Check this series out. I have the omnibus editions, well worth the time and money.
I’ve just finished the second volume of BRZRKR, an entertaining but pretty mid SF comic co-written by Keanu Reeves.
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3/5: This middle volume of Keanu Reeves', Matt Kindt's, Ron Garney's and Bill Crabtree's BRZRKR holds few surprises, having read the first. The coolness of the central premise remains—an ancient immortal warrior is working for the US government, in exchange for US scientists researching a way that he can become mortal. The artwork is dynamic, expressive, stylish, and a model of narrative clarity. The writing is technically slick, if somewhat formulaic, with every scene carefully crafted to unfold a bit more character development with each narrative beat. For me, sadly, this is as far as it goes:...
I’m reading the first 3 volumes of this by way of preparation for China Miéville’s(!) forthcoming contribution to the IP. Pretty good writing for a Hollywood actor, I thought, and brilliant art, but basically pretty pedestrian.
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3/5: I'm reading BZRKR, or at least the three albums of its main storyline, so that I'm broadly in the picture when China Miéville's prose contribution to this property is released in July 2024. I'm a devotee of Miéville's fiction, and I'm excited to see what he does with this. However, on the basis of its first volume, the source material seems pretty unprepossessing. It's good, sure. It's a dark tale of ancient origins and modern ultraviolence, brilliantly drawn by Ron Garney, whose artwork is free, dynamic, and atmospheric, and always a model of narrative clarity. The story is founded on an e...