Spawn: Simony by Alex Nikolavitch

Spawn Universe

by Alex Nikolavitch

Simony is the French Spawn Project initially published in 2003 by Semic in France. This book is one of the rare instances in which Todd McFarlane has allowed an outside vendor to create an entirely new piece of Spawn comic history. After seeing its popularity in France - due no doubt to the tremendous artwork and story by the talented Alex Nikolavitch and Aleksi Briclot - Simony has been translated into English and will now be available in the United States for the first time. Features a double-length story as well as added editorial content and pinup art.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Comic Book

Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 2004

Reviews

[Eli Poteet · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wanna know so much more about this creation than was provided, and we even got bonus material in the back! i am impressed by the artist interpretation of the original muse and am touched by the slightest french theme. i wish the french and english translations existed beside of one another, there is probably some messages lost between the languages.

[Julian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Spawn: Simony is not very good, but it is very pretty. It introduces a few too many characters for 44 pages even if you're familiar with Spawn's overall storyline. Simony moves back and forth across continents and jumps between characters. The whole thing would be quite incoherent if I didn't have a working knowledge of the Spawn universe. Beyond the just-plain-bad plot elements the dialogue is horrendous, including such doozies as “Go back to hell so your life won't become worse than hell...” Now, I know that Spawn is not necessarily a paragon of comic book literature – but I do expect a bit more than the crap-tastic dialogue included here. I mean, even when Spawn has a bad dialogue day he still kicks plenty of ass. In Simony the ass-kicking is relegated to a few pages and consists of Spawn barging into a room and ripping off a baby hellspawn's cape.
Whoopie.

Some of the pages in this book are gorgeous (check out the Behind the Scenes section at the end) but even that doesn't help this monster. Stay away unless you really, really love Spawn. Even then, please think about it.

[Terra · Rating 3 out of 5]

The artwork is lovely, but the story is missing a solid plot.

[Clinton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of a confusingly plotted story. The art style is interesting but looks a bit too concepty and unfocused but some may like that style.