Eternity Girl

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Caroline Sharp has been a lot of things, including both a superhero and a super spy But when Caroline finds herself unfulfilled and depressed, she is given a choice to end her eternal life she just has to destroy the rest of the world firstEternity Girl is a brand new DC s Young Animal miniseries spinning out of the Milk Wars event, written by GLAAD Media Award nominated writer Magdalene Visaggio Kim and Kim and illustrated by Eisner winning artist Sonny Liew The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye.But now, with those days behind her and her powers proving unreliable, Caroline finds herself stuck in a life weighed down by her depression and an inability to change You see, Caroline is going to live forever, and there is no escape to be had The very act of living reminds her that to the rest of existence, she is an anomaly All of that could change, however, when her old foe, Madame Atom, comes to her with an intriguing offer Madame Atom can give Caroline the power to end her life she just has to destroy the rest of the world.From writer Magdalene Visaggio and artist Sonny Liew comes the all new series Eternity Girl. Collects issues 1 6 of the hit limited series. Free Read Kindle ePUB Eternity Girl by Magdalene Visaggio – kino-fada.fr Much like the rest of DC s Young Animal line of books, Eternity Girl is a cheap knockoff of Grant Morrison s and other prime 90 s Vertigo books While it doesn t directly use any existing characters, this book touches on the same philosophical and existential themes as, say, Morrison s Flex Mentallo, or Milligan s Enigma, or even Gaiman s Sandman Unfortunately, Eternity Girl is nowhere near as good or smart as those books, and doesn t have a...A tiresome and dull story exploring a superhuman s depression and desire to kill herself Desperately tries to ripoff 90 s era Vertigo titles filled with metaphysical bullshit Honestly, this whole thing was beyond pointless.What if Flex Mentallo and Enigma but badRemember the Element Girl issue of Sandman Never met anyone who said it was their favourite, but it s quite good Well, if you wanted the serial numbers filed off and that turned into a miniseries, you re in luck It also has meta elements familiar from Alan Moore s Supreme and much of Grant Morrison s superhero work, with characters becoming aware in universe that their continuity is constantly being revised around them, but that loses much of its power when you apply it to a newly created cha Remember the Element Girl issue of Sandman Never met anyone who said it was their favourite, but it s quite good Well, if you wanted the serial numbers filed off and that turned into a miniseries, you re in luck It also has meta elements familiar from Alan Moore s Supreme and much of Grant Morrison s superhero work, with characters becoming aware in universe that their continuity is constantly being revised around them, ...This book is frontloaded with some very Grant Morrison like commentary on the endless cycle of reboots, retcons, and resurrections in superhero comics and how that, like, totally connects to spiritual concepts of reincarnation and eternity Once you get past that, it turns into ainteresting and seemingly personal story about depression, chronic pain, and unemployment The script still gets kinda ponderous at times, especially when the Jim Starlin like Lords of Chaos and Order show up t This book is frontloaded with some very Grant Morrison like commentary on the endless cycle of reboots, retcons, and resurrections in superhero comics an...4.5 starsVisually and narratively stunning Can t say much without getting into spoilery details But Visaggio and Liew really outdo themselves here Only one thing missing The book should have a trigger warning content note at the beginning suicide, self harm.Creative, inventive, scattered, oblique, impressive, and underwhelming This was a little too out there for me In hindsight, I suspect the real world events might have been paralleling Is that a word the other world events but ultimately I just didn t care that much.Was the philosophy of this book complex Not really Does it resemble previous work by Grant Morrison Sure Is the story and art a little out there You bet If these are the reasons for people giving this book a bad review, then consider me the Chaos to their Order.I think the simple messages self determination and choice worked extremely well for the story, a... Eternity Girl is a serious acid trip of a book, all vibrant colors, shifting perspectives, and unclear timelines It also made zero sense and I think I liked parts of it So yeah, an acid trip.The general idea is that Eternity Girl is an immortal shapeshifter who wants to die Solid concept Unfortunately, this simple idea is tossed in the bin as Magdalene Visaggio spends the next 150 pages exploring the meaning of life, death, chaos, order, etc., etc., etc If there s a foundational principle s Eternity Girl is a serious acid trip of a book, all vibrant colors, shifting perspectives, and unclear timelines It also made zero sense and I think I liked parts of it So yeah, an acid trip.The general idea is that Eternity Girl is an immortal shapeshifter who wants to die Solid concept Unfortunately, this simple idea is tossed in the bin as Magdalene Visaggio spends the next 150 pages exploring the meaning of life, death, chaos, order, etc., etc., etc If there s a foundational principle she can dissect, it s dissected Sometimes I appreciated the philosophy lecture, but most of the time it went in one ear and out the other.What really brings Eternity Girl down are the multiple unclear timelines all taking place at once She s with her friend, with her therapist, with her old agency, with her archnemesis, and by herself all at the same timeI think Since Eternity Gir...P b h u kter ho m te dv mo nosti bu p istoup te na jeho hru a ek v s j zda anebo ho protrp te.V z kladu je to prost dal p b h, kter ch u se pod hlavi kou Young Animal vyrojilo v c hr tky s p b hy a realitou, hled n sebe sama a hrdinov , kte maj do du evn stability hodn daleko.Ono ostatn asi pom e, kdy sami n jak ty psychick probl my vlastn te, proto e tohle je p b h o depresivn superhrdince se silou schopnou zni it cel sv t, ale ne samu sebe.Za co si tohle imho zaslo P b h u kter ho m te dv mo nosti bu p istoup te na jeho hru a ek v s j zda anebo ho protrp te.V z kladu je to prost dal p b h, kter ch u se pod hlavi kou Young Animal vyrojilo v c hr tky s p b hy a realitou, hled n sebe sama a hrdinov , kte maj do du evn stability hodn daleko.Ono ostatn asi pom e, kdy sami n jak ty psychick probl my vlastn te, proto e tohle je p b h o depresivn superhrdince se silou schopnou zni it cel sv t, ale ne samu sebe.Za co si tohle imho zaslou ilo nominaci na Eisnera je minim ln ur it art, kter se v n kter ch pas ch neboj p eb hat z jednoho stylu do druh ho, odkazovat na jin p b hy a postavy z nich a kter se stejn jako hrdinka hodn asto m n a tvaruje.Mus m ct, e jsem moc neved l do eho jdu a dostal v born za itek, ale jak varuju, m normaln j jste t m v t je ance, e v s tohle bude m jet.Mohlo by se v m l bit, pokud v s bav st p b hy o ciz ch du evn ch probl mech si chcete d t takov light trippy z itek, kter ze slu n sti stoji na k...

Eternity Girl
  • 10 October 2018
  • Paperback
  • 160 pages
  • 1401285201
  • Magdalene Visaggio
  • Eternity Girl