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King City (King City) Paperback | Pages: 424 pages
Rating: 4.04 | 2138 Users | 210 Reviews

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Title:King City (King City)
Author:Brandon Graham
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:First Edition
Pages:Pages: 424 pages
Published:March 7th 2012 by Image Comics, Inc
Categories:Sequential Art. Comics. Graphic Novels. Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy

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Part of the magic of comics (well, independent comics) is that in some ways they are more immediately personal than prose. The labor put into creating them is more obvious, as are the many quirks of the artist. It's like conversing with a stranger who isn't treating you like a stranger, who assumes a level of intimacy that you may not share. When it works, it's magic. When it doesn't work, man, it's awkward.

Sadly King City landed in the latter camp for me. Graham clearly put a lot of himself and his love of comics into the visual style, the city, and the endless puns, but a lot of the book's potential went unrealized. In a book about a totally zany scifi/fantasy city where anything can happen and everything IS happening, there was a ton of empty space. In worlds like this I feel like a Hieronymus Bosch / Geoff Darrow / Where's Waldo approach would better convey the mad claustrophobia, and not the manga-style minimalism Graham employs. There was also no plot, or character development, which can be ok if there are other things to explore in a book, but the novelty of a cat that can be used as a weapon wears off pretty quickly. I think my favorite part of the book was his innovating cussing, "fuck a shit sandwich" being one of my favorites.

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Original Title: King City
ISBN: 160706510X (ISBN13: 9781607065104)
Edition Language: English
Series: King City
Literary Awards: Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Graphic Album - Reprint (2013)

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Ratings: 4.04 From 2138 Users | 210 Reviews

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This is one helluva kickass graphic novel. It collects the twelve individual issues of King City released in 2011. Brandon Graham creates a fantastical sci-fi/fantasy realm where just about anything goes. Beautiful black and white illustrations with a touch of manga and a whole lotta quirky. Outrageously inventive. Thoughtfully constructed, frame by frame. Packed with more puns per page than a novel by Flann OBrien.King City stars an uhm Expert Thief/Escape Artist/Cat Master/Dude. I said Cat

I really wanted to like this. The titular city is full of character and the storytelling is full of whimsy. But the female characters are wafer thin (figuratively and literally) and the overarching plot is just crime cliches.



Yeah this book is one of the coolest things I've ever read. Catmasters are the new Jedi.

The art in this book is incredible. I love the little adolescent moments that jump out of the endless sci-fi adventure romp; like two people sharing a soda on a rooftop, or of a group of friends reading and watching TV on a couch. King City is brilliantly realized as a place, and has a constant over-packed high-concept chaos swirling around it at all times. To me, this chaos makes the simple parts of the book stick out, the little human moments. If I were to have one complaint it is that King

Talking about a missed opportunity... All the elements for a brilliant comic are present (beautiful art, impressive pages, strong humor,...) but sadly Graham neglects to hold the reader's attention. The story just isn't compelling enough dispite all the original ideas. The further the story progressed, the more my enthusiasm dissapeared like snow before the sun. In the end I just couldn't give a damn and quickly went through the last 20-30 pages.

Rather than try to write a book-column-worthy compare and contrast proper review, I'm just gonna make three lists: What I liked: The story was not predictable. That's always a good thing. The artist has a clear knowledge of anatomy and movement, and he wasn't afraid to break the rules. The figures are well-drawn and never stiff. All the characters have distinct personalities. That's also always a good thing. A great deal of creativity went into this book, from the weird use of a cat as an