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mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
4.0
Another re-read. And I definitely didn't like this as much on this read. I definitely prefer the longer stories rather than the more disconnected ones. Another old man superhero story. The hummingbird story might have been my favorite. And I appreciated the origin stories for American Chibi and Wolf Spider. I found the Nightmare story hard to read. 3.5 of 5.
Good solid book, with interesting stories and characters. But not great - which is kind of unusual for Astro City. The art on American Chibi was weird, but it made sense and at least it wasn't weird the whole way through. And Nightmare was a bit jarring, but it also made sense and had a good arc. But what it was missing were those stories that just were aimed right at me and caught me completely. Still better than most anything else.
Good solid book, with interesting stories and characters. But not great - which is kind of unusual for Astro City. The art on American Chibi was weird, but it made sense and at least it wasn't weird the whole way through. And Nightmare was a bit jarring, but it also made sense and had a good arc. But what it was missing were those stories that just were aimed right at me and caught me completely. Still better than most anything else.
trike's review
2.0
I was pretty disappointed with this collection. Astro City is generally fairly dependable, old school superheroing, but this one just fell short of the mark for me.
The stories were pretty basic and the art was inconsistent. Brent Anderson is nowhere to be seen for some reason, so each issue was by a guest artist. Some of it is good while some of it is... not. I've "eknown" Busiek for more than two decades now, so I'm aware he's been fighting various illnesses the past couple of years, which might explain the simpleness of these tales. Usually there's more insight, more cleverness, more zip to em. These felt ploddingly familiar to me.
Some of the character design was interesting, but some of it was bizarre. Occasionally they deliberately do silly designs, but this time it just seemed off somehow. Not just weird, but lazy. For instance, Doctor Dominax was a General Grievous-type robot wearing a lab coat with a giant 3-foot-long domino for a head. Too much cold medicine, maybe?
Well, not everything is great every time, so no biggie. I'm still in for the continuing adventures of the denizens of Astro City.
The stories were pretty basic and the art was inconsistent. Brent Anderson is nowhere to be seen for some reason, so each issue was by a guest artist. Some of it is good while some of it is... not. I've "eknown" Busiek for more than two decades now, so I'm aware he's been fighting various illnesses the past couple of years, which might explain the simpleness of these tales. Usually there's more insight, more cleverness, more zip to em. These felt ploddingly familiar to me.
Some of the character design was interesting, but some of it was bizarre. Occasionally they deliberately do silly designs, but this time it just seemed off somehow. Not just weird, but lazy. For instance, Doctor Dominax was a General Grievous-type robot wearing a lab coat with a giant 3-foot-long domino for a head. Too much cold medicine, maybe?
Well, not everything is great every time, so no biggie. I'm still in for the continuing adventures of the denizens of Astro City.
bowienerd_82's review
5.0
Fantastic as always. Reading Astro City always reminds me of how I felt reading comics as a kid- all of that untarnished wonder and enjoyment.
antij's review
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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