Giant Monster' is the ultimate giant monster story from the writer-creator of the smash-hit vampire epic 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. The year is 2013. Astron...
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Jan 24, 2011
Brian
rated it: 
Popcorn flick on paper.
These days, it's hard not to compare a graphic novel with its potential movie adaptation. That is especially true in the case of Giant Monster, a piece of comic book storytelling set out to emulate a modern take on 1950s B-movie horror. It certainly targets a niche audience, at least where it hopes to make a sale. I checked it out from a local library.
The book is a quick read. An amusement park ride could entertain similarly well and briefly, where More...
These days, it's hard not to compare a graphic novel with its potential movie adaptation. That is especially true in the case of Giant Monster, a piece of comic book storytelling set out to emulate a modern take on 1950s B-movie horror. It certainly targets a niche audience, at least where it hopes to make a sale. I checked it out from a local library.
The book is a quick read. An amusement park ride could entertain similarly well and briefly, where More...
Feb 15, 2009
Pragmatic
rated it:
this short series was as great as the title implied! about little else than a giant monster that fights a giant robot, it was just what needed in the short time that i had. it contained most of the basic genre conventions with lots of predictability, but the art was stunning, the antihero's two-timing bitch of a girlfriend got what she deserved and it was just overall fun!
Oct 31, 2010
Jacobi
rated it: 
I can see some people loving this book, but all I found was a so-so story, with only so-so art.
Aug 16, 2010
Robert
rated it: 
What fun! A 50s Monster Flick in a comic. Plenty of laughs, action and gore. It's a fun ride.
Nov 19, 2008
Spencer
rated it:
brilliant graph novel. over the top gore. Reminds me of the movie "slither." One of those rare contemporary american splatter films that oozes gore but has absolutely no sex. (The japanese have several "modest" films like that) Perhaps its because boys like violence but still think girls have cooties. But the audience for this isn't prepubescents. Anyway, the story involves a mutating growing parasite infested astronaut who is very hungry. Our last hope lies with a nazi
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Feb 04, 2008
Ian
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I bought this without hesitation since Steve Niles wrote it. His 30 Days of Night and his adaptation of I Am Legend were flawless, and I can't recommend them highly enough.
Sadly, this didn't do it for me. I mean, its not BAD, and some of the arts is really cool, but I don't really feel for any of the characters. Its is (as some reviews I've since read say) very 1950s monster movie. I don't know, I'm not sure I'm even keeping my copy of it.
Sadly, this didn't do it for me. I mean, its not BAD, and some of the arts is really cool, but I don't really feel for any of the characters. Its is (as some reviews I've since read say) very 1950s monster movie. I don't know, I'm not sure I'm even keeping my copy of it.
Jul 03, 2008
Brad
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This feels like a very loose movie pitch: an astronaut gets a weird alien parasite, gets hungry, grows, and destroys stuff. The government and his crying wife try to stop him. It's cliche, but it's done pretty well. Nat Jones' black and white art is solid. But there's nothing here that hasn't been done in a Godzilla movie before. Except maybe the brief Nazi weirdness at the end.
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