TOP TEN SEASON TWO #1 (OF 4)
What did the
iFanboy
community think?
Pulls
Size: pages
Price: 2.99
not terrible.
– i’ve read the first trade of top ten, and i enjoyed it plenty, and it motivated me to get this. which leads me to point one – if you haven’t read any top ten before, you probably won’t get this. there’s big cast of characters, and i was feeling like i needed to run back to my trade to remember exactly who was who. if you’ve never met them before, i could see this being a bit daunting. also, it spoils some of what is in the second top ten trade. whoops!
– the art … it’s not bad. and i shouldn’t only look at it in comparison to the old top ten. but the thing is – this IS a top ten book, and the comparison is apt. gene ha has a more painted style here, which doesn’t quite seem to fit with the world here – i found myself wanting things a little bit sharper and more dynamic, rather than subtly painted.
– also – a hallmark of top ten is the ridiculous detail in the panels – the amount of crazy superhero residents who happen to be wandering around in the backgrounds of the action. this is dialed down quite a bit, much to my dismay. the book looks a lot more, um, boring.
– even though alan moore isn’t writing, i didn’t have too many problems with the book – it felt like the many-theaded storylines i had expected. though the final page, where the new character basically said, “i’m new guy and i act like this because of this,” seemed like it could have been handled more artfully.
a lot of complaining, but only because the earlier stuff was so strong. i’ll keep reading, and i imagine if you really like top ten, you might too. but if you’ve never read it before, skip this mini and get the older stuff instead.
Art: 3 - Good
Hmm, I’m a bit more enthusiastic about this that you are, and I consider myself a devoted fan of everything Top Ten. This could actually pass as a Moore-written if the humor would have been just a tad sharper. Moore built his rep on the dark stuff but his sense of humor is just as brilliant. I addressed the new art style in my review. No, it doesn’t dazzle you with brilliance like the art in the original did, but I don’t think it feels as congested as the original sometimes did and I’m seeing more subtlety in the emotions on the characters faces.
the art’s got to be 5, sorry mate