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Crossed, Vol. 2: Family Values (Crossed #2)
A global outbreak has turned the populace to homicidal maniacs… but some people were just born evil. The surviving members of the Pratt family are about to confront the evil within themselves.In one terrifying moment, civilization crumbled. An outbreak of insanity swept across the planet, turning millions of people into the homicidal maniacs known as “the Crossed.” But fro...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
October 4th 2011
by Avatar Press
(first published September 16th 2011)
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Mar 30, 2012
Stephen
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Duck and cover everyone...it’s time again for Baby Rage to launch an anger bomb at another literary louse...
What a massive failure this was.
A wise person (aka David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap), once said, “There’s a fine line between stupid and, uh….clever.” Well this book crossed over that line, kept moving passed worthless, and ended up pitching tent in the middle of SUCKville. This book’s only redeeming quality is that it reiterated to me how wonderful a writer Garth Ennis is, as his presence...more
What a massive failure this was.
A wise person (aka David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap), once said, “There’s a fine line between stupid and, uh….clever.” Well this book crossed over that line, kept moving passed worthless, and ended up pitching tent in the middle of SUCKville. This book’s only redeeming quality is that it reiterated to me how wonderful a writer Garth Ennis is, as his presence...more
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I have to say, if you're not down with watching graphic depictions of all sorts of atrocities, don't read this book. Seriously, go find anything else. This particular volume depicts rape, incest, child deaths, and too many other things to mention. It's not the most absolutely graphic stuff you'll find in this vein, but it's fairly disturbing. Since so many of these volumes can be read as stand-alone reads, it's reasonable to expect that this might be someone's first foray into this series.
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Crossed is amazing!!!!
Volume One I mean...as in what Garth Ennis wrote.
Crossed is not your normal gorefest of a comic. Yes, it is popular for showing panels that sicken and horrify readers, but what writer Garth Ennis managed to capture with his words in Volume One was the depravity and viciousness of the Crossed. We not only feared them, but we feared what they represented.
Volume Two...not so much.
I loved what David Lapham was going for with his words - the idea that some humans are just born e...more
Volume One I mean...as in what Garth Ennis wrote.
Crossed is not your normal gorefest of a comic. Yes, it is popular for showing panels that sicken and horrify readers, but what writer Garth Ennis managed to capture with his words in Volume One was the depravity and viciousness of the Crossed. We not only feared them, but we feared what they represented.
Volume Two...not so much.
I loved what David Lapham was going for with his words - the idea that some humans are just born e...more
Sick, twisted & raw. Anyone who can't handle extreme images of violence and depravity should give this a wide berth. But then again you probably never made it through volume 1. The story here deals with a family and how they deal with the sickest parts of the world, before & after the Crossed.
I won't lie; there are images here you will never, ever, be able to unsee. However, the story is intriguing, if not a little repetitive. (Anyone thinking that a story like this won't have the famil...more
I won't lie; there are images here you will never, ever, be able to unsee. However, the story is intriguing, if not a little repetitive. (Anyone thinking that a story like this won't have the famil...more
This is definitely in the "I can't get back the last 2hrs of life" comics.
Just relentless incest and horror without any of black humour and satirical comment Ennis made - the crossed are no more extreme than in the first volume, but they are just mindless evil rather exagerations of the worst of human of nature. No development of the back story, vulnerabilities or eveolution of the crossed either.
No problems with artwork, but nothing standout either.
Just relentless incest and horror without any of black humour and satirical comment Ennis made - the crossed are no more extreme than in the first volume, but they are just mindless evil rather exagerations of the worst of human of nature. No development of the back story, vulnerabilities or eveolution of the crossed either.
No problems with artwork, but nothing standout either.
The only reason I'm reading the second one of this series is because Garth Ennis wrote the first one. It is freakishly disturbing what these creatures are capable of doing, and somehow they scare me WAY more than the thought of zombies ever could. I don't recommend it to anyone with a weak stomach, or really... anybody at all. The only real literary merit this book has is that it's kind of a neat survival story. Other than that, it's just messed up.
Not quite zombies, something passed in bodily fluids causes people to become utterly depraved, ala Reavers from Firefly. Garth Ennis is a masterful storyteller, but he goes places it's hard for me to go. I read his stuff sparingly, with long stretches of mental palate cleansers in between. (He's not listed as an author on this volume, but he wrote vols 1 and 3, and it's his world so it counts.)
I can honestly say that this is one of the most fucked up graphic novels I've ever read. I thought that the first trade of Crossed was dark, but Family Values made me feel like I should take a long, hot shower after reading it. You should probably avoid this comic if you're triggered by depictions of rape, incest, or excessive violence.
What a disappointment. Coming off the first installment of this series, I was excited to read the next. But where the first had a purpose to the disturbing madness that moved the book along, the second seemed in it for simple shock value. Shallow characters, a mundane plot, and poor dialogue. Read the first one twice and skip this.
I went ahead and got vols 2 & 3. These are just too much for me. Incest, patricide, rape, child murder.....just too over the top. I could probably handle the horror if there was an evolving story arc, but each volume is the complete tale of a new band of survivors, so it seems totally gratuitous.
Though not written by Garth Ennis the original writer of Crossed, this one's well written.
In fact on pure shock value I will give it a higher rating than the earlier Crossed.
In fact on pure shock value I will give it a higher rating than the earlier Crossed.
Crossed is like Walking Dead on steroids. I liked Garth Ennis's volume more, although this definitely took things up a notch in the depravity department.
Can hardly believe I found a copy of this at the local public library--this is some seriously sick stuff...
This is the sickest, most vile, disturbing thing I've ever read.
And I loved it.
And I loved it.
I liked the first one better. This was more graphic. I will keep reading them, although.
Mar 30, 2012
Kaethe
marked it as stricken
Okay I thought volume 1 was grim but this is a step too far. Just gross.
This is quite sick.
Too gory. Gore overtook plot details. Also a bit too much incest for my liking.
Disappointing, shallow storytelling from a writer who proved he has much stronger chops in STRAY BULLETS.
The art was good, but David Lapham is no Garth Ennis.
So strong. So vile. Pure horror porn.
Jun 12, 2013
Jesse
marked it as to-read
Jun 10, 2013
Martin Lange
marked it as to-read
Jun 08, 2013
Issela Elizondo
marked it as to-read
May 26, 2013
Facepunch
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