"The best non-zombie post-apocalyptic coming-of-age-story I've read all year." This is why I suck at blurbs. It's also the reason I'm entering a hyphen-addiction program. Simply said, I loved this series. Why? 1. It started quickly and managed to do the near-impossible: namely, introduce twelve main characters pretty much all together while still making each of them distinct and interesting. 2. It was well-balanced. Fun yet still serious. Not everyone was a goody-goody, but the story wasn't oppressively bleak. (Which I've run into a lot lately.) 3. It was clever. 4. It was funny. 5. In my opinion, Warren Ellis is in the running to take the heavyweight championship belt of witty banter away from Joss Whedon. And given how much of a geek I am for Whedon, that's really saying something. What else do you fucking need? It's good. If you like things that are good, you should read it. I REALLY enjoyed this comic. It may be that I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic steampunk settings, and London didn't hurt either, but the excellent art and characterization really drew me in. It seems to me that Mr. Ellis did not begin to write before carefully planning each character, their relationships to one another, and their role in the story. My main gripe is that I have a hang-up with authors writing accented speech, so Alice's 'fooking' this and 'fooking' that did get on my nerves a bit. Others may not have that issue, but it just grinds my gears a bit. Nonetheless, I think I'm a follower for life after this skillful first volume.
What do You think about FreakAngels, Tome 1 (2010)?
REALLY good. Dystopian fiction from the perspective of the eleven kids who ended the world.
—TOM
Takes a bit to get introduced and learn the backstory but a solid first volume.
—rishu
Beautiful drawing, and I just love all the different personalities!
—penanilr
