Attack on Titan Anthology By Scott Snyder
Scott Snyder is the Eisner and Harvey Award winning writer on DC Comics Batman Swamp Thing and his original series for Vertigo American Vampire He is also the author of the short story collection Voodoo Heart published by the Dial Press in 2006 The paperback version was published in the summer of 2007. This was fine it was fun and I enjoyed about half the stories in it Some of them are worth it for the art alone but overall you re going in to this book because you like a bunch of the creators and or you are a big fan of AOT Just don t go into this expecting it to be some AMAZING canonical work of AOT lore the best stories in here are the silly ones and the ones lovingly making fun of AOT 256 I will keep this one shortish since I read most of the book about a month ago and kept putting off finishing it until I had timethen realized I had only one story to go along with several pages of variant covers and concept art and a preview story from an app that I most likely won t get Overall you can kind of review the book in one of three ways 1 As world building. In mode 1 there are some great moments to flesh out the humanity of a storyline that is so focused on a few POV characters and so give their worldview as the world however recent volumes have so altered the world that this feels strangely out of step with the AoT world as a whole In modes 2 and 3 though there are great moments where one dissects moments of survival horror and the strange humor of the constrained world AoT distances itself from other survival horror to what degree it can by its own weird set of rules both internal and external There is plenty that makes just good story telling here If anything holds this part of the book back though it s that outside of those weird rules some stories could almost just be set in any other survival horror genre Those that aren t trying to be weird such as the titans being attacked by jokes lose some of the flavor of the world outside of the aesthetics The old couple mourning the loss of their son while facing off a threat could have been told with a zombie horde just as well as a titan in fact the spiritual take away makes sense in a zombie world than a titan one Ditto to the story about a corps group learning to live outside the sanctity of the walls I mean the opening story is sort of meant to be a zombie kaiju salute to the Titan world Still if you love those meta tributes as much as I do and you have at least a fair grasp of the AoT universe you ll probably love this portmanteau of AoT and American Comics This is meant for the Titans fans though people with just a cursory knowledge of the world will miss a bit of the jokes and probably get a few things spoiled 256 So hyped for the anime to pick up this spring and this anthology is a loving send up of the story as well as further proof of how good it is Will definitely need to catch up with the manga soon 256 256 Some of these were pretty good some were just ok The art was the same as expected from an anthology I did enjoy seeing of this world however I cant recommend spending money on it but it is on kindle unlimited and I got it from the libary so It s worth reading if you re a fan but not buying 256 
The manga megahit Attack on Titan reinterpreted by some of comics top talent Featuring original stories by a long roster of comic superstars such as Scott Snyder Gail Simone Faith Erin Hicks Michael Avon Oeming Paolo Rivera Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr This unprecedented full colour collaboration between East and West will be released first in English making it indispensable for Attack on Titan fans and curious comic fans Attack on Titan AnthologyAs it often is with anthologies some of the short stories worked some didn t I did scream a little when I saw a Kevin Wada drawing as one should when seeing one of his pieces. There are also some pretty hilarious parodies in here but my biggest problem with the pieces set in the SNK universe was that the art style just doesn t fit the series But I have the same problem with the SNK spin offs Before the Fall and No Regrets All in all it was a nice anthology but not a must read for SNK fans 256 Honestly this wasn t a very good compilation It s basically fan fiction from known graphic novelists Most of the stories didn t work for me The exception is Memory Maze which was quite hauntingly beautiful But it wasn t enough to save the whole If you can get your hands on this for free read Memory Maze and skip the rest 256 This book is built on a fun idea but the final product certainly isn t worth the 30 purchase price This book made me realize that being an industry professional doesn t necessarily mean that someone is able to write good or hilarious or emotionally moving fan fiction There are some okay pieces in this book but the majority are misses The best piece by far was the brief but powerful Memory Maze by Asaf Hanuka and Tomer Hanuka. I recommend skipping this anthology and instead making your own fan art fan fiction exploring the Attack on Titan universe 256 I read this book via Kindle Unlimited This anthology collects the works of several artists and storytellers as they reimagine the AOT world In these canon divergent stories we see the Titans appearing in everyday circumstances for example in major cities at comic cons and so on I loved the varying stories and differing art styles throughout this book particularly enjoying how these multiple creators see and explore the AOT universe in their own unique ways My favourite story was probably the one set in 2030 that followed the collapse of society following the loss of wildlife due to global warming and a crew of reporters finding what they think is evidence of sealife underwater but ultimately turns out to be a giant titan This definitely brought a lot of fun to the world 256 A generously rounded up 3. 5 stars because I am weak to pretty things Even if I took nothing else away from this anthology finding this illustration of Levi being beautiful by Afua Richardson would have been worth it. This collection was pretty good for a bunch of Western artists writers reinterpreting a Japanese work I particularly enjoyed the parody travel guide Discovering the Beauty of the Walled Cities seemingly by some well heeled debutante with a wild hair up her ass about adventure As the anthology moves on we see bits and pieces of this guide and realize what was once a woman s passion project became of source of propaganda into how safe humanity is now within the Walls thanks to the government It becomes sketchier and less finished the finality of notes on the manuscript of Wall Sheena are particularly troubling. The tragic love story between inventor Lyla and academic Rene and their end as a casualty of the corrupt Military Police s crusade against new tech was my favorite story even if I felt that the art by Jorge Corona didn t quite match up to its potential The coloring by Jennifer Hickman however gave it a very sweet old timey feeling. I cannot ramble enough about how much I love Asaf Tomer Hanuka s art in the last story Memory Maze It is SO vibrant and SO gorgeous The choice of minimalist backgrounds in most panels that explodes into a riot of patterns just as you are getting used to the single colors is exquisite Fucking stunning 256
| Attack on Titan Anthology By Scott Snyder |
| 1632362589 |
| 9781632362582 |
| English |
| 256 |
| Hardcover |