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cinemazombie's review against another edition
5.0
Welcome to the wild world of Epstein Brain in comic form. In a world where any conspiracy theory can (and might) be real, how do you you stop the Flat Earthers, Reptiliods, QAnon baby-eaters, crisis-actor truthers, and countless other sweat-drenched mouth-breathing hog-folk nightmares from taking over the world?
You need the Department of Truth.
A story that shrieks down a nightmare road of horrifyingly fantastical art and ideas that turn your thoughts to blood. It's Three Days of the Condor meets the X-Files, blended with a powerful dose of red-yarn-and-thumbtack paranoia mixed in a tin-foil-hat bowl and fired into your head from a book depository.
You need the Department of Truth.
A story that shrieks down a nightmare road of horrifyingly fantastical art and ideas that turn your thoughts to blood. It's Three Days of the Condor meets the X-Files, blended with a powerful dose of red-yarn-and-thumbtack paranoia mixed in a tin-foil-hat bowl and fired into your head from a book depository.
scoobierubie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
As this is now my third first volume written by James Tynion IV, I spent way more time than I thought I would pondering my review of this. I was looking at what I had rated The Nice House on the Lake, the complete edition I had read, and the first volume of Something is Killing the Children. For how beautiful and emotionally evocative TNHOTL was, I’m surprised that this and SIKTC ranked higher? But I think it has a lot to do with potential. All three have very beautiful art and are looking to examine their own unique themes; with this first volume and TNHOTL being more overt than SIKTC I think, but still I believe I enjoyed this first volume more because I went into TNHOTL expecting a complete narrative and didn’t necessarily experience that (which is all I’ll say here, I’m not trying to spoil anything for anyone on a separate review, just rationalizing to myself lol), and I think that that ending damaged the thematic tension for me. This first volume was dripping in thematic tension and really interesting ideas that I can sink my teeth into — and in the end joins SIKTC because they both have promise. Will their continuations end up with the Nice House on the Lake in the sense of how they stick the landing? I don’t know yet! But I had to rationalize to myself how I got here, so this was all just for me anyhow really.
folklorx's review against another edition
5.0
5/5 for art
2/5 for how much cole throws up
4/5 for topical twists
i never thought i'd be sexually attracted to the ruler of a secretive conspiratorial sect of men who wear black hats, that has no eyes, a transatlantic accent, and only wears the colour red, but here we are, folks.
2/5 for how much cole throws up
4/5 for topical twists
i never thought i'd be sexually attracted to the ruler of a secretive conspiratorial sect of men who wear black hats, that has no eyes, a transatlantic accent, and only wears the colour red, but here we are, folks.
sarknado's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
sweetpeajoelle's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
bigs2021's review against another edition
5.0
Spectacular!
Absolutely spellbinding, gorgeous art, and insanely fresh, creative storytelling. I love it and want more! It will be amazing to see where this goes!
Absolutely spellbinding, gorgeous art, and insanely fresh, creative storytelling. I love it and want more! It will be amazing to see where this goes!
roach's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
3.75
"Your specialty are funny images on the internet."
"I, uh... study discussions of white right-wing nationalists in their online communities."
"Funny images. They share funny images."
"They're not funny. They're mostly unimaginative and... well, very racist."
[Quote translated from German.]
Picked this up without knowing much about it but I'm very interested to see where this goes now.
The premise seems like a very interesting way to use real-world conspiracy theories in story with some fantasy elements without dismissing the very real dangerous aspects of conspiracy theories. It feels a little bit like Men In Black but with conspiracies instead of aliens and a darker tone.
There is a lot of potential for interesting uses of the conspiracies that swirl around these days and I'm looking forward to how they'll be used throughout the series. The first impression is quite strong.
I also love the smeared, dream-like art.
Here is hoping that it can keep up this engaging vibe throughout and doesn't end up losing itself in a muddled plot.
Picked this up without knowing much about it but I'm very interested to see where this goes now.
The premise seems like a very interesting way to use real-world conspiracy theories in story with some fantasy elements without dismissing the very real dangerous aspects of conspiracy theories. It feels a little bit like Men In Black but with conspiracies instead of aliens and a darker tone.
There is a lot of potential for interesting uses of the conspiracies that swirl around these days and I'm looking forward to how they'll be used throughout the series. The first impression is quite strong.
I also love the smeared, dream-like art.
Here is hoping that it can keep up this engaging vibe throughout and doesn't end up losing itself in a muddled plot.
ohhdeanna's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
aideeng's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0