author: Mikey Neumann
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/06/10
date added: 2013/06/10
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
A graphic novel that serves as a preface for the popular video game Borderlands. This sets the stage for how the main Vault Hunters Roland, Mordecai, Lilith, and Brick got to be on the crappy blue bus with Marcus. The fact that you have these heroic types riding around in such transport should give you a clue to the humor in the game and this graphic novel.
Borderlands is set on a harsh planet that feels a little post-apocalyptic, and it is populated by opportunistic people, so there is plenty of rough talk and backstabbing to go around, and these characters all experience some betrayal along the way. Enough origin for each character is given to leave room for more backstory, and uneasy alliances are beginning to be forged as they meet each other.
I've not had a chance to play the game yet, but if the characters are this interesting, I'll have to give it a try (my Steam library of unplayed games is about as big as my books to be read list). Art by Agustin Padilla serves the story well, and Mikey Neumann's writing is filled with unexpected humor (dark and otherwise) that accompanies the characters in their harsh existence.
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