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Red Star, Vol. 1: The Battle of Kar Dathras Gate Paperback – November 1, 2001
| Christian Gossett (Author, Illustrator) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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- Print length144 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherArchangel Studios
- Publication dateNovember 1, 2001
- Dimensions8.75 x 0.25 x 11.5 inches
- ISBN-101582401977
- ISBN-13978-1582401973
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- Publisher : Archangel Studios (November 1, 2001)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 144 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1582401977
- ISBN-13 : 978-1582401973
- Item Weight : 1.15 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.75 x 0.25 x 11.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,684,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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That being said, this book does not promote Communism. It promotes the idea that the Communist dream was once beautiful, but was quickly corrupted. That the average Communist was a sincere person that merely wanted to make the world a better place, but was naive and made a pawn. This novel is about those people on the ground level of war that suffer for the corruption and manipulation of those leaders sitting far away in comfort. By the time this novel opens, The United Republics of the Red Star are in decline due to a horrible defeat in the small desert nation of Alistaan <A fantasy Afghanistan>. The bulk of the novels action happens in the memory of Maya Antares, who is visiting the grave of her husband who died in the horrors of the last battle of the Alistaan war. Maya finds she must balance her mourning for her fallen husband and her anger at her corrupt leaders, with the her love for her people and their dreams of Utopia.
I can't oversell this book. It's my new obsession.
I have kept the book in an air conditioned room since purchasing it. I did not spread the pages out or otherwise abuse the book. I carefully flipped through, spreading the pages maybe 60 degrees apart, holding the thing in my hands so as not to stretch it. I am pretty disappointed that it would fall apart even when I was so careful.
If I could rate different aspects of this book independently, I would rate it as follows:
Story: 4.5 stars
Drawing: 5 stars
Coloring: 5 stars
Lettering: 5 stars
Design: 5 stars
Materials: 5 stars
Manufacturing: *1 star*
I love the story of the Red Star. It seamlessly combines historical, mythological, political and spiritual elements into a plot that seems simultaneously fantastical and down-to-earth. My only complaint is that, as a writer, I wish they had gone a bit more into the nitty-gritty details of the story. Clearly, the artwork was the main focus in producing this book. The great thing about this particular edition of the book is that the larger pages (and great quality of the pages themselves) really shows off just how detailed and vivid the artwork really is. The 3-D modeling adds a level of realism and an epic scope that is really hard to accomplish by drawing alone. The detail of the coloring is fantastic. The lettering is great. The overall design of the book itself is spectacular; even the title page, table of contents, and credits pages look great. The fact that all of this can be so well-done, that so much effort and talent and (I'm sure) money went in to every other aspect of this book, and yet be so incredibly poorly bound is bordering on the absurd... This is like buying a Lamborghini and having the steering wheel fall off! If I were Gossett, I'd be pissed!
On a related note, does anyone know what the best kind of glue would be to repair this book before the cover falls off completely?
Not a bad read, but left more than a little to be desired.
Christian Gossett
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Unusual artwork also distinguishes this comic. It combines CGI backgrounds and hardware with figures in a more hand-drawn style, making the most of what both styles have to offer.
My only complaint is that the story ended too quickly (but "It ain't never a problem when your audience is screaming for more of what you're puttin' out"). The titanic story calls for titanic images. Most pages contain a single image, bled out to the edge of the page, and two-page spreads appear often. As a result, each magazine ends quickly, even if this comic has more illustrated pages than most. Extra material at the end includes sketches, artist interviews, and even a bibliography. Maybe the true fan likes such things more than I do - I'm just here for the comic, and that is exceptional.
-- wiredweird

