Review by KitabuKizuri -- Child of the Sun Complete Edition
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Review by KitabuKizuri -- Child of the Sun Complete Edition
[Following is a volunteer review of "Child of the Sun Complete Edition" by Michael Van Cleve.]
Child of the Sun Complete Edition is a graphic depiction of the story of a child of promise written by Michael Van Cleve and Mervyn McKoy. The book seems to be self-published. The review copy contains the complete series, from issue one to issue seven.
Long ago, in the town of Zorah, as Zlepunith was baking loaves of bread, a messenger appeared to her with a message from realms beyond. Manoah, her husband, also met the messenger and presented him with a roast lamb, at which point the messenger was immediately taken up to the heavens with a reminder to the couple to remember his instructions. From this encounter, a child with exceptional strength was born who neither took to strong drink nor shave his hair, but as a fully grown man, he had a love-sick streak when it came to the ladies.
This book is written as a comic aimed at a mature audience, as there is a lot of graphic depictions of adult themes throughout the series. I recommend the book to adults only. There is also some spewing of blood and flesh here and there, so I wouldn’t recommend the book to a young audience.
The graphics are full of strong strokes, bold colours, and high contrast. Since there are different artists involved for each series, covers and promotional material, the artistic styles of each piece differs a little from the next. The storyboarding/storyline is consistent throughout the series, though. The author prefers to stick to detailed images to tell the story where words are not necessary.
People familiar with the book of Judges in the Bible will be able to fill in most of the unspoken conversations graphically depicted in the book. This is what I liked most about it. There wasn’t much to dislike about the book, but the bare-skinned images of some characters made it awkward to read in public settings. Since the author presents his own twist of historical events surrounding both the protagonist and the context in general, those who would prefer to stick to the ‘facts’ may end up disliking the experience of reading the book. However, I got to appreciate the author’s informed decisions to incorporate themes like Greek mythology and the children of fallen angels into the story.
I found the graphics easy to engage with and the story held my interest throughout the book. The word editing is great. Some of the wordings depicting sounds seem hand-written. I think this book collection deserves a rating of 4 out of 4 stars.
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Child of the Sun Complete Edition
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Child of the Sun Complete Edition is a graphic depiction of the story of a child of promise written by Michael Van Cleve and Mervyn McKoy. The book seems to be self-published. The review copy contains the complete series, from issue one to issue seven.
Long ago, in the town of Zorah, as Zlepunith was baking loaves of bread, a messenger appeared to her with a message from realms beyond. Manoah, her husband, also met the messenger and presented him with a roast lamb, at which point the messenger was immediately taken up to the heavens with a reminder to the couple to remember his instructions. From this encounter, a child with exceptional strength was born who neither took to strong drink nor shave his hair, but as a fully grown man, he had a love-sick streak when it came to the ladies.
This book is written as a comic aimed at a mature audience, as there is a lot of graphic depictions of adult themes throughout the series. I recommend the book to adults only. There is also some spewing of blood and flesh here and there, so I wouldn’t recommend the book to a young audience.
The graphics are full of strong strokes, bold colours, and high contrast. Since there are different artists involved for each series, covers and promotional material, the artistic styles of each piece differs a little from the next. The storyboarding/storyline is consistent throughout the series, though. The author prefers to stick to detailed images to tell the story where words are not necessary.
People familiar with the book of Judges in the Bible will be able to fill in most of the unspoken conversations graphically depicted in the book. This is what I liked most about it. There wasn’t much to dislike about the book, but the bare-skinned images of some characters made it awkward to read in public settings. Since the author presents his own twist of historical events surrounding both the protagonist and the context in general, those who would prefer to stick to the ‘facts’ may end up disliking the experience of reading the book. However, I got to appreciate the author’s informed decisions to incorporate themes like Greek mythology and the children of fallen angels into the story.
I found the graphics easy to engage with and the story held my interest throughout the book. The word editing is great. Some of the wordings depicting sounds seem hand-written. I think this book collection deserves a rating of 4 out of 4 stars.
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Child of the Sun Complete Edition
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