Really fun and I love what they've done in adapting in. This one is probably my least favourite of the three so far. In some of the combat I found that things became somewhat cluttered and confusing. Otherwise high quality.

love the art

In this book, we’re exploring the trope of the Big Race. In order to reclaim their next artifact, Taako, Merle, and Magnus must first defeat its wielder in vehicular combat. Naturally, the track is filled with improbable machines and drivers, and anything goes when it comes to eliminating one's opponents. As with previous adventures, although the situation and characters are presented with a nod and a wink, the actual events of the tale play out fairly straight. Most of the ongoing humor comes f...

Like the first two books, PttM has all the advantages of a wild, improv’d, hilarious story AND the benefit of knowing how it all ends so they can polish it all up, fix their mistakes a little sooner, and sow all kinds of wonderful, devastating foreshadowing for those of us who already know the endgame. The first glimpse of [redacted]? The first convo with [also redacted]? Carey Pietsch’s art is so vibrant and expressive and I adore all of the little details and easter eggs. The facial expression...

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The fun continues. This time we have a fantasy car chase with dangerous contraptions and crews, old and new friends, and for the first time, a bittersweet love story. Another new element is a hint of an overarching sinister mystery and some moral to the story. Don’t worry, though, most of it is fantasy action and adventure, nerdy jokes, spiced with the occasional meta-injections from the DM. The art is fun, cute and very action-driven. Occasionally I gad a hard time telling what was going on bec...

The best Balance chapter yet.When I first heard that the podcast was being turned into a comic book, this was the act I was looking forward to most. (The Stolen Century is my other favorite, but that’s a couple years away.) I’m happy to report that seeing the battle race on paper was just as awesome as what I pictured in my head. What I didn’t expect was how well done the Hurley and Sloane relationship was presented. TAZ story has tugged on heartstrings in the past, but their story resonated mor...

This arc didn’t work as well as a comic—I found the action of the race basically impossible to follow—but it’s nice to spend time with these characters again.

Gay rights 🏳️‍🌈🌸Also I’m so excited to see Kravitz in the next volumeEdit: I just realized the only negative about the graphic novels is the bopping soundtracks don’t come with it 😔👊

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This was everything I wanted it to be and more. Petals was already one of my favorite arcs, so getting to re-live it in this format is such a treat. I loved how the graphic novel dives so much more into Sloane and Hurley’s relationship, and the ending is absolutely stunning.

I didn't love the plot in this one but the ending absolutely saved it for me. I love Sloane and Hurley and can't wait to see more of this story unfold!

I love these!! And I don’t know what the eff is wrong with GR but my damn read/rated books aren’t going through or going through at weird times if they do!!! Can we just not have a normal ending, GR! I’m about I’ve this site and it’s bullshit!! Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

We're getting to the point in the Bureau of Balance story where it makes sense to do some changes and foreshadowing and just generally make it worth reading the graphic novels when you already know the story. There are a few panels that are definitely Clint being clever ((view spoiler)[Yeah such a shame your hands look the same, Merle. I wonder if anything could change that. (hide spoiler)]) For some reason, I was less of a fan of the art in this volume than the previous ones, but I can't expla...

I remember this series of episodes as some of my very favorite from the whole TAZ Balance arc, and I feel like the comic is really finding it's feet as well. There are a ton of great action sequences, the jokes are there, and some beautiful and emotional slash pages. It's still really hard for me not to compare each page to my memories of listening to the podcast- I think that whichever version (pod or comics) a person experiences first, that version will probably always be their favorite.

Just so charming! This made me laugh out loud, and I loved seeing more of our beloved characters brought to life. Captain Captain Bane! Hurley! GARYL! This made me smile throughout

What's good about these adaptations is that the crew's able to retroactively tweak details from the initial podcast to maintain both a tonal consistency AND fix narrative flubs that were unintentionally bad.What I'm saying is, Hurley and Sloane's story was done even better in this volume than in the audio files, and I'm so glad this exists. ---There's a preview of this comic in Entertainment Weekly that relays that one scene.You know the one.Merle, you scalawag, talking to vines like that.My hea...

At this point this graphic novel series can do absolutely no wrong because I just love it so dang much. I’ve never played D&D and probably never will but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying the hell out of this adventure! Our three main characters are just so hilarious and idiotic and loveable that it’s impossible to not enjoy riding along on their adventures. Plus the story is just wildly interesting and only gets more do with each new addition to the series, I seriously can’t wait to see what c...

I endlessly struggle with figuring out how accessible these are to folks who don't listen to the podcast? Truly not sure if/how it translates. But also, that's on those people. I love the podcast and these books are a fun treat!

3.5. This was...fine? I didn't connect to it the way I expected to. The Petals to the Metal arc was one of my favorites when I was listening to the podcast, but the way it translated to this medium didn't super work for me. Part of it might be a reading during quarantine effect, of course, but the characters and the action just came across as a bit flat to me. I feel like they're trying to balance how the characters were in the podcast (a bunch of assholes a lot of the time) and making them more...