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{Reseña en Castellano / Review in English}
Elecboy, Vol. 1: Birth
by Jaouen Salaün
SYNOPSIS: In a devastated
cityscape, a lone man fights off creatures of fearsome power: white,
winged, serenely impassive, and capable of terrifying transformations...
Decades later, in a desolate American southwest, a meager colony of
human survivors ekes out a precarious existence between dwindling water
supplies and magnetic shields that screen them from roving bands of
aerial attackers. An ancestral upper class presides, while in the lower
city, laborers do the hazardous work of keeping everyone alive. But all
that may be about to change when the mysterious Joshua comes of age...
Graphic Novel of the post-apocaliptic flair. A struggle to follow the plot for moments, starts with a epic battle between beings that resemble alien-angels-Venom and another one.
Later, jump to 18 years later (2122) where isolated communities in the desert struggle to find water, and where the Tribe are the rough rulers. What then seems to turn into a teen comic with mean guys fighting over the girl who gets involved with one of the 'downstairs'. And that looks to become a soap opera.
Meanwhile, workers face deadly difficulties maintaining electromagnetic motors to keep AIs away from town, and to get water. And, we are still far from knowing why these beings (AI / aliens) are looking for something on Earth, although we are already guessing something.
The volume ends by leaving several questions, since it is only introductory.
Good art.
I'm not sure if I'll keep reading the second volume.
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{Esta vez en Castellano:}
Novela gráfica de estilo post-apocalíptico. Una lucha por seguir la trama por momentos, comienza con una batalla épica entre seres que se asemejan a alien-angels-Venom y otro.
Más tarde, salta a 18 años después (2122) donde las comunidades aisladas en el desierto luchan por encontrar agua, y donde la Tribu son los rudos gobernantes. Lo que luego parece convertirse en un cómic adolescente con tipos malos peleando por la chica que se involucra con uno de los 'de abajo'. Y eso parece querer convertirse en una telenovela.
Mientras tanto, los trabajadores enfrentan dificultades mortales para mantener motores electromagnéticos para mantener a las IA alejadas de la ciudad y para obtener agua. Y, todavía estamos lejos de saber por qué estos seres (AI / extraterrestres) están buscando algo en la Tierra, aunque ya estamos adivinando algo.
El volumen finaliza dejando varias preguntas, ya que es solo introductorio.
Buen arte.
No estoy segura de seguir leyendo el segundo volumen.
My rating: 3.5 stars
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