The Collected Omaha the Cat Dancer, Vol. 3

The Collected Omaha the Cat Dancer #3

by Reed Waller

Waller, Reed, Worley, Kate

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

126 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1990

About the author

Artist, writer, musician, computer whiz and a pretty good short-order cook in days gone by, Reed is best known as the creator of the groundbreaking comics series Omaha the Cat Dancer in the late 1970s.
--from the Omaha the Cat Dancer website

Reviews

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

She's still calling him "my lollipop". GROSS.

The art seems somewhat flat to me but it does the job well.

This has become one of the best dialogued books I've ever read. NO NARRATOR. That must be so hard to do! Sure I've come across writers that have composed better conversations but they wouldn't be so good if they ALONE had to drive the entire book.

The original characters keep getting more interesting as the plot thickens but what happens when the unresolved issues that have their grip on me are addressed?

That's why I prefer graphic novels and "limited series" plot-lines. I'd love for this to have a finite ending instead of constantly introducing more loose ends to fuel more issues that lead to nowhere in particular. "That's real life" you say? My problem with that kind of storytelling is that the pulse, going up and down over and over, thins my interest the more it pumps.

[Ellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bit weaker than the first two - the pacing slows down, the character building and dialogue starts to take precedent over plot. However, weak Omaha is still greater than most comics. I see this is the lowest rated of the 6 'Collected' volumes - dips in pacing in the middle of long stories are fairly common.

[D.M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

More of the same sex, destruction, duplicity & warm fuzzies from Waller & Worley. The plot thickens, characters die, things are set aflame...as it should do.