After a mysterious disaster, a young man named Eric finds that he has just as mysteriously developed extraordinary abilities. He starts out trying ...
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Dec 19, 2011
Christina
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May 24, 2011
Christopher
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I honestly don't know what prompted me to read this graphic novel. One day last week, I got an email notification from my library telling me I had reserved it and it was waiting for me, so I figured I must know what I like to read, whether I remember reserving it or not...so I shrugged off my sign of early senility and cracked the spine on this one. It wasn't a bad read at all - it was engaging, with characters I came to care about, flawed as they were, both intentionally and unintentionally.
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Feb 14, 2011
Thomas
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One of my favorite superhero stories is Alan Moore’s take on Miracleman, where he deconstructed the idea of the superhero as a god, and took it in a new direction. By making them into gods, he made them human, and he took that idea and used it when he revamped the Swamp Thing and the entire superhero mythology with Watchmen. Since then, more mature comics look back at these ideas and try to incorporate them into their stories, but so far, no one has done it better than Alan Moore himself.
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Feb 07, 2011
Jamie
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John Arcudi wrote one of my favorite “forgotten” comics of the 1990s. Major Bummer, his series with Dough Mahnke, was a humorous take on the “average joe gets superpowers” concept; it was funny, action-packed, and at its core, like John’s best work, human. A God Somewhere, his creator-owned graphic novel with Peter Snejbjerg, takes that same basic concept and flips it around. This is the serious sibling to Bummer, a harsh examination of absolute power being visited on the common man and corrupti
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Jan 22, 2011
Hikmat
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Ini komik superhero, tapi jangan berprasangka dulu. Baik yang suka atau yang benci komik superhero boleh jadi kecele: ini adalah juga sebuah novel tragedi yang sangat realistik. John Arcudi (The Mask) dan Peter Snejbjerg (Light Brigade) mencipta dunia yang sangat dekat dengan kita, sangat mungkin terjadi, sebagai latar bagi sebuah kejadian fantastik dan mengerikan. Tiga orang sahabat, Sam (berkulit hitam), Eric & Hugh (dua bersaudara, pirang dan aryan secara fisik, terutama Eric) adalah orang bi
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Nov 10, 2010
Jason
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A God Somewhere put the graphic back into graphic novel with its gory depictions of smashed heads, decapitated corpses, and shredded human remains. These images serve to remind the reader that fragility is at the heart of the human condition. They also provide a stark contrast to the novel's nigh-omnipotent superman (in both the Simon & Shuster and Nietzschean senses). Described elsewhere as "the first superhero tragedy," this novel provides a disturbing, if uneven, meditation on what
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Aug 01, 2010
Barky
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Jul 07, 2010
Chad
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"A God Somewhere" is unquestionably a very accomplished work. John Arcudi's story about a man losing his humanity after recieving super powers is an interesting one. Shifting the point-of-view from super man, Eric, to friend, Sam, is a very humanizing one. The relationship between brothers Eric and Hugh is well fleshed out and the directions the story takes are genuinely surprising and satisfying. Artist Peter Snejbjerg also deserves some of the credit for some stark and haunting il
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Jun 27, 2010
Luke
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This is perhaps one of the best graphic novels I have read since Alan Moore's "The Watchmen." This is truly a novel in the sense of the word, not some collected arc from a series, but an out and out, human story.
From a simple group of two brothers and their friend who are all tight evolving, separating, as one brother is "blessed" with superhuman powers, and becomes distant and disillusioned, and finally a mass murder.
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From a simple group of two brothers and their friend who are all tight evolving, separating, as one brother is "blessed" with superhuman powers, and becomes distant and disillusioned, and finally a mass murder.
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Jun 01, 2010
Rick
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Exploring the real world consequences of super powers, Arcudi and Snejbjerg expertly reveal the story of super-being Eric Forster through the perspectives of his family and best friend. After a freak accident gives Eric extraordinary powers, he saves the lives of countless people, but quickly morphs into something far more menacing and destructive. Veteran comics scribe Arcudi deftly toys with the characters, slowly uncovering their pasts through a series of nested flashbacks. Snejbjerg's delica
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Jan 05, 2012
Steve
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Read this one in the library today. It's the story of a man, Eric, who attains the power of a god. How this happens is not explained. So the story is more about how that power changes Eric. We see acceptance and Eric trying to fit that power into his belief system. For Eric that is first a gift from god, to comparisons to Jesus, then to being god, and finally something beyond our comprehension and understanding. His friends and family have to deal as well. Not really sure why Eric had to beat hi
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Jan 18, 2012
Steven
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Arcudi does not present any easy answers in this skewed look at Eric, a human being — complete with flaws and possible delusions of grandeur — who is suddenly and mysteriously granted superpowers. The story is told from the perspective of his best friend, Sam, another person who is all too human. Snejbjerg matches Arcudi's story with panels and pages filled with just enough darkness as they reach the tragic climax. What happens when a regular person is given powers beyond that of human beings? A
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Feb 24, 2011
Jason
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This is one of those books that stays with you long after you've finished it. I've found myself randomly thinking about some of the moral dilema's presented here involving friendship, family, and the people you love. The story focuses on the lives of two brothers and there best friend. When one of the brother's becomes the first man on earth to possess god like powers he initially chooses to use his new found abilities to help everyone around him. As absolute power begins to corrupt him th
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Nov 28, 2010
Sophie
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The story of a man who one day acquires mysterious superpowers. He quickly changes from hero to villain, though, and his friends and family are torn apart in the process.
