Reviews: Nemesis (2)
“Anti-hero action!”
(Paperback)
Nemesis is packed full of action, bad language and dark humour. Nemesis' purpose is to create chaos, murder and mayhem on a grand scale to embarass high profile targets before he kills them by a pre-arranged date. A grim concept, Nemesis is essentially the anti-Iron Man. All the money, gadgets and tech with none of the conscience.
There are a glut of anti-hero characters in comics, even the villain-turned-hero is a popular motif, but none have as much fun as Nemesis. From the creator of 'Kick Ass', this is a book that I actually prefer and is distinctly more adult.
This book is great fun. It is a self-contained collection so you can jump right in.
“A broad grin and a Thumbs Up!”
(Paperback)
A criminal mastermind and brilliant cop go head to head in an ultraviolent spectacular.
What an exciting little book. It is like the comic equivalent of a music video. It looks pretty for a short space of time and will leave you humming after the music stops. There is no message, no deep thought, no real character development even. But it is bloody entertaining. Your higher brain shuts down and everything but your eyeballs and page turning fingers goes to sleep as those two parts go into overdrive. It is completely over the top in terms of violence, colour, black humour and twist upon twist.
The art is fabulous with most panels being page wide and plenty of full page panels too. Whilst there is lots of dialogue it never descends into repetitive talking heads. This has such a wonderfully visual feel and is tingling with action. The fact the villain looks like Batman but in a pure white costume is a really inspired choice.
A broad grin and a Thumbs Up!
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Nemesis
Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction, Graphic Novels, Manga & Comics, Graphic Novels & Graphic Non-Fiction
Mark Millar (author) , Steve McNiven (artist)
Paperback Published on: 15/02/2012
Price: £10.99

