'The Bigger Bang' sets out to tell a big cosmic story and mostly succeeds, but it gets bogged down by a messy, sometimes confusing art style.Cosmos, our protagonist, was created when a catastrophe occurred. He's nigh indestructible, and feels badly about the event that caused his creation. Because of that, he spends his time flying around in space trying to save folks and redeem himself. When an evil ruler named King Thulu has his plans accidentally thwarted by Cosmos, he sets out to destroy him...

Great series, hopefully they'll write more Cosmos stories in the future.

Thanks to Netgalley for this read.This story had me at "space whale."I was immediately digging the artwork and the subtle humorous undercurrent of the story. The aliens are freakin' cool. Our hero, Cosmos (Aka The Destroyer) is an all-powerful galaxy travelling super hero with a soft side. He's lonely and he's naive, his efforts at saving life are generally met with fear. He saves space whales. Space whales are the best.This story was unique and charming. I'll definitely be looking out for more

Pulp-ey w/ good and unique art. The structure of the story is not modern and felt like reading like a John Carter book.

While being very scratchily drawn, which won't appeal to many, and while having simplistic sides of good and evil and blatantly portrayed morals, and even while being saddled with old-fashioned Stan Lee narrative tendencies, there was still something about this book that I enjoyed. It's so old-fashioned in so many ways, and probably only really disguising that through the artwork, but it still moved along smoothly and felt quite fresh and enjoyable. Giving us a reluctant superhero atoning for hi...

The Bigger Bang is as absurd as its title, but also endearing. The protagonist is a man named Cosmos. Forged in a singularity from what had been our solar system....It’s a shame about all good things.The end came without suffering at least. Just a flash and then…...over.Well…...over for life on Earth. Over for life in the pocket of the multiverse the Earthlings had barely begun to perceive. So, while Earth and it’s inhabitants were created in The Big Bang…...a being named Cosmos was created in…T...

Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review.I was surprised by the low reviews, The Bigger Bang feels like a nod to those old comic books filled with classic space adventures. It's well written, dramatic and humorous. The artwork has a scratchy messy look to it but the story focused on a lone hero out in space trying to help even though he is feared.

While I'm a big fan of big and cosmic stories, which are becoming rare beasts in this era of gritty realism, but I could not deal with the art.So, scribbly and over-stylized that it hurt my head to look at and made it hard to keep track of what was going on page to page.There might be a good idea buried under all this, but It wasn't enough to keep me reading with that art.

The earth was created in a big bang and destroyed in a bigger one. The being that was born in the latter lives with the guilt of our destruction, and uses his vast powers to save other planets from such a fate, but no matter what Cosmos does, the people fear him. Meanwhile, a despotic, tentacled king wants to rule the universe and believes Cosmos to be the key to his undoing or his success, depending on how he can sway the PR campaign. There is some cute, snarky humour in this story, and a bitte...

The concept is interesting, but the art is highly stylized - it looks like colored sketches, so it's just a polarizing choice. It looks nice for that style, but a full novel like that isn't what I wanted. I bailed after #1. #1 is more background and setting information and little plot information.

(Received from Netgalley for review.)I was hoping for a lot more from this book. The cover art looks really good, and the concept was interesting to me. The Superman-like Cosmos is created in the title Bigger Bang, destroying the universe as it is and creating a new one. Sort of a superheroic, comic book version of original sin. Cool idea.But the execution is just not up to par. The writing is clunky and amateurish. It sounds like something I could expect to see in a poorly translated anime, cir...

The Bigger Bang is a new IDW Publishing comic by D.J. Kirkbride (writer) and Vassilis Gogtzilas (art). As you can probably tell from the playful title, it’s a cosmic-scope sort of story, with a protagonist (named, um, Cosmos) who was birthed in the “Bigger Bang” that destroyed one universe, causing him to find another where he might attempt to atone for the nature of his birth.That’s a weighty premise set against the biggest of all canvases, and I’d love to say the comic pulls it off. But despit...

Note: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review from the publisher via NetGalley.The Bigger Bang started off good but after a while, it was a real slog. The illustrations were a bit messy and to be honest, quite confusing at times, which is really not a good thing for a graphic novel.The basic concept was not that bad but the overall demonstration or the flow of the story lacked the spark to make it even an average read. I completed this book just for the sake of completing...

Short comic collection about a troubled cosmic super-heroFuzzy illustrations but subdued colour make this a bit of a challenge but I found this collection quite enjoyable.It deals with Cosmos, a powerful being who has destroyed our universe and finds himself in another, acting heroically to make up for his previous experience. He meets other cosmic beings, especially King Thulu and his lieutenant, Wyan.Quite engaging and slightly humorous, I recommend it.

Nothing about this comic is real. I should clarify. Everything in this comic is hyper-real. It is a space opera in the classical sense; melodramatic, fraught with peril and complete with chivalric romance. But it’s also a rip-roaring story that somehow manages to rip a hole in all your preconceived notions. Are there space battles? Yup. Plenty of ships doing fighty-chasey things. There are also space whales, dispensing hard-hitting wisdom between colliding with planetoids. Are there villains? Yo...

Obtained as an eARC through NetGalleyThe Bigger Bang, contrary to its name (which I think sounds silly), is more of a low drone. There's nothing new here, and even the tried-and-true trope of angsty hero seeking redemption isn't executed particularly well. The script is clunky, with obviously spelled out messages: "Free will!"; "Maybe the best use of power is helping innocents"; etc. Aside from a few high points, the art is chaotic and scratchy, reminiscent of untouched doodling during class, an...

The big bang created the world we know and life as we know it. The bigger bang destroyed all of that and created one being, at the expense of billions. A solitary figure known as the doom bringer, or cosmos, is just misunderstood and feared for all the wrong reasons. Guilt ridden over his own creation he tries his best to make amends but at times is unsuccessful with disastrous consequences.His power is unquestionable and he soon becomes the interest of a power mad brute, an evil Martian king Th...

*I received this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.Disfruté bastante del esquema de color de cada página y los dibujos. El estilo de boceto rápido fue interesante, sin embargo resultó bastante confuso en varias ocasiones y perjudicó el entendimiento. Una historia muy buena, y bastante original.

*I received this book as an eARC from IDW Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*This graphic novel sounded interesting, but it was not my cup of tea. Cosmos is an all powerful superhero-like being created by the Bigger Bang. He is seen as a harbinger of death to many. This graphic novel has some interesting concepts, but I think it overall fell short. The art style was scratchy and messy. I couldn't get into the world. This comic was interesting, but it never hooked me. I did...

An interesting idea: a superhero born in the Big Bang. But the story and art were just okay.