The Sons of Ares

Le complexe du chimpanzé #2

by Richard Marazano

In the second installment of the science-fiction trilogy, Helen Friedman sets off for the Moon to look for answers after a space capsule bearing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin lands in the Indian Ocean in 2035. But a Russian message sends the mission to Mars instead. On planet Earth, Helen's daughter Sofia is disappointed by her mother's choices and decides to run away from home.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Bande Dessinée, Science Fiction, Space, Fiction

56 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Annie]

Gegenüber dem ersten Teil fällt dieser hier etwas in der Qualität ab. Die Crew ist nun endlich auf dem Mars angekommen und versucht die seltsame Nachricht vom Mond zu lösen.
Leider fällt hier die Story etwas ab. Ich fürchte mich etwas vor dem letzten, dritten Teil - die Kritiken sind teils richtig vernichtend.

[Mieczyslaw Kasprzyk]

After Armstrong and Aldrin mysteriously returned from their moon mission... a second time. A NASA astronaut, who is having problems with her daughter who feels abandoned, is sent on a secret investigating mission to Mars where it is believed there was a Soviet landing, led by Yuri Gargarin, at the same time as the Apollo 11 mission. This superbly-drawn and intriguing story is the second in a trilogy that draws one in but also leaves many questions hanging in the air.

[Pascal]

Excellent, je ne connaissais pas cette série de BDs, et l'histoire, les personnages et la science fiction sont passionnants a suivre. A lire!

[Trike]

Ugh, I'm getting a definite "Mission to Mars meets Interstellar" stink from this. The story is jumbled and makes no sense. Why are astronauts carrying assault rifles to the moon and Mars? Why is Yuri Gagarin on Mars decades after he died? The B-story with the daughter feels like it's spinning its wheels and many of these characters feel like talking stereotypes.

Honestly, the only thing that can help this is if they pull a "it was all a dream" like the US version of the TV series Life On Mars. But even that will be lame. I don't see any other way to salvage this story, though.

Art is still lovely, though.

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[Magali]

L'intérêt baisse d'un cran. C'est moins bon que le 1er, un peu long.

[Tom Loock]

Gute Fortsetzung des ersten Teils, graphisch ansprechend, die Story streckt sich allerdings mehr als nötig.

[Tharmeegan]

it is as intriguing as the first one

[Alec]

not a big fan of the ending but i enjoyed the series as a whole