Absolutely loved this one! Will admit, I saw the file before reading this and I was so excited how closely the movie followed it!The character dynamic is hilarious with some serious back story of who they are/were. For me I found it to be fairly relatable being prior service.Currently working on the second one and I love the storyline as we as all the art work. Definitely highly recommend this for anyone who hasn't read it yet!

Well to be honest, I've never heard of this title before the movie adaptation. I just got around to reading it though, even if I saw the movie a bunch of times already. The movie was good, but well - as much as I'd hate to put it in clichès, this is better. Atleast so far to where of the series I'm in. The situation and the back story to it were't really touched yet in this volume. Somehow, I think keeping those details on the later volumes is the route Diggle is taking. Which is actually more f...

I came to The Losers (current version) really late. After the movie late. I definitely recommend this series! It's hard enough to find action adventure novels to hold my interest, but this TPB collection certainly held mine. Well done characters. Great action and a deepening mystery that has me reading the rest of the collection. Good Stuff, Maynard!

Now this I like. CIA vs CIA, sharp dialogue, clever plans that are actually clever, and lots of exploding things.

This was entretain and complex story.

I'm in love. I admit, I read this in preparation for the movie, but even if the film gets the characters absolutely perfect, there's no way it can compete with the visuals in this GN. The story is simple enough so I didn't lose the thread in all the action, but Aisha's storyline brings enough mystery so that I'm not bored. (And by the way, best entrance by a female lead EVER.) The sarcastic humor is just right for a bunch of fatalistic guys who've gotten over the whole fearing death thing and ar...

I preferred volume 1 to volume 2. Aisha is a great killer character and I really like Cougar but my interest in the two of them, and her storyline in particular, may not be enough to hold my interest very long. I'm gonna try to read till the end of the series, the art is awesome and some of the dialogue is killer, but its dragging near the end of the book.

ABSOLUTE RATING: {3.5/5 stars} (Rounded Down)STANDARDIZED RATING: <4/5 stars>

The Losers are thought dead after being betrayed by a CIA agent named Max and put on the death list. They are now officially KIA and looking to force the Agency to give them their lives back. They're a team of black ops experts, but that doesn't mean they can't be sarcastic to one another. While the actions scenes are solid and the dialogue alternates between dead serious and funny as hell, I couldn't help but feel like I was missing some background. Still, it's an explosive start for a story fi...

Honestly, I liked the movie more.

This was shockingly mehish. I remember watching the movie years back and finding it pretty entertaining. Now I was a teen, so rewatching it now could make me think it sucked. Anyway, I figured I'd try the comic series. Got all 3 books in the series for 8 bucks. Now I can kind of see why I got them so cheap. The story is about a bunch of mercs going off the grid, presumed dead, but then they are not, and then there's a whole lot of backstabbing and revealing the true bad guys and then...nothing?

Starting with a vague premise and a relatively hefty load of dialogue is usually not a good way to start a comic. However, The Losers quickly picks up speed and no moss is spared. More in common with an Audio-Visual throwaway cousin such as Crank (I & II) than a more properly bodied tale, this tale of knife & dagger & blazing AK-47’s possesses just enough charm to carry it’s lip-swishingly misty story forward. With just enough mystery and spent cases to coat the comic, slaughterhouse violence br...

I've always been a huge fan of Jock and art style and it definitely is one of the big draws for this book. Andy Diggle's writing is also pretty darn good. I'm a fan of the film, but the more mature story telling definitely helps pull you in more. Even though the story plays out rather similar, I still really enjoyed it.

Okay so. Tumblr made me watch the movie version of this comic, because of reasons (Chris Evans). I loved it. I loved it with the fire of a thousand fangirl screams. Err, that metaphor kind of got away from me there. ANYWAY. Point is, the movie made me download the comic, and I am ripping through it. Holy shit this is a fun read! The film follows a few of the storylines faaaaaairly closely, and it is a pleasure to see Jensen do his "I am a dangerous telekinetic" bluff every time I come across it....

The Losers is an interesting collection of personalities that create an interesting team but somehow struggle to tell an interesting story. Andy Diggle needed to use more exposition and flesh out the individual motives for some of these characters, especially Aisha. Jock's art is fantastically gruesome. Overall, its a book that could have been better especially for an opening chapter.

I tried watching The Losers movie twice before and gave up quickly each time for the same reason why I gave up trying to read the comic once before: it comes off as the most bland, generic actioner EVER. Having forced myself to read this first volume of the comic I can confirm that, yup, it most definitely is that! A team of rogue, er, special ops peeps (I honestly have no idea, nor care!) decide to wage war on the CIA for being corrupt douchebags. Whatever. The Losers, Volume 1: Ante Up reads l...

The very best kind of conspiracy-theory-fueled action/adventure. This is the first volume of Diggle & Jock's The Losers comic book, collected in graphic novel format. Strong language & graphic violence, so not for kids, but the writing and art are top notch and I'm eager to read Vol 2 and find out what happens next.

The Losers GN came into my reading orbit after I saw previews from the movie. (I know, for shame!) But I'm glad it did. Although I did enjoy the movie, I couldn't help feeling like a lot was left out.Sure enough, thanks to a recent LA Times article, writer Andy Diggle said the movie version of The Losers was "a lot lighter, less grim and a lot less political". Naturally, I had to check out the original source material.Ante Up begins right in the middle of the action after the black Ops team call...

I came to know about the series after I heard about the movie .. Haven't seen the movie yet because I will finish the series first before watching it now. Awesome start to the series .. The Losers is a team of Black-ops Commandos who are trying to clear their names after someone tries to get them killed. Awesome action and story .. Now I am kicking myself to miss this series till now.I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian c...

It was pretty topical for its time, but it seems a little dated now.All in all though - its a cool dirty tricks operation by a bunch of bad asses.