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4.0 out of 5 stars
Not the best volume, but still fun.
Yikes! The [...] is a little hard on this book, in my opinion. While it's definitely not as funny or as character-driven as the later volumes, it's still worth reading if you're a Dorkin fan. The second half picks up considerably, and while it's probably not strictly necessary in order to understand/appreciate the later volumes, it's still worth a look.
Published on February 23, 2007 by Art
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Substandard Stuff; For Die-Hard Dorkin Fans Only.
I'd read some of Evan Dorkin's Hectic Planet shorts in Dark Horse Presents a few years ago, and was impressed by the touching, funny, relationship-driven stories. So I decided to buy the 3 collected volumes of Hectic Planet. So far it's mostly a dud..... The first volume revolves around an uninteresting bunch of petty crooks called a "Pirate Corp$", as they fly around...
Published on May 23, 2002 by Daniel V. Reilly
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Not the best volume, but still fun.,
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This review is from: Hectic Planet, Volume One : Dim Future (Bk. 1) (Paperback)
Yikes! The [...] is a little hard on this book, in my opinion. While it's definitely not as funny or as character-driven as the later volumes, it's still worth reading if you're a Dorkin fan. The second half picks up considerably, and while it's probably not strictly necessary in order to understand/appreciate the later volumes, it's still worth a look.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Substandard Stuff; For Die-Hard Dorkin Fans Only.,
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This review is from: Hectic Planet, Volume One : Dim Future (Bk. 1) (Paperback)
I'd read some of Evan Dorkin's Hectic Planet shorts in Dark Horse Presents a few years ago, and was impressed by the touching, funny, relationship-driven stories. So I decided to buy the 3 collected volumes of Hectic Planet. So far it's mostly a dud.....The first volume revolves around an uninteresting bunch of petty crooks called a "Pirate Corp$", as they fly around space stealing things and making enemies. (The first half of the book is a poor man's Star Wars...) Things start to look up in the second half, as the team gets stuck on a planet, and Dorkin starts to actually develop his characters. Still, I found nothing even remotely interesting about the characters and situations, and, to make matters worse, the book is VERY poorly bound; It almost completely fell apart in the hour and a half it took me to read it. I'm sure that the later volumes will improve; After all, Dorkin is one of the modern masters of comics. But maybe only Dorkin fanatics should pick this up.....Try Dork! or Milk & Cheese instead. |
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Hectic Planet, Volume One : Dim Future (Bk. 1) by Evan Dorkin (Paperback - Aug. 1998)
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