Angel: After the Fall: First Night Volume 2
by Joss Whedon, Brian Lynch John Byrne Tim Kane (Goodreads author) David Messina Stephen Mooney Nick Runge
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published
September 15th 2008
by Idea & Design Works Llc
binding
Hardcover, 104 pages
setting
Los Angeles, CA
isbn
160010231X
(isbn13: 9781600102318)
description
First Night begins! What happened on the very night Los Angeles went straight to hell, the incident that ended the Angel television series with such a...more
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The first volume in the series might have felt like a bit of a jump from the very end of the series, but Whedon and his team has produced a series of vignettes that explains what happened to each of the major characters (as well as the city's citizens) the night Los Angeles fell to the forces of Hell. What set them up on the path that led them to make the choices they have made?
The hardest part of the end of the series was that it just ended with a cliffhanger. Angel and his friends ...more
The hardest part of the end of the series was that it just ended with a cliffhanger. Angel and his friends ...more
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Read in March, 2009
Volume 1 jumped us a few months ahead after the Angel TV series finale/massive cliffhanger; now volume 2 is backtracking to what happened to a large cast of individuals the night when LA literally went to hell. We'll see if these vignettes actually integrate into the arc or whether they're just interesting asides. I found the variety of different artists a bit distracting, but that might not be the case if I had read the issues separately with weeks in between.
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Read in October, 2008
It was good. It wasn't great but it worked conceptually and I guess that was the point.
My favourite thing about this volume is it utilises a wide selection of artists to get the job done. What this means is that we no longer have to suffer through the 'art' of the first volume and are presented with some really beautiful and convincing images (see wesley's story). Of course there are the lesser artists as well; Civilians, Lorne.
Still I remain happy in the knowledge that ...more
My favourite thing about this volume is it utilises a wide selection of artists to get the job done. What this means is that we no longer have to suffer through the 'art' of the first volume and are presented with some really beautiful and convincing images (see wesley's story). Of course there are the lesser artists as well; Civilians, Lorne.
Still I remain happy in the knowledge that ...more
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Read in June, 2009
This was okay, but I was a little disappointed after the excellence of volume 1. I also wasn't too big on the flashback aspect, and just wanted to get back to the current story. I'd probably have been even more annoyed if I were reading it in comic book form, and couldn't just go out and get the next volume.
It's been a little while since I've last watched Angel, and I can't even remember a couple of these characters, so I really don't care to read a backstory about them.
It's been a little while since I've last watched Angel, and I can't even remember a couple of these characters, so I really don't care to read a backstory about them.
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Read in March, 2009
Awesome, this book is second in the Angel: After the Fall but actually preceeds book 1. This is the story of what happened on the first night that LA fell into hell, and answers the questions of how in the world each character got to where they were when book one started, a few months after the fall.
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Read in March, 2009
I'm interested in what happens next, so this volume was disappointing in its fixation on where everyone was at the moment Hell came to LA (which is odd, since isn't it already there?). I mostly picked up these stories from reading the last volume, so this was rather unnecessary.
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Read in March, 2009
sigh! i wish this show hadn't ended. stupid networks! this hardcover takes you from the moment the show ended, exploring a range of characters' stories (i like gwen, she is sassy). like the buffy books, i read way too quickly...want more!! moooore!!
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Read in August, 2008
A good read, and well-done art....but it only gets 2 stars because it's not very...um...user-friendly?
What do I mean by this? Angel has been off the air how long now? Since this is picking up after the final episode I really would have liked to see a 'previously on Angel' kind of recap. At the least, a character recap. My memory isn't so bad that I can't recall the main characters. But there are some minor characters who turn up in this tome that I barely remember.
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What do I mean by this? Angel has been off the air how long now? Since this is picking up after the final episode I really would have liked to see a 'previously on Angel' kind of recap. At the least, a character recap. My memory isn't so bad that I can't recall the main characters. But there are some minor characters who turn up in this tome that I barely remember.
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Read in October, 2008
Betta George cracks me up. There were many memorable lines and moments throughout the story, hence rescuing the star rating from a 2, but the overall feel of the graphic novel is rather sloppy, mayhap because it features different artists, but more in the often times chunky and brief stories. I sometimes wondered if I had missed something, odd considering that some stories only lasted a few pages, if that. Lynch's addendums in the back of the graphic novel served more to clarify the stories t...more
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Read in February, 2009
Another enjoyable Angel collection... considerably smaller than the first (only 3 issues this time) but the packaging makes sense given the series-within-a-series nature of the stories- this group of shorts details what happend to each of the supporting characters just after the fall and was originally going to be a separate mini-seires.
I continue to be impressed by the physical quality of IDW's hardcover collections... very nice cover, binding and paper.
I continue to be impressed by the physical quality of IDW's hardcover collections... very nice cover, binding and paper.
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Read in September, 2008
I am enjoying the "After the Fall" series of graphic novels. I think anyone who enjoyed the TV show would enjoy the books. Basically, this book follows the secondary characters and what happened to them immediately after the series finale (when L.A. turned into Hell). The artwork in this compilation is all over the map, but some of it is excellent -- I particularly liked the Spike and Wesley chapters.
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Read in March, 2009
another great installation. i am loving finding out what happens after the tv show ended. i find the stories to be really engaging and i'm excited to see where they take it. the artwork is also really stellar.
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Read in October, 2008
This was interesting, because it catches there reader up between where the tv series left off and where the first story arc of the graphic novel began. So, useful - just a bit out of order.....
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Read in September, 2008
See my reviews at the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Book Nook at www.lvrj.com/blogs/booknook.
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