Loveless, Vol. 1: A Kin of Homecoming
by Brian Azzarello
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Author: Brian AzzarelloIllustrator: Marcelo Frusin
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-01
ISBN: 1401210619
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Vertigo
Book Reviews of Loveless, Vol. 1: A Kin of Homecoming
Book Review: A bland, dark collection of Spaghetti Western cliches
Summary: 1 Stars
If you've seen as many as a dozen Spaghetti Westerns (more accurately terms Italian Westerns), there is nothing in this book that won't seem tame and cliched. I can't remember the last time I read something so completely devoid of anything that I hadn't seen before. I suppose if your exposure to European Westerns of the sixties, seventies, and eighties is limited this might seem new and interesting, but not for anyone with experience in the genre.
I was also ambivalent with the artwork. Some of the individual cells were superb. But others looked comically awful. In this regard it somewhat mimics Italian Westerns, with many directors in the genre favoring grotesques as supporting actors. It probably wouldn't bother some people, but I found too many of the faces too distorted to be appealing.
Finally, the idea of having fast shooting bad guys immediately after the end of the Civil War was just too far fetched. Guns were extremely slow during this particular time period. Azzarello has people doing things that would only be possible in the decade that follows. OK, a minor point, but why get these things wrong when it is possible to get them right?
All in all, a waste of my time and money. It is the rare comic that I don't find something to enjoy. I'm selling my copy and not continuing in the series.
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