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Spontaneous
Phenomenon, conspiracy, or delusion? "Kelvin" Melvin Reyes was only three years old when Spontaneous Human Combustion took his father from him. He''s since devoted his life to exploring the mystery behind the phenomenon, searching for a pattern and predictors that he might save others from that same fiery fate. But the closer he gets to his goal, the further things lead do...more
Hardcover, 144 pages
Published
February 22nd 2012
by Oni Press
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Spontaneous by Joe Harris and Brett Weldele is a graphic novel four young adults and adults. It deals with the idea of spontaneous human combustion, of SHC. When "Kelvin" Melvin Reyes was only three his father was the first, but not the last, person in the area to die from SHC. Since then many more have suffered the same fate, and Kelvin is determine to uncover the pattern and cause of these horrible deaths. A reporters help gets him closer to understanding the phenomenon, but the closer he gets...more
It was really the premise of Spontaneous that first prompted me to review this. Spontaneous Human Combustion is something that we really don't stop to think about. I was intrigued to see what path author Joe Harris would take. So with an open mind, I dove right in.
The story flies by as the pages tell Melvin's story. The problem with this brevity is that there is really no time to develop the characters. Melvin is a tormented soul, and that's him through the whole book. Emily is that no-holds-bar...more
The story flies by as the pages tell Melvin's story. The problem with this brevity is that there is really no time to develop the characters. Melvin is a tormented soul, and that's him through the whole book. Emily is that no-holds-bar...more
Reason for Reading: Once upon a time when I was a wacky teenager, I was really into spontaneous human combustion and read lots of stuff about it. Couldn't get over the creepy photographs! I couldn't pass this one by.
This novel didn't really do too much for me. It was ok, good ok. But that is all. The artwork is not a style that impresses me much. Simple sketching and pages done in monotones, with the colours changing to reflect the atmosphere, emotion of the scene being played out. What bothered...more
This novel didn't really do too much for me. It was ok, good ok. But that is all. The artwork is not a style that impresses me much. Simple sketching and pages done in monotones, with the colours changing to reflect the atmosphere, emotion of the scene being played out. What bothered...more
Apr 16, 2012
Rose
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
arc-or-galley,
contemporary,
young-adult,
supernatural,
sci-fi,
netgalley,
horror,
graphic-novel,
comics
I wanted to love "Spontaneous" a little more than what I did for the intrigue of the story as well as the dark style of the artwork. It feels like an X-Files or Twilight Zone story except that the twist doesn't feel that genuine and it somewhat stumbles forward in its execution towards the end after the aforementioned twist. I loved the narrative style, I loved the artwork, I didn't love the story in its collective considerations.
"Spontaneous" is a sci-fi/horror graphic novel that centers on "Ke...more
"Spontaneous" is a sci-fi/horror graphic novel that centers on "Ke...more
Mar 17, 2012
Stephanie Cover2CoverBlog
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
early-review,
a-z-ya-challenge
Background: Melvin was only three when his father died of a horrible combustion, otherwise known to Melvin as Spontaneous Human Combustion. Melvin is now older and trying to place the puzzle pieces together about why his father died and what is going on with the others that have had the same blistering death.
Review: This was an interesting read. It is a graphic novel with beautiful artwork, however the character close ups all look pretty similar so it can get confusing at times. The story line w...more
Review: This was an interesting read. It is a graphic novel with beautiful artwork, however the character close ups all look pretty similar so it can get confusing at times. The story line w...more
Spontaneous is a graphic novel in which Melvin, a young man investigates the mysterious death of his father--caused by Spontaneous Human Combustion. Melvin has the uncanny ability to tell when people are "burners" or people likely to be a victim of SHC, and it tends to happen around him. The story starts where a "burner" goes off in a mall, and Melvin meets up with a reporter interested in how he died.
The artwork is well done and the story is easy to follow. The story is interesting, especially...more
The artwork is well done and the story is easy to follow. The story is interesting, especially...more
This gets three stars rather than two because of one idea that was really interesting to me (view spoiler) Other than that, it's entertaining but there are plenty of moments where I'm like "huh? what?" and "wait, what?" and "okay, but that doesn't make sense...". It's a shame, because the thing that blew my mind could have been handled much better. I would have loved for this story to be very complete and have every little detail come back around with no...more
The premise of a boy investigating Spontaneous Human Combustion after witnessing the sudden death of his father intrigued me, so here I am, reading and reviewing.
The story runs at a quick pace, the book brief enough we tend to have caricatures more than actual characters. Emily is a modernized version of Lois Lane, her job made harder by the fact that print newspapers are dying. Melvin is appropriately tormented, but there isn't much more to him than that. There's even less substance to the seco...more
The story runs at a quick pace, the book brief enough we tend to have caricatures more than actual characters. Emily is a modernized version of Lois Lane, her job made harder by the fact that print newspapers are dying. Melvin is appropriately tormented, but there isn't much more to him than that. There's even less substance to the seco...more
Review to come
Okay...confusing at start but the whole mystery has something
that made me read it til the end.
that made me read it til the end.
Mar 22, 2012
Jennifer Gilbert
marked it as to-read
Mar 12, 2012
Thamnocalamus
marked it as to-read
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