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Descender #9 by Jeff Lemire

tawfek's review

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5.0

It is funny how humans do not care for their Elderly, I think If they could discard them once they became faulty, the way they discard us, they would.

At first i though a tim robot helping an old man was creepy, then when he said that he reminded him of his son that doesn't visit him anymore, i felt really sad.
Somehow to our parents, we are forever young, they remember our childhood with such vivid details, i am usually turned off from life in general, but if i ever grow older, i want to have the empathy that will enable me to take care of my parents.
I actually wrote this before the Quote, and i say i want to have that kind of empathy, because i ll not act like a saint, and tell you i got it, i never lie, its something that you discover in yourself when you are in the situation when it becomes reality, its like saying i would never cheat on my partner, you only know if you are capable of that, when faced with the choice to cheat or no.
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. – Carl Schurz

Great Sci-fi setting, good occasional Humor that we have come to expect from our beloved comic writers, Great interesting Characters, and Spectacular art, i think the art might actually be better than the writing, the level of this guy is great, also the cover of the next issue, has some wicked characters on it, i said it now because i ll probably forget then.
"in the land of the bald, a wig is a crown" i don't know why that line popped into my head when i saw the wig crown, and all these aliens where bald, its absolutely ridiculous, but it also makes you think of different creatures different perspectives, what you view as a cheap ugly wig, they view as a treasure or an heirloom of their people and a symbol of power.
Also I'd like to follow on something since my prediction came true, its really easy to guess when a story is branching out, if you know writing, and you can guess who the main characters are, its really easy, so we had 3 branches, but now we are going back to 2 branches for the protagonists, but we are getting a new branch next issue is my guess from that cover, and its the scrappers of Gnish!

cathepsut's review

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4.0

This one was mostly connecting the dots. Artwork as good as ever. Dr Quon is becoming a little less human. There is an ex-wife on the horizon.

heypretty52's review

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3.0

Descender continues to be weird, but the direction is intriguing.
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