Wildfire Volume 1

author: Matt Hawkins

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.15

book published: 2014

rating: 3

read at: 2014/12/22

date added: 2014/12/22

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

If disaster movie mogul Irwin Allen were alive today, he might be telling an over the top story like 'Wildfire Volume 1.' It's the kind of mega-scale disaster and character motivation I remember.



Dan Miller is a plant biologist with seemingly good intentions: to accelerate plant growth so that food crops can feed an overpopulated world. When he is forced to change his experiment under corporate pressure, things go awry. The city of Los Angeles finds itself under siege. As newscasters fight to compete for the story, Dan just wants to find his younger sister. The government wants to find Dan because he may hold the key. Meanwhile, the city continues to find itself in a strange new world.



As I said, it's quite overboard, but fun. Every issues starts with quotes about genetically modifying food. At first there are pro and con arguments, but these eventually give way to just con. Matt Hawkins gives pages of articles at the end of the graphic novel. He states that he's approaching this story from a neutral stance, but that's not how it appears. The story itself is not preachy, but some of the supplemental material feels that way. I was less impressed with the art. It's not a style I'm particularly fond of. Overall, destruction good, preachy documentation less good, art only so-so.



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







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