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Russell takes a different tack with Red Sonja. She's suckered into becoming the Queen of Hyrkania just in time to be invaded by an Emperor attempting to take over the world. Russell's Red Sonja is cold and calculating as she attempts to save her people while outnumbered with little resources. Gail Simone's danger-loving, promiscuous mercenary is nowhere to be seen. Russell's trademark wit does shine through at times, mostly when the Emperor appears.
A decidedly okay arc of Red Sonja sandwiched between two fantastic issues (#1 and the Lord of Fools one-shot, assuming this volume will collect it, which it should). Mark Russell is one of my favourite modern writers, and he occasionally does go into full Mark Russell mode on this Red Sonja run, but so far I'm not entirely in love with his take on the She-Devil. It's definitely good, just feels a bit too safe — Sonja is very somber and serious as a character here, far from the delightful boozer
3.5/5I read this a while ago as single issues, but as usual forgot to rate the trade on Goodreads. This reminded me a lot of Gail Simone's run in that it's taking Red Sonja out of the more standard sword-and-sorcery and focusing on her as a character. We watch Red Sonja square off against an Emperor in a battle of wills...that, of course, turns into plans going south and Red Sonja somehow barely scraping by in each duel. It's fun to watch, and there are lots of clever little things happening in
A bloody fun distillation of The Art of War, but I wish the collection tied up the story line. I will just have to wait for the next one. The cosmic horror baked into the Lord of Fools story was excellent.
I liked the different take on Sonja having a more strategic approach to fighting and the way her forces had to hold ground. My gripe like most Red Sonja books is the side characters might as well be cardboard cutouts and the artwork wasn’t to great I mostly skimmed past it.
The most cerebral run of Red Sonja ever. Great balance of drama and humour and Russell has put more work into research than any Sonja writer since Eric Trautmann.
Really good sword and sorcery story well told (though with no/minimal sorcery, which is refreshing). I like the art, and the writing is mostly good, save for the endemic smarmy quips that plague seemingly everything these days.Excited to see how it progresses
Nothing particularly bad or great about this. Nice art, fine introduction to Sonja, but ultimately she doesn't get to be the badass she is yet.
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Excellent story and wonderful art. I could read these comics every single day. I’ve always enjoyed Red Sonja, but this new series just really takes things deeper than I’ve ever known it to go. Very philosophical and thought-provoking.
If this volume of Red Sonja were part of a film, this arc would serve as a brief, humorous introduction to the characters and setting. But on its own and at 6 issues (plus a one-shot), not much happens. There's plenty of wit and subtlety, but almost no action or tension. Nevertheless, Mark Russell's comics career is still on the upswing. His work for Dynamite--Lone Ranger and now Red Sonja--has so far been much lower key and less ambitious than his brilliant Hanna-Barbera satires for DC (The Fli...
There were bits that made me chuckle and then there were bits that could've been left out. Bits that were meant to "deepen the character"but only made the story drag. Thankfully, those bits were less than bits that made me chuckle.Good fun with nice art.
Another comic that really caught me off guard over its quality. Red Sonja is one of those characters that I find very interesting and has a surprising amount of lore and character. Except she wears one of the worst costumes ever, I know it's for fan service and whatnot, but I still find it offensive and unrealistic. The character is in dire need of a costume redesign. With that out of the way, I can gush over how awesome this comic is. Mark Russell is an amazing storyteller I loved his pink pant...
This is my first time to read any Red Sonja, and I only tried it because it's Mark Russell. He doesn't disappoint. This isn't as comical as some of his other things, but the cynical observations of people seeking power is still as sharp, and funny in a bitter way. The story alternates between past and present timelines in a way that sometimes confused me, but I was never completely lost. The one-shot "Lord of Fools" issue was excellent, though I wish it had been preceded by a page saying "And no...
This isn’t as good as I had hoped or expected. With very little background or context, Red Sonja appears on the scene as a master warrior, and then a queen. But, for the most part, we don’t get to see the master warrior. If anything, what the reader receives is a whole lot of navel gazing. Graphic novels don’t work well for navel gazing, frankly, and in a book that is supposed to be about a woman warrior, it works even less. I would give it book less stars, but there were some nuances to the wri...
I love how Red Sonja, casually comes to this land and they make her Queen. This was a bit wordy at first but I really enjoyed seeing a different side to Sonja. You get to see her lead an army, being a strategist which I've never seen before. Usually she's just brute force, it was also nice having a glimpse into her past seeing how she became like this. I did quite enjoy the how league of scoundrels' as well as the douchebag king. I'm a little surprised that my favorite issue, didn't actually fea...
Funny and entertaining - a solid take on the character. It was not quite as good as I'd hoped from Mark Russell: I don't know -- something about the pacing was off. Overall not as good as Gail Simone's run, but still a worthy entry in the series.
I love Mark Russell so much, and I love the flashbacks that make this a well told story.
