool.
_nandor's review
2.0
2.5 de 5
Las situaciones muy, pero muy parecidas unas con otras. La idea de una bomba es protagonista 3 de 6 . Me llamó la atención la diversidad de los personajes (sexo, egnia, ect) algo que hoy iría fenomenal. (Fue escrito en 2004) pasa sobrada test de Bechdel.
Las situaciones muy, pero muy parecidas unas con otras. La idea de una bomba es protagonista 3 de 6 . Me llamó la atención la diversidad de los personajes (sexo, egnia, ect) algo que hoy iría fenomenal. (Fue escrito en 2004) pasa sobrada test de Bechdel.
anna_hepworth's review
2.0
I'm not sure about this one. It is a trade of five or six of the Global Frequency stories, and it really didn't grip me. In fact, about half way through, I got bored. I like the fact that there are lots of strong, well developed, interesting characters. I like the world building, and the premise. I just don't like the execution of it. In some ways, it appears to assume too much prior knowledge. Either that, or it is just too damn obscure.