String Divers

String Divers #1-5

by Chris Ryall, Nelson Dániel (Illustrations), Ashley Wood (Creator and Art Director)

Meet the String Divers! A renegade team called upon to save the universe from arcane threats at the sub-microscopic level! String theory made real, and real thrilling, in Unified Chaos Theory!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction

120 pages, Paperback

First published March 22, 2016

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fascinating! Androids that explore string theory at the subatomic level.

And they can quote The Doors!

Wow. And a bit intense.

If found it was easy to get wrapped up in the story.

But it was all a bit weird. And the ending was a bit sudden. It would have been nice to explore the impacts of what happened. Interesting enough for a 3-star "I liked it".

Thanks to NetGalley and IDW Comics for a copy in return for an honest review.

[Wayne McCoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

'String Divers' by Chris Ryall with art by Nelson Daniel is a microcosmic adventure. I was reminded a bit of the Micronauts when reading it, but that's probably just me.

There are problems at the subatomic level. The only way to patrol and fix them is with a special team of robots (nanobots?) called the String Divers. Each one has a different specialty and a different color to match. When a problem occurs, Red is torn in half, along with a chunk of our cosmic boundaries. A new Red is revived, but this one has all the memories and has developed a bit of PTSD about going in again. There is also a shadow diver and various other ones. There is some humor along the way, which I liked, but seemed a bit weird considering how the epic storyline was causing untold havoc in the real world. Can the String Divers stop fighting long enough to save the universe?

I liked the concept and I liked the art. It was a bit different, but suited the SF storyline well. The humor helped to keep the story from venturing into science lecture territory, and there are some nice surprises along the way.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from IDW Publishing, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

[Benjamin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as profound or meta as I think the author wanted. The humor is cheeky and adds a layer of fun that unfortunately only served to downplay the seriousness of the plot at times. The string divers, being androids, were still the most emotionally complex characters between these pages and the Team of experts under Cern were completely underdeveloped. Really doubting it gets better.

[GooglyEye Superman · Rating 3 out of 5]

So desperate to be Grant Morrison, which is hard since they make the incomprehensible comprehensive. So yeah, comic makes no sense, feels like an empty superhero comic with no point to make. Cute art tho

[Matt Maielli · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read this cuz the art on Hoopla looked cool, but finished it out of obligation. Some fun panel/artwork but not much else.

[Andréa]

Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars
An interesting idea, with rangy, angular artwork; lots of ideas thrown into the mix, not all of it sticks, especially as the story reaches the very lowest layers of the quantum world.

[Alicia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of a mess. Couldn't tell if this was attempting to do too much with too little, or too little with too much. Some lovely art and some big big ideas but a 5-book run couldn't ever do them justice, and it came off harried and perplexing rather than exhilarating and elaborate.

[Patrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'll say this, this a unique book. I didn't particularly love it, it falls into the "okay" category for me personally. It kind of reminds me of Power Rangers it a way. Overall Just okay to me.

I received an advanced copy of this from NetGalley.com and the publisher

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Think Metal Men for the sub-atomic set. It's a clever idea to create a super team to battle things at the quark level. It doesn't quite work though because there's no real villain in the book.

Received an advance copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

[William Dale · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh! Really 2.5. I didn't hate it but I didn't like it much either. Decent artwork and a couple of cool ideas but cheesy language in spots and a really rushed and unsatisfying ending. I won't be continuing with this series.

[Andres · Rating 3 out of 5]

So weird. Enjoyed the artwork, the personalities of the colors, but it's full of wtf moments during the story.