Testament, Vol. 3: Babel

Testament #3

by Douglas Rushkoff, Liam Sharp (Illustrator), Peter Gross (Illustrator)

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Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Collections, Religion, Comix, Fantasy

160 pages, Paperback

First published November 7, 2007

About the author

Douglas Rushkoff is a New York-based writer, columnist and lecturer on technology, media and popular culture.

Reviews

[Eldan Goldenberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

After dipping with Vol 2, I think the Testament series hit its peak in Vol 3. The Job story struck me as particularly well done, both as a dramatic story in itself and as the best-working correspondence between ancient and modern timelines. The rest of the book comes pretty consistently close to that standard.

[TheWord · Rating 1 out of 5]

1,5

[Darrell · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my least favorite entry in the Testament series, perhaps because it has less to do with the Bible than previous entries. The story of the tower of Babel only takes up a paragraph in the Bible, so Rushkoff mainly focuses on the modern day storyline. I'm also beginning to notice that the characters don't have much depth of personality to them. Jake is a complex character, but his sidekicks are often indistinguishable from each other. Also included in this collection is the story of Job and the Rape of Dinah.

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art is strangely amateurish, which somehow makes it even more interesting. The retellings and subversions of Old Testament stories are fun, though they don't always sustain themselves. The characters are a bit weak, and only serve to play (or not play) roles that are set for them by the gods. I think this was a failed experiment (Vertigo seems to have dropped it), but a really fun read.

[Gphatty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strong entry in the series -- maybe my favorite so far. Only undercut by the author's "explainers" tacked on at the end. Granted, even he admits that it shouldn't be necessary to understand all of the Biblical allusions and commentary, but the overall effect is having someone show off how clever they are.
And he definitely is clever.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

More biblical and other religious text references.
Basically, history / mythology / theology repeating itself.

When ti all comes down to it... clever if at times groan-worthy writing with pretty nice art.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

why have our tongues been confused? you dare challenge the one true god? well, yr gonna have to find him/her/it first...

[Marc · Rating 4 out of 5]

To hear my review visit V for Vertigo, Episode 62: Names at http://vforvertigo.blogspot.com or on iTunes.

[Shane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one seemed to be much more about the gods than the humans. Love the art, especially Marduk. Still not sure I understand the concept of the Globos. Definitely want to see how it ends though.