Twilight-X Pocket Manga Volume 1 [Paperback]

Joseph Wight (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Series: Twilight X Pocket Manga | Publication Date: April 28, 2003

The world has changed... Eleven years of war have left the Earth in turmoil. The survivors are left to struggle against hostile forces bent upon claiming what's left of a ruined, lawless planet. Jed Saxon is one survivor consumed by this struggle. Good thing he's a former U.S. Special Forces operator with the training and ingenuity to adapt to this way of life. Just when the going gets easy, Jed stumbles into a nuclear detonator trade-off and is forced to combat an army of militiamen and a band of mercenaries, new foes that want him dead. With the help of an enigmatic, beautiful young woman and an Israeli Special Forces soldier, Jed must fight to find purpose in the midst of violence and apathy. After war, before peace...Twilight X.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Antarctic Press (April 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972897828
• ISBN-13: 978-0972897822
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,179,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining But Not Enthralling, May 8, 2007

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C. Chow (Leesburg VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Twilight-X Pocket Manga Volume 1 (Paperback)

I guess 'Twilight X' isn't too popular if I am the first one to write a review. Frankly the WWIII genre has always interested me. Growing up in Reagan's 1980s I am a bit miffed we never got to finish the trilogy.

'Twilight X' takes place "after war and before peace." In this chaotic age people are just trying to survive. On a Caribbean island solider Jed and bimbo (what's her name) comprise our hero and heroine. While the "Book Description" focuses on global plot the truth is they're just trying to stay alive another day. This is not easy as the island is inhabited by an excess of military arms and pirates and rival military factions.

We do not learn very much about our character which is OK since there is tons of action we get to know them as the fight to stay alive. Like 'Saving Private Ryan' the characters are introduced explored through a maelstrom of violence.

'Twilight X's most troubling feature is the American manga "art". The first 40 pages are computer generated and visually pleasing. However the next 160 are very childish sketches reminiscent of Mike Judge. (I am not saying this to be insulting but accurate. The art really is that of a newspaper comic strip.

While I'd started to like the story enough to continue reading this radical shift in art style is poor and totally unexplained. Was Joseph Wright's budget cut?

I am not sure if I should continue the series American manga is not a genre I like supporting. It was very entertaining but not engrossing and with all the great manga out there I feel my reading time and money can be better spent.