Category: 7 Psychopaths

7 Psychopaths (2010) #3

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It finishes nicely. Though I would argue it needs another issue to really fill out. Vehlmann comes through here–the writing comes through–and it’s not all a bunch of names (though there is a sequence, a nice sequence, with a bunch of names and I had very little idea who the narration was talking about). Instead, it’s Vehlmann weaving a few stories.

Besides the old man and the Hitler impostor and the woman, there’s another character who gets to have a little bit of emphasis. But instead of really giving him a narrative, Vehlmann uses his pages to show Nazi Germany. The other stories emphasize the characters, this one emphasizes the place.

It makes for a nice mix.

Phillips gets to draw a lot of different stuff here and maybe my desire for more issues is because I’d love to see him have more time with the setting.

Nice.

7 Psychopaths (2010) #2

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I wish they’d included a guide to the characters. I’m totally lost except the old guy and handful of others. I mean, I can’t remember their distinctive characteristics either. So there’s a problem….

Otherwise, it’s decent. I suppose this issue really had to establish whether 7 Psychopaths was going to be a decent limited series or something special. It’s decent and not at all spectacular.

This issue, focusing on more selection, training, brief (and eventually false) camaraderie among the cast, isn’t as full as the first. It reads very quickly, even if it confuses while doing so.

The most significant character–besides the old man, whose name I cannot spell without looking it up–is the woman. She’s a sniper too, but her being an awesome sniper isn’t important this issue; what’s important this issue is she’s a woman. Vehlmann needed some drama, he used her.

So, lazy… but decent.

7 Psychopaths 3 (July 2010)

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It finishes nicely. Though I would argue it needs another issue to really fill out. Vehlmann comes through here–the writing comes through–and it’s not all a bunch of names (though there is a sequence, a nice sequence, with a bunch of names and I had very little idea who the narration was talking about). Instead, it’s Vehlmann weaving a few stories.

Besides the old man and the Hitler impostor and the woman, there’s another character who gets to have a little bit of emphasis. But instead of really giving him a narrative, Vehlmann uses his pages to show Nazi Germany. The other stories emphasize the characters, this one emphasizes the place.

It makes for a nice mix.

Phillips gets to draw a lot of different stuff here and maybe my desire for more issues is because I’d love to see him have more time with the setting.

Nice.

CREDITS

Writer, Fabien Vehlmann; artist, Sean Phillips; colorist, Jean-Louis Hubert; letterer, Deron Bennett; editors, David Chauvel and Dafna Pleban; publisher, Boom! Studios.

7 Psychopaths 2 (June 2010)

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I wish they’d included a guide to the characters. I’m totally lost except the old guy and handful of others. I mean, I can’t remember their distinctive characteristics either. So there’s a problem….

Otherwise, it’s decent. I suppose this issue really had to establish whether 7 Psychopaths was going to be a decent limited series or something special. It’s decent and not at all spectacular.

This issue, focusing on more selection, training, brief (and eventually false) camaraderie among the cast, isn’t as full as the first. It reads very quickly, even if it confuses while doing so.

The most significant character–besides the old man, whose name I cannot spell without looking it up–is the woman. She’s a sniper too, but her being an awesome sniper isn’t important this issue; what’s important this issue is she’s a woman. Vehlmann needed some drama, he used her.

So, lazy… but decent.

CREDITS

Writer, Fabien Vehlmann; artist, Sean Phillips; colorist, Jean-Louis Hubert; letterer, Troy Peteri; editors, David Chauvel and Dafna Pleban; publisher, Boom! Studios.

7 Psychopaths (2010) #1

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It’s not like Sean Phillips doesn’t work. He does. He works steadily. But I still get an intense thrill out of seeing his new comics, like I haven’t seen them in a while or enough of them.

7 Psychopaths–which might be French, but feels a lot like The Dirty Dozen in terms of pacing (lots of emphasis put on the formation of the team)–gives Phillips the wonderful opportunity of doing a period piece. He must have done them before, but I don’t remember them. His forties England is fantastic and I’d love a Phillips print of the Empire State Building (sans the swastikas the image has here).

Vehlmann’s script is very good, which surprised me a little. A lot of attention is paid the dialogue, something I never expect with translated works.

While I was looking forward to the comic for Phillips, it offers quite a bit more.

7 Psychopaths 1 (May 2010)

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It’s not like Sean Phillips doesn’t work. He does. He works steadily. But I still get an intense thrill out of seeing his new comics, like I haven’t seen them in a while or enough of them.

7 Psychopaths–which might be French, but feels a lot like The Dirty Dozen in terms of pacing (lots of emphasis put on the formation of the team)–gives Phillips the wonderful opportunity of doing a period piece. He must have done them before, but I don’t remember them. His forties England is fantastic and I’d love a Phillips print of the Empire State Building (sans the swastikas the image has here).

Vehlmann’s script is very good, which surprised me a little. A lot of attention is paid the dialogue, something I never expect with translated works.

While I was looking forward to the comic for Phillips, it offers quite a bit more.

CREDITS

Writer, Fabien Vehlmann; artist, Sean Phillips; colorist, Jean-Louis Hubert; letterer, Troy Peteri; editors, David Chauvel and Dafna Pleban; publisher, Boom! Studios.