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thinking_positive's Reviews (144)
No huge reason, it was just too boring for me to want to finish it
The Complete Klaus Rating: ⭐⭐
The score might be a bit harsh, and I've probably now made enemies out of you all (soz). I'm a notoriously picky reader and only really truly love ~10% of the comics I read, I'm also not the biggest fan of Grant's writing so the cards were stacked against me going into this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The main 7 issues told a tight-knit story but there were a lot cliches e.g. the villain's motive, the "chosen one" narrative and the spirits seemingly and unexplainably granting Klaus powers without proper justification. These elements really took me out of the story.
The specials didn't add much value to me personally, they brought scope, but I often felt like it was just "here's stuff going on in the background, don't worry though because it doesn't really relate to anything in the story." I wish Grant expanded the narrative around the Lunar War, but it was mostly ignored and treated as noise in my opinion. These specials also felt like Grant was slipping back to their natural state of high concept storytelling without the heart that made the first 7 issues a better read.
I quite enjoyed Dan Mora's art, the use of light and shadows was particularly clever. Xmasville was the only book that was hand coloured and it elevated the art immensely, I was taken back by the details and colour blending - going back, I kind of wished that everything was hand coloured to the same level, I suspect my scoring would have been higher if it was.
Not bad overall, just a bit dodgy in some places!
The score might be a bit harsh, and I've probably now made enemies out of you all (soz). I'm a notoriously picky reader and only really truly love ~10% of the comics I read, I'm also not the biggest fan of Grant's writing so the cards were stacked against me going into this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The main 7 issues told a tight-knit story but there were a lot cliches e.g. the villain's motive, the "chosen one" narrative and the spirits seemingly and unexplainably granting Klaus powers without proper justification. These elements really took me out of the story.
The specials didn't add much value to me personally, they brought scope, but I often felt like it was just "here's stuff going on in the background, don't worry though because it doesn't really relate to anything in the story." I wish Grant expanded the narrative around the Lunar War, but it was mostly ignored and treated as noise in my opinion. These specials also felt like Grant was slipping back to their natural state of high concept storytelling without the heart that made the first 7 issues a better read.
I quite enjoyed Dan Mora's art, the use of light and shadows was particularly clever. Xmasville was the only book that was hand coloured and it elevated the art immensely, I was taken back by the details and colour blending - going back, I kind of wished that everything was hand coloured to the same level, I suspect my scoring would have been higher if it was.
Not bad overall, just a bit dodgy in some places!
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Pat Oliffe, Pat Olliffe, Eddy Barrows, Ken Lashley, Drew Johnson, Ruy Jose, Justiniano, Dale Eaglesham, Keith Giffen, Mark Waid, Grant Morrison, Jamal Igle, Tom Derenick, Joe Bennett, Dan Jurgens, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Shawn Moll, Todd Nauck, Geoff Johns, Andy Smith, Keith Champagne, Darick Robertson, Greg Rucka, Phil Jimenez, Joe Prado, Phil Jiminez, Chris Batista
The first third of the omni was a great setup with an interesting set of characters and problems, sadly it just got too drawn out with the rest of the story, it was kind of boring and predictable. Sad really
