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Author name: Brian Lynch, Franco Urru

 : Angel: After The Fall Volume 1
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN num: 9781600101816
ISBN number: 160010181X
Label: IDW Publishing
Manufacturer: IDW Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: August 04, 2008
Publishing house: IDW Publishing
Sale Popularity Level: 782
Studio: IDW Publishing




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Product Description:
In Angel's final television season, his world ended... but his story didn't. Picking up where Season Five of the fan-favorite TV show left off, this very first collection looks at who lived and died after the climactic battle. Why did the team go their separate ways? How did Connor rise up to become one of Hell's greatest champions. Find of what really happened on the night L.A. went straight to hell.



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User popularity level:  out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - Think of this as Angel Season 6 Disc1
Picks up right where it left off at the end of the TV series. Not as good as it would be on TV but still very worthwhile for the fans.



Rated by buyers 3 out of 5 stars - Where's the light?
Finally, the continuation of Angel! I couldn't believe it. I was esctatic.

And disappointment followed.

To explain: the series had grown quite dark by the time it was cancelled. It was with a mixture of gratefulness and regret that I saw it go--I thought Joss was trying too hard to make the show ultra-apocalyptic for the ratings. The final episode, to me, was perfect. It was more about the relationships within what was once Angel Investigations, the characters, the mythology, the rich backdrop Whedon weaves.

Unfortunately this book continued in the strain of the very first part of that last season: so dark, I couldn't see the light. Some of the character development and twists were incredible, the story was good, but it just didn't hit the right chords. The entire group has been split, and instead of dialogue urging that split on, there seemed to be apathy on the characters' parts about the cost of the apocalypse on the characters.

I don't want to give too much of this book away, but I definitely think this book continued the ultra-apocalyptic slide, to the detriment of the characterizations and heart of the whole story. If the story could somehow have been made while maintaining a sense of connection and realism (as with Buffy and the very first three seasons of Angel) I wouldn't voice my reservations, but that isn't the way it came out.

The violence was gratuitous and to the cost of the best thing about one of my favorite shows: the people. I recommend this book only to whet the fan's curiosity about what happens next. I hope the subsequent one will be more...well...light-filled.




Rated by buyers 3 out of 5 stars - Good Story; Disappointing Art
I was concidentally rewatching the last season of Angel recently when I found out that this book just came out. I was ecstatic. The story, although quite a step away from what I was expecting, was very entertaining. I only wished the art was better. The story DESERVES better art than this.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - A good continuation
A good continuation. I felt AtS did leave some open character lines (esp WRT Illyria/Fred) and the comic continues to explore them. I enjoyed it.



Rated by buyers 2 out of 5 stars - pretty disappointing actually...
I actually couldn't connect to this at all...felt pretty superficial. Made me miss the actors a lot! I didn't have the same reaction to the continuation of the Buffy series...to me the personalities of the characters and the plot still engaged me. This just felt dead to me. Angel always had a dark side to it, but it was contrasted with an element of light that I just couldn't find here at all. It just felt flat, dead, depressing and pointless.

Sorry to all of the Joss fans out there (of which I am one) would have loved to be able to give a better review! I loved Fray and Buffy season 8, so I'm hoping the subsequent segment is better...



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