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13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Story - Well Written and Drawn,
By turtlex "turtlex" (PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Green Lantern: Brother's Keeper (Paperback)
In 1994 Judd Winick (the writer of this comic series as represented in this graphic novel) was one of the featured cast on MTV's "Real World". He wrote a very moving (and much awarded) book called "Pedro and Me" based on his friendship with his HIV positive roommate on the show, Pedro Zemora. Why is this relevant to this Green Lantern comic? Because Mr. Winick has a gift for taking the complex and making it accessible. For writing a comic book that deals with issues, but stays in the genre, and more importantly - stays true to the characters already established. The story arc in this graphic novel concerns one of gay-bashing and its handled excellently, with no easy solutions and no cliched answers. The emotions are real. Visually, the pages pop with very well done art and ink, but it is the combination of the strong imagery with the polished and thoughtful writing that make this novel stand out. Try this graphic series - you'll be introduced to a much overlooked and very human superhero (The Green Lantern) and still be entertained with a well written and thought provoking (but not preachy) story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Potential,
By Jim-Jim (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Green Lantern: Brother's Keeper (Paperback)
Starts out unevenly, middle section very moving, ending predictable. Rayner is just filling time for Jordan. It's alright.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Starts out okay, but quickly burns out,
This review is from: Green Lantern: Brother's Keeper (Paperback)
The first half was decent, and the only reason I gave it the stars that I did. It was a nothing-special Green Lantern story, worth reading at the library if you've nothing else to do. The art was really what helped the book along here.
To say the second half was disappointing would be an understatement. Quite honestly, it was simply a poor comic book. I understand the author's purpose here - to give insight into Green Lantern's vulnerability and to comment on faults in our social structure (namely, homophobia and bigotry). However, the actual exectution of said goals was where the author flopped. Brother's Keeper was perhaps one of the most preachy, dogmatic stories to ever reach the pages of a comic book. Winick's attempts to portray GL as all-too-human and emotional made the character into a whiny child. He was willing to bring untold consequences upon others to go back in time just because his friend got hurt, and nearly threw a temper tantrum when Batman and the Flash forbade him to do so. (Subsequently, he too resorts to brutality, but it was passed off as okay because it was retaliation.) It all seemed more like pedagogic propaganda than social commentary. If you're looking for some Green Lantern, or even a story with a touching Aesop's moral, your money could be much better spent.
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