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this elektra yarn was written by Brian Michael Bendis, one of my favorite writers. possibly my favorite, but this book wouldn't help that cause. i'm not much a fan of elektra's i prefer daredevil but this arch was at the library so i read it. awesome covers painted by greg horn, however, the interior art was lame. everyone's poses looked unatural. it looked a lot like tim's early poser work (no offense, it's improved) with plain poses and everyone staning straight up. like chuck austen just couldn't do most poses, and the action looked pretty plain jane. the coloring only worsened this computerized, bland style, and i think the art was the major reason i didn't like it, but now i'll never know. it's story wasn't too intriguing, and bendis, the king of dialogue as he is often reffered, may have overkilled with it a little this time, but i can't be sure because the art seemed so un supportive. his writing just needs the best of art, because it was like someone's voice being dubbed in an older movie, it just didn't seem to fit the writing. i think austen would be better off sticking to sci fi books wih lots of robots, and maybe he could exaggerate things a little then too, i think that would fit his art better. however, nick fury and elektra's hard head characters were portrayed well, and being an elektra book, she got the best of him, i'm sure it would be the opposite in a fury title. it also had a good initial quote on the interior of the front cover, "The Way of the Samurai is found in death."--book of the samurai
lektra, having died once made this quite the opening sentence. and again, greg horn's cover's were awesome.
5 out of 10 for the few out standing positives. but i feel the art killed the book, along with my disinterest in the character and a bland storyline with the exception of a side plot that turned out to be wuite interesting. guess i just forgot about that positive. but mainly the art killed it.
this last one is a better piece of austen's work on the book
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