Borderline, Vol. 3

Borderline #3

by Carlos Trillo, Eduardo Risso (Artist)

Borderline is a sci-fi post-apocalyptic story that openly shows the miseries and kindness of humankind. Volume 3 weighs in at an impressive 160 pages filled with Risso's gorgeous artwork and Trillo's fantastic ideas and script. This is a must-have for every fan of comics and art This powerful piece of graphic fiction has never before been available in the United States in English.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Carlos Trillo was an Argentine comic book writer. Trillo began a prolific career as writer already at the age of 20, writing his first story for Patoruzú magazine. Trillo created, together with Horacio Altuna, the strip El Loco Chávez, which appeared every day at the back of the newspaper Clarín from July 26, 1975 to November 10, 1987. After that, the strip was replaced by El Negro Blanco, which he wrote for the artist Ernesto García Seijas until September 1993. He married writer Ema Wolf and had two children. He participated on the creation of several comics including Cybersix in 1992, with Carlos Meglia, and the Clara de noche and Cicca Dum Dum series with Jordi Bernet. He has also collaborated with Alberto Breccia and Alejandro Dolina. In 1999, his work La grande arnaque won the Prize for Scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. He died in London on May 8, 2011, while on holiday with his wife.
(Source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Shaun · Rating 4 out of 5]

In volume 3, the series takes the focus off of Lisa and Blue a bit to help us get to know many of the side characters and background of the dystopian setting of the book. There were actually a couple of arcs in the book that took me by surprise as to where they ended up. And, of course, the art continues to be stunning and the silhouetting and stylization really bring this book into it's own.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

DPL hoopla

[Mee Too · Rating 3 out of 5]

They killed Blue!!! Oh no!!

Not really… everyone is getting killed in this book😂

There is a story here somewhere, however you would be hard pressed to find any morals to it🤷🏽

[Gav451 · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art continues to amaze in this series. I continue to love the starkness, followed by the detail and the action all of which are wonderfully represented in this sci-fi epic.

I still find the setting fascinating and the world very immersive but I have to admit the plot is not moving as quickly as I hoped it would and I have one concern that I may discuss in the review of the last volume. It's the question of whether certain characters are in a state of undress to forward the story / because it is relevant to the setting or whether there is an element of titillation in this. It's not that I’m a prude, it's just that I love a strong stories and strong characters.

There is one story in this volume that was amazing in its execution and which had a stunning ending. The ‘religion’ tale. This rises this volume very high.

It may be that I stopped focussing so much on this and it may be that I need to re-read the entire series. I may just do that and then could, eventually end up amending my reviews which at the moment are a beautiful, but the story is not living up to the promise of the art work.

[Variaciones Enrojo]

Edición argentina, tomo 3 de 4.

[Zanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

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