Fray by Joss Whedon Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Fray
Book Review: Fray - a pleasant suprise!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great graphic novel, I am a fan of Firefly and thus was turned onto this book. I never watched much buffy, but now I want too :)
Great read, great story, great characters.
Book Review: More Please!
Summary: 5 Stars
Fans of the Whedonverse have pretty much given up hope of a new Buffy/Angel type TV series. Fray is the cure for your jones! Excellent artwork and a "would have known it was Joss even if his name wasn't on the cover" story, Fray will leave you hungry for more!Book Review: Amazing Artwork
Summary: 5 Stars
This comic TBP is amazing. Joss Does a great job of twisting the vampire lore yet again. Buy this product. You won't be disapointed. The artwork and story are amazing.Book Review: Fun but Unfinished
Summary: 4 Stars
Let me preface this by saying I'm not a Buffy or Angel fan, nor am I particularly familiar with the intricacies of the "Buffyverse". That said, this is a solid, fun comic book for those who like dystopian settings and strong heroines. For those like me, who aren't clued in to the whole Buffy mythology, the story starts as a pretty straightforward one about a young female cat burglar in a generic megacity of the future. While there are flying cars and all that, there are also extreme mutations due to the ravaging of the ozone layer. Our heroine lives in a slum, acting as a "grabber" for a weird merman creature while trying to keep out of the hands of her cop sister. While she's fairly reckless and carefree, she's also haunted by the death of her twin brother at the hands of a powerful thug years several years ago.
One day, a ram-horned, red-skinned, cloven-hoofed demon shows up to tell her she's a "slayer" and that he's got to train her to meet her destiny-which is to save the world. It seems that some powerful being is assembling artifacts to open a gate to another dimension, where many bad demony things live. Helping him is his vampire army (here called "lurks"), one of whom is the heroine's nemesis from years ago. It's not clear why the demon wants to help her, and she's rightly skeptical and dismissive, forcing him to prove to her the direness of the situation. After a nice buildup, the book climaxes in a huge showdown, with plenty of action and gore. Unfortunately, despite the exhilarating finale, the ending leaves most important plot points totally unresolved and the reader begging for a sequel.
Like Whedon's writing for Firefly, there's some nice sarcastic humor liberally sprinkled throughout. There are also unexpected twists and setbacks, along with healthy doses of futuristic slang. The artwork and inking are outstanding, highly commercial and polished, but in a good way. The artists' concept sketches at the end show how Natalie Portman's character in "The Professional" was the basis for the heroine, and just how influential that old 1st edition AD&D Monster Manual was! All in all, good stuff that leaves the reader wanting more.
Book Review: Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
Not that far a jump between Buffy and Serenity, and that's in a good way. One of the things that stood out to me with this story was the little details. Money being called sils, the different slang used by the characters, and the fact that when the world is about to be consumed by an army of vampires, nobody actually knows what a vampire is (they call them "Lurks"). Moreover, this slayer is a whole different player than Buffy. Malaka Fray is a thief living in the shadows of a Metropolis-like future city where a small part of the population is already mutated from exposure to the sun, and the 'lurks' thrive in this darkness, ignored by the population as being nothing worse than lepers. She is contacted and trained, not by the Watchers, but by a demon whose masters seek to use her power to avert an impending apocalypse. I know, another one. It's another day in the life of a Slayer, with a brand new style.