The Squidder

author: Ben Templesmith

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.25

book published: 2014

rating: 4

read at: 2015/02/21

date added: 2015/02/21

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'The Squidder' is a strange work by Ben Templesmith, but when it was all finished I liked it quite a bit. I had a hard time reading some of the panels, but that might have been because I had a review copy.



The Squidder is genetically modified human designed to fight off an invasion of squid-like aliens from outer space. He's the last of his kind, and humans have won the war, sort of, so he spends his time hiring out for mercenary type jobs. He doesn't like a lot of the people he works for, but he's good at taking a tough job. He rescues a weird priestess that serves the squids and this is more than he can take since the squids killed his wife, but he sees a chance to rid the world of the squids once and for all. He finds strange allies and enemies in this fight before it's over.



The story was interesting. A strange futuristic story that felt like a throwback to a Western. I liked Ben Templesmith's art in '30 Days of Night' and the art is really interesting, but may not be to everyone's taste. It's kind of all over the place and less defined, but I think it's pretty cool. The cover will give you an idea of what the art inside looks like. It was different and I liked it.



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





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