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Voracious (collected editions) #2
Voracious: Feeding Time
Hunting dinosaurs and secretly serving them at his restaurant, Fork & Fossil, has helped Chef Nate Willner become a big success. But just when he's starting to make something of his life, he discovers that his hunting trips with Captain Jim are actually taking place in an alternate reality - an Earth where dinosaurs evolve into Saurians, a technologically advanced race that rules the far future! Some of these Saurians have mysteriously started vanishing from Cretaceous City and the local authorities are hell-bent on finding who's responsible. Nate's world is about to collide with something much, much bigger than any dinosaur he's ever roasted.
Collecting VORACIOUS: Feeding Time #1-5, this second volume of the critically acclaimed series serves up a colorful bowl of characters and a platter full of sci-fi adventure, mystery and heart!
Collecting VORACIOUS: Feeding Time #1-5, this second volume of the critically acclaimed series serves up a colorful bowl of characters and a platter full of sci-fi adventure, mystery and heart!
160 pages, Paperback
First published May 24, 2017
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November 20, 2019
This comic sounds absolutely ridiculous but it's REALLY good with great art. A chef has been going back in time and killing dinosaurs to serve as meat at his restaurant. It turns out they were actually visiting an alternate Earth where mammals became extinct and dinosaurs have evolved to be the primary species on this Earth. The killing of the dinosaurs in the past is causing evolved dinosaurs in the future to be erased from time. Two Saurians head back to the past to find our what's going on and capture our chef. That's where things really get crazy. Can't wait to read volume 3!
Received an advance copy from Action Lab and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Received an advance copy from Action Lab and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
February 24, 2018
'Voracious: Feeding Time' by Markisan Naso and Jason Muhr was my introduction to this series. When you come across a premise this ludicrous, you just have to roll with it and hope for the best. I'm glad I did.
Chef Nate Willner has a restaurant and the ability to travel back in time, so his restaurant serves dinosaur meat. In an alternate world, dinosaurs have evolved into saurians and actually have better technology than humans. Nate's hunting is causing dinosaurs in this alternate world to disappear. When two detectives investigate the disappearances, they stumble into Nate and they are understandably not happy.
Craziness ensues, and doesn't conclude in this volume, which was fine. I really liked the writing in this and the art wasn't too bad either. There is humor and emotion in the story and characters that I wasn't expecting.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Action Lab Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Chef Nate Willner has a restaurant and the ability to travel back in time, so his restaurant serves dinosaur meat. In an alternate world, dinosaurs have evolved into saurians and actually have better technology than humans. Nate's hunting is causing dinosaurs in this alternate world to disappear. When two detectives investigate the disappearances, they stumble into Nate and they are understandably not happy.
Craziness ensues, and doesn't conclude in this volume, which was fine. I really liked the writing in this and the art wasn't too bad either. There is humor and emotion in the story and characters that I wasn't expecting.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Action Lab Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
April 21, 2020
'Voracious: Feeding Time' by Markisan Naso and Jason Muhr was my introduction to this series. When you come across a premise this ludicrous, you just have to roll with it and hope for the best. I'm glad I did.
Chef Nate Willner has a restaurant and the ability to travel back in time, so his restaurant serves dinosaur meat. In an alternate world, dinosaurs have evolved into saurians and actually have better technology than humans. Nate's hunting is causing dinosaurs in this alternate world to disappear. When two detectives investigate the disappearances, they stumble into Nate and they are understandably not happy.
Craziness ensues and doesn't conclude in this volume, which was fine. I really liked the writing in this and the art wasn't too bad either. There is humor and emotion in the story and characters that I wasn't expecting.
Chef Nate Willner has a restaurant and the ability to travel back in time, so his restaurant serves dinosaur meat. In an alternate world, dinosaurs have evolved into saurians and actually have better technology than humans. Nate's hunting is causing dinosaurs in this alternate world to disappear. When two detectives investigate the disappearances, they stumble into Nate and they are understandably not happy.
Craziness ensues and doesn't conclude in this volume, which was fine. I really liked the writing in this and the art wasn't too bad either. There is humor and emotion in the story and characters that I wasn't expecting.
July 5, 2022
This is where Voracious finds its footing. The reptilian characters are great additions to the cast and all the set up from the last volume pays off and blows up here. The backgrounds have improved a lot too. I noticed only one scene where the backgrounds were just a blank color gradient.
If you're like me and read the first volume, but wasn't particularly impressed, I strongly recommend trying volume 2. Excited to read the next volume!
If you're like me and read the first volume, but wasn't particularly impressed, I strongly recommend trying volume 2. Excited to read the next volume!
