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Book: Alias
Written by: Brian Michael Bendis Michael Gaydos |
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment Group
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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My All-Time Favorite TPB Series
Rating:
5 / 5
***not related to the Jennifer Garner TV show***
This book is for a VERY specific demographic: people who grew up reading Marvel comics who are now adults rediscovering the world of comics. This is the Marvel Universe from an adult point of view. You've still got Captain America, the Avengers, Daredevil, your old Marvel favorites here, but they're filtered through an adult's eyes. The first word of the book is "F---!"
The protagonist, private investigator Jessica Jones, is complex, not totally likeable, like a real person. She has super powers but chooses not to use them (more is revealed about her background in the later books).
I'm not a "Bendis can do no wrong" kind of guy. A lot of his stuff is fluff written to please young fans and sell books. Not this time. This is a character piece, a huge risk in the comic biz. This might explain it's short run.
The artwork is dark and moody, a refreshing change from the typically glammed out super-hero books. The art fits the character perfectly.
All four Alias books are totally engaging from start to finish. If you only buy one graphic novel, GET THIS!
There are rumors that this series will come back. I hope so!
Jessica Jones is currently in "The Pulse," a comic where she works for the Daily Bugle. It's an "ensemble cast" kind of book so she's not really in it that much. If you really want more of her story, Pulse is worth picking up. But get the other three Alias books first!
Bendis proves he is the man..... again!
Rating:
5 / 5
I just finished reading Alias a couple of hours ago, more than years after being originally released. I already knew that Bendis was the best writer in modern comics, since I have his whole Daredevil run and his Ultimate Spider-Man.
I decided to buy all the Bendis stuff I could find and afford, and a week ago I finally got Alias Vol.1 and aboy was it worth it!!!! While I was reading Alaias I was thinking "it would be so much more interesting if the Marvel Universe was like the Max-comics line". And am not refering about the profanity nor the cursing, but more about the real-life element in the book, or as real-life as a super-powered community could get. I mean, in this book you can really see the Marvel universe as OUR OWN universe but with super-powered beings, as opposed to what Marvel has been: another universe, similar to this one, but with super-powered beings. And the credit for that belongs to Bendis.
You can check out his Daredevil run and you'll see that the Marvel Universe accodring to Bendis feels really familiar, only that we have no-one wearing costumes out here. Of course, Bendis is not limited to gritty comics books only, but since this is about Alias, and Alias is gritty, I'll stick to that subject.
In a few short words, Alias is as down to earth as possible, as long as "fantastic" books are concerned, and those looking for a more realistic look at super heroes should definately get this one.
Very impressive
Rating:
5 / 5
This is an incredibly well-crafted story arc. Jessica Jones is characterized amazingly well. She's intensely flawed, self-destructive, and has very low self-esteem; but she's also a very endearing character, and the story is great. Bendis' greatest strength is, and has always been, in charaterization and dialogue. You fall in love with Jessica Jones, even as you watch her have sex with a stranger, and then curse herself for it.
The artwork is also fatastic. Michael Gaydos' gritty style works very well for the stories, but it goes beyond that. Even the panels are skillfully placed. Really fantastic stuff, all around.
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