Dave Dorman's Wasted Lands Hc

author: Dave Dorman

name: Wayne

average rating: 2.62

book published: 2014

rating: 3

read at: 2015/02/07

date added: 2015/02/07

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'Dave Dorman's Wasted Lands HC' is a strange sort of scrapbook of ideas he's had around the Wasted Lands concept. I like the world, but I wanted more comics instead of some mediocre prose stories.



The Wasted Lands is a sort of futuristic world where technology has gone backwards in some ways. It's sort of post-apocalyptic meets steampunk. There are some main characters that make their ways through these stories that are both good and evil. Edge is a sort of ranger who lives on the outskirts of things. Iguana is a tough fighter who owns a business in the heart of the city and has a major vendetta against the Doctor. The Doctor is maniacal mad genius creating bizarre new creatures who used to be human. Scar is the Doctor's main henchman and he gets his name from self-inflicted scarring.



There are a couple shorter comic stories, and some commissioned full pieces of art to illustrate stories. The comic bits work the best. The prose stories are a bit uneven. Some work better than others. My favorite of thes has Iguana locked in a building fighting off one of the Doctor's creations with limited ammunition and seriously overpowered. I definitely wanted to like this more than I ultimately did. This is something I should totally love, but the collection proves a bit uneven. Dave Dorman's art is great, and his world-building seems interesting enough, but it feels pretty confined, and maybe that's the problem.



I received a review copy of this ebook from Diamond Book Distributors, Magnetic Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.





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