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Loading... Innocent Volume 1: 2006-2007 Collectionby Shawn Granger
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Innocent is a collection of a webcomic, and it shows. It's not quite polished enough to be great. Not bad, mind you, but not great. The interaction between the two main characters doesn't really seem fleshed out enough. The last story in the book was the best for me - and only the angelic character was involved. The concept itself is novel and fresh, but I felt like were this not self-published online first, a good editor would have been able to help clean this work up considerably. If I met Mr. Granger at a trade show, I'd consider picking up Volume 2, but this won't ever rise up enough on my radar to seek out otherwise. (  )elvendido | Aug 17, 2008 |   Shawn Granger, Innocent, vol. 1: I got a review copy of this graphic novel through LibraryThing. Innocent is an avenging angel, aided by his sidekick David, who just likes to hurt things. He punishes various different baddies, from crooked cops to sacrificial cults to the scary neighbor next door. I didn’t really get it—the next-to-last episode, in which Innocent and David travel to France and confront a demon father, was the most engaging, but it was basically a bunch of unpleasant people getting unpleasant comeuppances. Also, I couldn’t tell any of the white cops apart, which made the corruption pretty hard to follow; and I’m not sure whether the last episode’s art was worse when I couldn’t tell the peasants (including the perfectly sphere-breasted ninja woman in their midst) were supposed to be Asian, or when I could. (  )rivkat | May 17, 2008 | A so-so black & white fantasy comic. Good premise: avenging angel and his sidekick vanquish demons and murderers. Kind of a light-hearted Spectre -- certainly more lighthearted that the recent DC Comics Tales of the Unexpected version. Shawn Granger's writing is engaging and the relationship between Innocent and his pal David is charming. The downfall is the very uneven art. Even the best is not ready for prime time. The worst makes use of computerized air-brush effects that are so muddy in reproduction you can't tell what's going on (might have looked good in original but not on relatively lightweight paper). ( )dds1981 | Apr 26, 2008 | 1  Wow... I like the storyline. It's about an angel (?) named Innocent, who goes after supernatural bad guys. He has a side kick named David. It's a compilation of the comics into a novel, which I say is a splendid idea cause I love those kinds of books. I love the storyline, it's really a page turner for me. There's some Laugh out loud moments for me regardless I shouldn't have cause I am working in a school library. Great graphics though there are times I can't see where is Innocent's head in the strip. =D Great and catchy cover. Students passing by me while I was reading it actually, stopped and took interests. I can't wait for the Volume 2 (  )lisa211 | Apr 12, 2008 | I wanted to like this, but it just didn't work for me. The stories are terribly disjointed and confusing to read, in need of a good rewrite. The interior artwork is pretty rough, but there are a few great moments (the last page of chapter 3 with the hand coming up from the grave was nicely done). I also love the cover which is eye catching, and a good indicator of what's inside. Further development of the characters would do much to improve the quality in future volumes. ( )jvalka | Apr 7, 2008 | 0.032 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 097874862X, Paperback)Innocent is about an angel and a psychopath who become best friends. They fight evil born in hell and the earth-grown kind. Innocent is a smart, action-packed story that sprinkles in a few laughs. Two complete opposites who find that they've got more in common than they could guess. Innocent struggles to keep David in check, fearing that one day he'll go too far off the path for good. David knows that he could become Innocent's target if he let's himself free to pursue his desires. David doesn't know how close Innocent has been to becoming what he hates most. Innocent collects the "Innocent" web-comic from 2006-2007 plus more than 57 pages of new story that hasn't been previously available on-line. See what Broken Frontier calls "...a wild, unforeseen and honestly unforgettable gem of a book..." and Foreword Magazine says "...well-illustrated, splendidly written, packed with action, and fun to read."(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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