It's an interesting story and not a bad book, but for me it all happened a bit too fast. The idea that superpowers might lead to feeling disconnected and above humanity is nothing new, and it's an idea that's understandable and worth thinking about, but Eric as a character didn't work for me as, say, Dr Manhattan did i More...
It's an interesting story and not a bad book, but for me it all happened a bit too fast. The idea that superpowers might lead to feeling disconnected and above humanity is nothing new, and it's an idea that's understandable and worth thinking about, but Eric as a character didn't work for me as, say, Dr Manhattan did i More...
May 09, 2010
Ron
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This may be published under the title A GOD SOMEWHERE. A tale, not unlike the story of Doctor Manhattan in WATCHMEN, about a man who suddenly acquires powers beyond those of mortal men. He at first becomes a super-hero but morphs into a Nietzchean master who has little use for a life form so far below his evolved state. The twist is the tale is told from the point of view of the demigod's best friend who cannot bring himself to turn against someone he loves. Never has moral dichotomy been so
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Dec 14, 2011
Oscar
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A pesar de estar muy bien narrado e ilustrado, el conjunto peca de pretencioso y pierde el norte sobre la mitad. No es de extrañar, en cualquier caso, pues su premisa es compleja y arriesgada, en la medida que intenta explorar lo que ocurre al interior de una mente humana que, de un dia para otro, se convierte en Dios.
Hay mucho gore puesto sin disimulo para mostrar "madurez"; hay muchas tramas que se tuercen convenientemente para que la historia funcione. Es cierto que busca rela More...
Hay mucho gore puesto sin disimulo para mostrar "madurez"; hay muchas tramas que se tuercen convenientemente para que la historia funcione. Es cierto que busca rela More...
Mar 15, 2011
Craig
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Good art and interesting story, though why Eric fell so far and so quickly is never really explained or even hinted at. Why he would start killing people after his short career as a hero is not clear. But there's a lot of great scenes of gruesome destruction and people dying horribly at his hands. I just wish the whole thing were a bit more resonant and understandable. In a lot of ways, this isn't really too different from Irredeemable, Mark Waid's comic.
Sep 22, 2010
Thomas
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What would happen if an ordinary man suddenly finds himself with extraordinary powers? would he use them for good or evil? Would he embrace his new found powers and the extra attention that comes with them. Or isolated himself from a world he can no longer relate to? That is the topic of this new graphic novel.
A quick and interesting read but it glances over a topic that could have been explored in much further detail and with a much better story.
A quick and interesting read but it glances over a topic that could have been explored in much further detail and with a much better story.
Jul 07, 2011
you wanna read an amazing comic about what power does to friendship? about superbeings and the boundaries of moral behavior? about religion and politics and the human psyche, all adorned with breathtaking art and gory impossible action-film scenes? then go read AKIRA. because this one is just an extremely silly and millar-esque ripoff of otomo's masterpiece.
Jul 25, 2010
Matt
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I couldn't really get into this. The characters weren't that interesting and neither were their subplots around envy or racial identity. Even the main character's psychological transformation was boring.
Arcudi's gory style usually works for the Mask, Aliens, or Terminator, but this just seems to be unfocused and out-of-place.
Arcudi's gory style usually works for the Mask, Aliens, or Terminator, but this just seems to be unfocused and out-of-place.
Sep 13, 2011
Paras
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I read somewhere that the test for a man's character is to give 'em power and see what he/she becomes. On these lines, this is an interesting take but I feel Arcudi could have shown more details and built up his characters and story more if he wouldnt have tried to restrict himself with telling story in one book.
Oct 03, 2011
Michelle
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Very powerful, violent and disturbing. Visits a lot of the same themes as "Irredeemable" without pulling any punches, the gore is turned up to 11. A normal guy wakes up with what seems to be unlimited super powers. What at first is viewed as a godsend quickly becomes a nightmare. And who can stop him?
Oct 17, 2010
Traci
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Love love LOVED the artwork in this graphic novel! And the story was so tragic and fascinating to read. I really enjoyed it, though I wasn't QUITE in the mood for such a sad story, which bumped my rating down a bit. I'd love to see this one made into a movie, though.
Sep 27, 2010
sweet pea
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such an interesting take on the superhero genre, on what might happen to someone who actually gains powers. the flashbacks were sometimes disorienting. but the art is beautiful and the plot is provocative enough to make this a great read.
Dec 27, 2010
Tony
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Aug 09, 2011
Bradley
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This was an interesting take on the superhero genre. What would happen to an average citizen if they survived an accident only to be imbued with superpowers?
Oct 26, 2011
matt
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Love the artwork, and the story is surprisingly brutal - but in an honest, necessary way. Powerful talent at work here.
