If you like reading bad 70's era Sci-fi, this is your book. I'm not really sure how this book made it past its 1st issue. The whole thing is incomprehensible. I hated it so much I wanted to buy extra copies just to burn. (Maybe that's how it made it past its 1st issue!)

Prophet is the multi-layered, possibly even multi-dimensional, story of the awakening of John Prophet in a variety of guises. Each John Prophet may or may not be a unique entity, which begs the question of who, or what, exactly is John Prophet? The strange tone of the story echos the sort of disassociated congnizance of Donnie Darko, but it is never clear whether or not John Prophet is insane, dreaming, or a real, cloned entity sent on the quest (or quests) to ascend the towers of Thauilu Vah an...

[That alien is happily waving to his friend's dead carcass, tied to John like a scarf.]Somewhere along the line I lost touch with my fascination for science fiction. I'm not sure where that was exactly but I'd guess it was pretty quickly after I stepped out of junior high. I had grown up with science fiction and it had held a comfortable storehouse of wild imaginations when I was young. Some of my first comics were some weird-ish Gold Key books and reprints of the early Marvel sci-fi bits (such

Okay so this is a weird one because I picked this up knowing literally nothing about the Prophet origin story or that this was a reboot of the original series. After reading it I read a few people's reviews and realised why I was confused - this picks up from issue 21-26 and it's a reboot of a much older comic series. Despite being confused initially I think reading the first 6 issues (well actually issue 21-26, little did I know) in a bind-up edition made me really intrigued by the story. It's

3.5 stars rounded down for not knowing wtf was going on. This book was weird. It's one if those books that hits the floor running. This is volume one yet in the back it says issue 21-26. So I need to look into this because pretty much nothing made sense to me. The artwork is s bit rough, but the ideas drawn are great and it seems to work. I was intrigued by this futuristic coloristic story and there are some unique and very cool ideas going on here so after I've done more research I'll be checki...

This is ostensibly a remake/reboot/continuation of a Rob Liefield spandex comic from the exxxtreme 90's era, but it bears very little resemblance to its source material. Brandon Graham's description of it as a "space Conan" is more accurate. Graham's creator-owned King City was stunningly imaginative, but at times emotionally juvenile. This actually makes him perfectly-suited for a book about a tough, mostly silent guy who hunts and fights his way across a hostile, alien future-landscape. Graham...

Because I’d heard such good things about the Prophet revitalization, I decided to check it out. I rarely read reviews before buying a book, mostly due to fear of spoilers, but because I wanted to be sure I spent my money well, I did just that this time around. The reviews were, like the word of mouth I’d experienced, favorable. I pulled the trigger and bought a copy.Let me be frank … the reviews did not do it justice.At the age of thirty-six, I basically just want one thing from my books and mov...

Here is the chronology of thoughts as I read this. NOTE: this is FULL so SPOILERS. Also, I knew nothing about the original when I read this: Whoa, AMAZING gorgeous art!OMG, I love the worlds!The creatures, the creatures, the CREATURES!Oh wow, a city of jelly? Awesome! But...ew.Damn, where are the women? Even the creatures are male-ish.Who is this John Prophet dude?Why's he a cannibal?Ew.Stop eating, please. I hate looking at you do it.Ok, I want more narrative. What's...who...tell me, story. Tel...

Would you be interested in the drug-induced hallucinations experienced by Conan the Barbarian? If so, this trippy sci-fi adventure might be for you.In the distant future, John Prophet awakes from cryosleep to a vastly changed Earth populated by bizarre, menacing, alien creatures. A mysterious voice in his head guides him to a city that is actually the slowly rotting copse of an organismic space ship. Here he learns about his mission: to climb the towers of Thauilu Vah and awaken the Earth Empire...

Dammit, I was looking forward to this one! “Prophet” looks different and mysterious and it’s an Image book and it’s nominated for an Eisner - I was so prepared to love this book, and it ended up disappointing me. To say “Prophet” is an incoherent book is to presume it was trying to say something to start with and I’m not sure that it was. The authorial touch is so light it feels like you’re not so much reading a book as you are glimpsing some strange images through a rain-streaked window at a mu...

COSMIC JOURNEY WEIRDNESS. Recommended for consciousnesses only loosely affiliated with the space-time continuum.

Just re-read this one. I like it even more than I did when I originally read it almost two years ago. I think it creates a very interesting and unique universe. Its awesome to see Brandon Graham work with Simon Roy for the first 3 issues and Farel Dalrymple for one of them. Looking at Graham's sketch pages in the back of the book, its clear that Roy and Dalrymple both brought their own unique visions to their pages. I like the narration, its very alienating and mysteriously obscure. It took me a...

Volume 1 starting at issue #21? WTF? Ok, I'm aware now that this is actually a reboot and, guess what, it's pretty damn good. Plus, I loved the art.In a very distant future when humanity has reached the vastness of the cosmos, John Prophet awakes from cryosleep to fulfill one mission: restart the Earth empire.I really feel like I need to stop now and start with the original ones. I hope that makes sense at all.

This book I have no idea how to rate. Full of incredible images and ideas but borders on incoherency.

This review originally appeared on my blog Shared Universe Reviews.When I first heard about this comic, I knew I would read it eventually. I read Brandon Graham’s previous comic, King City, and I really enjoyed it. There was a creative vibe to it that I really appreciated. My feelings towards Prophet increased during its monthly single issue publishing. It was received great reviews and, more importantly, some bloggers and reviewers online whose opinion is close to my own (or whose criticisms of...

The most imaginative science fiction of today, hopefully a taste of the future of the genre in this decade, the art is fantastic but not perfect, nor is the wisp-thin story without fault, but the world-building is the main attraction—it's among my favorite fictional settings.

The advertised blurb had everything I usually love- A Gully Foyle like outcast and his trippy interstellar adventures in future. But the writing and art, kind of, grossed me out.I was looking forward for an accesible introduction to Prophet, who in my mental image, was more of an elseworld Captain America gone rogue. In this volume Prophet wakes up from cryosleep and goes on hiking a seemingly post apocalyptic earth filled with awful looking creatures, and probably multiple versions of himself.

Brandon Graham’s Prophet continues a book by Rob Liefeld in the style of Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Moebius’s Arzach. It’s an insane combination of influences that, despite the odds, totally works.

As reboots go, PROPHET is somewhat out of the ordinary. Image’s update bears only a passing resemblance to the Extreme title from the ’90s on which it is based. Yet instead of beginning at the beginning with a #1, the creators decided to pick up the numbering where it left off, at #21. The effect is somewhat disorienting. Is it important that we know what came before? Honestly it’s probably best enjoyed if you don’t. The original Rob Leifeld-penned PROPHET is an artifact from a different time in...

I read Prophet, volume 1 without any background information or context, save two details passed on by an enthusiastic Richmond, Virginia comic book seller: It's science fiction. It feels like European, not American sf. Both of these observations proved correct.A quick sketch: Prophet takes place in a far, far future, when humanity has reached out into space, built an interstellar empire, then fallen back. The Earth is now occupied by many alien and often violent life forms. The prot...