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Violator (collected editions) #2
Violator vs. Badrock
Youngblood's Boy of Stone throws down with Spawn's arch foe from hell! Teenage super hero vs. hell's demonic repo man! Ding-Ding!
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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Alan Moore
1,749 books20k followersAlan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD.
As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formalist sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium. As well as including challenging subject matter and adult themes, he brings a wide range of influences to his work, from the literary–authors such as William S. Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Anton Wilson and Iain Sinclair; New Wave science fiction writers such as Michael Moorcock; horror writers such as Clive Barker; to the cinematic–filmmakers such as Nicolas Roeg. Influences within comics include Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby and Bryan Talbot.
As a comics writer, Moore is notable for being one of the first writers to apply literary and formalist sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium. As well as including challenging subject matter and adult themes, he brings a wide range of influences to his work, from the literary–authors such as William S. Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon, Robert Anton Wilson and Iain Sinclair; New Wave science fiction writers such as Michael Moorcock; horror writers such as Clive Barker; to the cinematic–filmmakers such as Nicolas Roeg. Influences within comics include Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby and Bryan Talbot.
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June 22, 2018
Starts off really strong and then quickly sputters by third issue. Crashing hard in both quality and charm, cohesion and fundamental themselves suffer from there on out. With a stunning lack of closure and disappointing development this story tanked pretty fast.
Read the first two issues, smile, giggle, and then toss the remainder against the wall and forget about it.
The End.
Read the first two issues, smile, giggle, and then toss the remainder against the wall and forget about it.
The End.
March 9, 2015
Este tomo tiene la primera (¿y última?) aparición del que quizás sea el personaje más pedorro que haya creado Alan Moore: Celestine, la ángel amarga con diseño curvilíneo pero menos onda que un renglón. Decí que los diálogos de Violator (y los idiotas de sus hermanos), la actitud de pobre pibe de Badrock y la onda poco seria en general hacen que sea un tomo bastante ameno, porque si no esta miniserie descendía directo al foso del ostracismo historietil.
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January 4, 2013Can't believe I never added this before. Read from the library years ago, it's a useful corrective should one be tempted to idolise the great Alan Moore that little bit too much.
February 5, 2022
Aunque está muy muy lejos de ser una obra de arte, lo cierto es que se hace entretenido, sobre todo los dos primeros números. No parece ser una obra de Alan Moore, ciertamente podría ser de cualquier otro escritor.
El apartado gráfico tampoco es wow, quizás, como bien explican en la edición, se trata de algo adrede para homenajear cómics de los '60, sin embargo en muchas ocasiones el dibujo dificulta entender que es lo que está ocurriendo en la escena, lo cual ciertamente resta.
No hay mucho más que añadir. No conocía a los personajes y ambos tienen su encanto, sobre todo Violator. Dan ganas de leer un poco más de ellos.
El apartado gráfico tampoco es wow, quizás, como bien explican en la edición, se trata de algo adrede para homenajear cómics de los '60, sin embargo en muchas ocasiones el dibujo dificulta entender que es lo que está ocurriendo en la escena, lo cual ciertamente resta.
No hay mucho más que añadir. No conocía a los personajes y ambos tienen su encanto, sobre todo Violator. Dan ganas de leer un poco más de ellos.
April 18, 2023
If one were to look back on Alan Moore's comic book credits, Violator vs. Badrock won't be one of the highlights. Reading it was not as literary satisfying as his more acclaimed works.
A mediocre Moore was still better than most comics that came out of this era. The captions and dialogue were actually readable. This comparison came up because I concurrently read this with a collection of Witchblade comics that came out a few years later that were virtually a chore to attempt to read.
Read the four issues in single issue format.
A mediocre Moore was still better than most comics that came out of this era. The captions and dialogue were actually readable. This comparison came up because I concurrently read this with a collection of Witchblade comics that came out a few years later that were virtually a chore to attempt to read.
Read the four issues in single issue format.
August 4, 2020
Some fun jokes and i like the idea of the government researching hell. The bad art and bad characters ruins the overall fun.
October 15, 2021
Две страхоёбины пиздятся. По звезде за каждую. Было очень неинтересно.
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March 8, 2015Edición española que recopila la miniserie Violator vs. Badrock.
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September 13, 2015Recopilatorio en inglés de Badrock contra Violator, a veces considerado como el 2º tomo de Violator.
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