false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172709494m/209966.jpg 209966 8 Layers of mystery wrap <I>Planetary: All over the World</I> like rice candy. Follow the enigmatic heroes Jakita Wagner, Elijah Snow, and the Drummer as they excavate the secret history of the world from its wealth of bizarre happenings. Though the characterization isn't sparklingly brilliant--the "insane" Drummer behaves more like the A-Team's Murdock than a believable madman--the stories are both broad and deep, exploring a web of conspiracies and shadowy superheroes that manipulate and "protect" our world. Clever retellings of primal comics myths are interlaced with <I>X-Files</I>-esque secret government tales, and they drive the reader back and forth to collate evidence; the characters can't do <I>all</I> the work. Illustrator John Cassaday mirrors Warren Ellis's script from circumspect to sublime, befitting the best successor yet to the pulp comics of the 1940s. <I>--Rob Lightner</I> 423192 2001 Planetary Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories (Hardcover) total:858|5:431|4:272|3:124|2:28|1:3| 858 3674 1013 55 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Jan 30 21:23:48 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 21:23:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 18 18:47:55 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 19:20:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 09:10:02 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 09:46:50 -0700 2009
Planetary has a simple concept: a corporation ex...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 09:05:51 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 15:19:43 -0700 2009 1
First, I liked the episodic nature of the book. Yes, there's obviously a continuing arc that becomes more central to each issue as you...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 09:01:20 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 10:01:23 -0700 2009
The idea behind this series is solid and Cassaday's art is amazing as always. The done-in-...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 20:45:02 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 20:56:20 -0700 2009 Planetary is way more subtle and ambitious than that. Ellis has taken some of the same themes he developed in his book Aetheric Mechanics and created an entire universe. The curious trio of Elijah Snow...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 05:25:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 05:27:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 12:03:04 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 13:18:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 06 10:13:17 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 10:15:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 09:07:01 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 09:08:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Mar 14 05:13:32 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 19 15:40:48 -0700 2008 Planetary is good on many layers, like a Gobstopper. First of all, it's beautiful. Cassaday's art is consistently lovely, and brings to the page the actual wonder that the story demands. Planetary is also a great story; it's intriguing, well-plotted, and has interesting characters. On another level,...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 18 21:46:04 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 21:49:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Sep 11 18:46:51 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 18:46:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 15 09:41:07 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 09:49:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 12:11:56 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 12:13:35 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Aug 11 13:20:06 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 13:33:18 -0700 2008
Warren Ellis (writer), surly brit and author of Authority, Transmetropolitan, etc.; really does his re...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 07:58:29 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 07:58:29 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 21:04:08 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 09:05:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 15:47:17 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 15:48:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 22 13:18:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 13:19:56 -0700 2009 comic book series they could easily just make a movie of, but would probably ruin it.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=209966