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Love all the variety & different perspectives. Wonderful art!
Drawn to this particular anthology because of the fact that it collects work by creators from Southeast Asia (I'm half Indonesian and half-Filipino). I recall with fondness the Secret Identities and Shattered anthologies of years past, but also as with those two books, I liked some creators' work more than those of others. I plan on catching up with the first two volumes and hope that there are more to come.
An Impressive, Visually Stunning and Interesting CollectionThis is the third volume in the well regarded "Liquid City" series. The goal is for these volumes to serve as showcases for the work of promising young Southeast Asian writers and illustrators. All of the volumes have been curated/edited by Sonny Liew, who is a Singapore-based and Eisner nominated comic artist and illustrator with a growing reputation.As you can imagine, collections like these can be all over the place. "Liquid City Volu...
Every writer has a story to tell but sometimes, they never get around to telling those stories. The idea behind the Liquid City collection is: the apocalypse is coming, so what better time than the end of the world to finally let those stories see the light of day.As with all collections, there will be hits and there will be misses. I had as many favourites as I did ones that did not impress me, but it was the overriding theme of telling your untold stories that really got to me.
'Liquid City, Vol. 3' is another volume in the graphic novel series featuring artists from SouthEast Asia. The work varies and the stories are short. While I still think volume 2 was better, there is some interesting art and storytelling going on here.The theme this time is the end of the world. While some of the stories are grand apocalypses, most are personal stories about childhood fears or the ends of relationships. The art varies pretty wildly, from rougher all the way to handpainted panels...
A compilation of short graphic pieces from Southeast Asian artists. The unifying theme here is that the artists were asked to tell a story they'd want to tell if the end of the world was at hand. The results range from those with an apocalyptic theme (which I was interested in) to random autobiographical snippets. Some pieces were better than others, but the book as a whole gives some interesting insights into varying perspectives...Disappear - Aks KwanA brief story of a possible childhood glimp...
This volume certainly has some heft, carrying with it the weight of a generation of Pacific Asian comix creators. The theme, of what story you'd tell given one last chance, is more or less stuck to, so art school losers don't get things done on time, the world (or a corner of it) ends in an unlikely way, and relationships collapse. It makes for a collection of evidently very personal pieces, which can hinder the work some times. Still, while a few are bad (and one is unreadably WTF bad) there ar...
If I could rate the individual stories within this collection, plenty would be 5+'s. My critique is more that the ones that fell flat fell very flat.I was most intrigued upon opening the book, and greatly enjoyed how different it is. A small corner of the publishing world (in the United States) is, I would say, half-filled by Southeast Asian writers. And please understand me, I do Not find that satisfying, I think there should be many more. This is made only more obvious by the multiple themes,
A completely perfect collection of comics. Not only are the stories wonderfully illustrated they portray an almost darker side to comics. As a newcomer to the comic side of literature, I thoroughly enjoyed every single one of these stories and I hope the artists and writers go on to produce more. Perfect! I want more!!
Liquid City: Volume 3 is a collection of short comics (generally 5-10 pages at most) by a variety of artists/writers from Southeast Asia. You have non-fiction, semi-biographical, fantasy, horror, Sci-Fi, etc. This style of comic is best enjoyed in print where you can leaf through and see what catches your eye, rather having to page through an electronic comic. Chances are that you would find one or more items to enjoy in this large collection. I know that I did.
This was a good compilation book, seeing various different art styles was interesting. Its nice to see how people approached the subject in different ways. I couldnt pinpoint my favourate comic in there, because there are a handful that really stood out, some for the story and some for the art style. Overall its a good book to have around for when your bored, due to the length of each story you dont need to commit alot of time to reading it.
Liquid City is a collection of short tales that each usually has some small lesson or token for contemplation. Some stories and illustrations were better than others and that ultimately affected my opinion of the book. Many of these short tales have a rooting in the author's culture. Ultimately I'd still buy this book, so I say read.
The Liquid City anthologies fascinate me. In some ways, they are mysterious. I had never heard of them before; they just showed up on the library shelves one day. There was, seemingly, no buzz in the fan press ... although, as casually as I follow--actually, "follow", is more accurate--the fan press, it would have to buzz fairly loud. Anyway, they just appeared, full of all this first rate work by people I've mostly never heard of. It's like the world of Good Comics suddenly tripled in size. Sta...
This is an collection of short stories done by lots of comic book writers that are Asian. Most of the stories only cover a few pages but several of them pack a wallop in the small amount of space. I hadn't read the other two collections but if they are as good as this one I will have to pick them up as well and give them a read.Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley
