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The Complete Nemesis The Warlock (Complete Nemesis The Warlock, #1)
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Pat Mills ,
Kevin O’Neil , Jesus Redondo , Bryan Talbot
Termight, a world at the heart of a cruel galactic empire. A world devastated by nuclear warfare. Deep below ground its inhabitants try to eke out a mere existence, continually threatened by the Terminators, lead by the diabolically evil Torquemada. There is a resistance though, and a new kind of hero. Meet Nemesis the Warlock, champion of the coming rebellion!
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
November 2006
by Rebellion
(first published April 23rd 1992)
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Nemesis the Warlock is a case study in how essential the artist (as opposed to the writer) is to the success of a graphic novel. Kevin O'Neill's spectacular renditions of the mysterious demon Nemesis are the heart of this work, and Pat Mills' scripts are simply the rough scaffold on which O'Neill can hang his art. That contrast becomes crystal clear when O'Neill is replaced by other artists in some of these episodes, at which point Nemesis the Warlock only just manages to rise to the level of ...more
I have a soft spot for Nemesis, not because I grew up with him in 2000AD. It wasn't until later that I saw him there, and then it was for the last few volumes of his adventures. I played the old c64 game, and not until now got to read the adventures of one of my favourite 2000AD characters.
There's some good stuff here. A great lesson in serial storytelling, that in Book 2 and 3 at least of this large tome whips along at a great pace. It's almost rather fun to see how the killed-yet-a...more
There's some good stuff here. A great lesson in serial storytelling, that in Book 2 and 3 at least of this large tome whips along at a great pace. It's almost rather fun to see how the killed-yet-a...more
One of my favourite characters, and who couldn't love a comic where the aliens and monsters are the good guys and the humans - with the exception of a courageous few who resist the prejudiced and genocidal majority - are all evil? Led by none other than Torquemada with the slogal "Be pure, be vigilant, behave!" there is not a moment of dullness here, though the characters may not be really deep. Kevin O'Neill's art is utter genius, the kind you can lose yourself in as you unpick the in...more
Genuinely brilliant. As an eleven or twelve year old, my recollection is that I skim-read the comic originals on my way to the easier reading of Dredd & Co. But on working through the book, I was floored by my almost photographic recall of some of the cells - they clearly made some sort of big subliminal impression. It's great stuff - adult, intelligent, witty and wise.
Another one of the 2000AD comics I borrowed from R. I ended up liking this more than I initially thought I would - there is so much going on in this book, so many ideas. It took me a while to get into it, but after the first book I was definitely hooked and couldn't wait to see what other alien races and weird stuff they'd come up with.
I used to read 2000AD when I was young but never enjoyed Torquie much. I read this as preparation for some Dark Heresy role-playing, and still didn't enjoy it much. I find the art very busy and the story mostly predictable. However, there are a few classic moments that illustrate Torquemada's mercilessness, and some clever jokes.
Of course, back then it wasn't (the best of), but individual comics.
Nemesis has some of the most startling art and deviant characters I have read in comics. Probably my favourite anti-hero in graphic story-telling.
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Pat Mills, born in 1949 and nicknamed 'the godfather of British comics', is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since.
His comics are notable for their violence and anti-authoritarianism. He is best known for creating 2000 AD and playing a major part in the developme...more
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His comics are notable for their violence and anti-authoritarianism. He is best known for creating 2000 AD and playing a major part in the developme...more
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