The Resistance: Reborns #1

"The Resistance: Reborns" #1 rounds out some quick character building with good craft and a tight finished product. Read Full Review

AdmiralWhiskers

Feb 10, 2021

What appears to be an oversized book (but still 3.99) with 5 vignettes featuring origin stories of characters who survived the pandemic that killed millions and left a very few with extraordinary powers. Straczynski writes with a detached style, and that made the initial miniseries a bit of a slog. Promising concept, just muddled execution. Well this is different as JMS has maybe 8 pages per character to establish the origin and the environment going forward. It's still written at a higher level than your run of the mill Big 2 book, but that makes the book that much more engaging of a read. The story alone was satisfying enough, but the art was unique and REALLY good. Truthfully, it looks like heavily processed photography. Re alistic lines, amazing color usage, fascinating duotone effects. Not sure I've seen a book like it. Maybe Bendis' Pearl from his JinxWorld line. Panels are big and few per page, making me wonder if this is a print reproduction of their web comics that they post on their site. Regardless, the art and story together makes this a must-get book for the AWA/Upshot-verse curious. Just when I was getting ready to bail over the lightweight E-Ratic, they pull me back in... more

the_comic_book_club

Jan 25, 2021

The Resistance: Reborns Issue: 1 Publisher: Artists, Writers & Artisans: AWA Studios @awastudiosofficial & Upshot Studios @upshotstudiosofficial Writer: J. Michael Stracynski @becomingsupermanjms Artist: C.P. Smith @cp.smith Colors: Snakebite Cortez @snakebitecortez Letters: Andworld Design @andworlddesign Cover: Rahzzah @rahzzah While humanity was ravaged by a deadly plague sweeping the globe, certain members of the population found themselves altered by the virus’ infection. A man haunted by his mind becomes the monster he saw inside. A woman finds herself immune to the mental influence of others like her. Fulfilling her overbearing mother’s desires, another young woman finds herself invisible to all around her. A lost gir l with invulnerability becomes found. And finally a man discovers the true power within to defend his people from those that would knowingly do them harm. While those around them fell victim to its illnesses, others around them find themselves the Reborn. This is a beautifully drawn and wonderfully written companion piece to the original Resistance series. Telling the origin stories of just a few of the Reborn population. I’m eager to see how it plays into the first volume as well as its upcoming second. The Resistance was a great and intelligently written series laced with some of the best artwork seen in comics, and this is perfectly on par with its predecessor. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5) Reviewed by: @meanadam of The Comic Book Club of Instagram Follow: @the_comic_book_club on Instagram for more reviews! more