May 30, 2017
Right off the bat there’s a “previously.” Thank you!
Chef cooks up dinosaur meat, and it’s authentic, because he has a time machine to go hunt dinosaurs in the past. But now there’s a parallel universe involved where the dinosaurs became the top dog instead of the monkeys, just like in Harry Harrison’s West of Eden. The difference is that while that book actually did have dinosaurs developing their own society as would be expected through their reptilian biology, this is basically a human society, just with dinosaurs instead of mammals. Even the “gear up” scene, with the lead dino in a wifebeater/bulletproof vest cradling his big-ass weapon, is right from the human world. And they get drunk and go on rampages just like the mammals. But hey, they have flying cars. Thankfully they don’t speak the same language as humans; that would have been too much. (slight sarcasm)
This first part is told from the dinosaur point of view, especially the detective whose wife is missing and presumed eaten. . . I mean, never ever existed. The second takes place in Utah and then back in time. There’s enough of the present for me to ascertain that when she isn’t drunk and vomiting, girl-next-door Starlee (is she supposed to be Kaylee from Firefly?) is more attractive than just-another-Noo-Yawk blonde Jenna. {Boots > Heels.} There’s some truly funny stuff in here, such as the intro blurbs, like: {Warning: Contains a dinosaur getting some sweet sweet revenge!}
I know that Owen is crazed on said revenge, but it’s weird that he screams about saving the missing dinosaurs while he’s killed a few of the scientists to get to the gate. I do like how there’s no one truly evil in this story; the “bad” guys are accidental, through ignorance or “disease,” if that’s the word for it. But the dinosaur hoodie. . .
Nice quote from Ozymondius to end it.
The artwork is more than serviceable, with the bright colors taking center stage. There are three main settings—small town in Utah, Dino City, and way-in-the-past forest, and they all look great. Even better is the Native American flashbacks in the last issue. But seriously: did you have to write “Wink” right under the wink?
Each chapter has extras, like dinosaur recipes. Sounds yummy. Also behind-the-scenes stuff from the creators. Particularly interesting is one of the artists explaining why he’d never go back to working by hand now that he uses a computer. And at the very end there’s a page about those who Kickstartered enough to be drawn into the story, even as dinosaurs. Cute.
So, despite a few misgivings and plot points this was a thoroughly enjoyable read, and I look forward to the last part of the trilogy.
3.5 pushed up to 4/5
Chef cooks up dinosaur meat, and it’s authentic, because he has a time machine to go hunt dinosaurs in the past. But now there’s a parallel universe involved where the dinosaurs became the top dog instead of the monkeys, just like in Harry Harrison’s West of Eden. The difference is that while that book actually did have dinosaurs developing their own society as would be expected through their reptilian biology, this is basically a human society, just with dinosaurs instead of mammals. Even the “gear up” scene, with the lead dino in a wifebeater/bulletproof vest cradling his big-ass weapon, is right from the human world. And they get drunk and go on rampages just like the mammals. But hey, they have flying cars. Thankfully they don’t speak the same language as humans; that would have been too much. (slight sarcasm)
This first part is told from the dinosaur point of view, especially the detective whose wife is missing and presumed eaten. . . I mean, never ever existed. The second takes place in Utah and then back in time. There’s enough of the present for me to ascertain that when she isn’t drunk and vomiting, girl-next-door Starlee (is she supposed to be Kaylee from Firefly?) is more attractive than just-another-Noo-Yawk blonde Jenna. {Boots > Heels.} There’s some truly funny stuff in here, such as the intro blurbs, like: {Warning: Contains a dinosaur getting some sweet sweet revenge!}
I know that Owen is crazed on said revenge, but it’s weird that he screams about saving the missing dinosaurs while he’s killed a few of the scientists to get to the gate. I do like how there’s no one truly evil in this story; the “bad” guys are accidental, through ignorance or “disease,” if that’s the word for it. But the dinosaur hoodie. . .
Nice quote from Ozymondius to end it.
The artwork is more than serviceable, with the bright colors taking center stage. There are three main settings—small town in Utah, Dino City, and way-in-the-past forest, and they all look great. Even better is the Native American flashbacks in the last issue. But seriously: did you have to write “Wink” right under the wink?
Each chapter has extras, like dinosaur recipes. Sounds yummy. Also behind-the-scenes stuff from the creators. Particularly interesting is one of the artists explaining why he’d never go back to working by hand now that he uses a computer. And at the very end there’s a page about those who Kickstartered enough to be drawn into the story, even as dinosaurs. Cute.
So, despite a few misgivings and plot points this was a thoroughly enjoyable read, and I look forward to the last part of the trilogy.
3.5 pushed up to 4/5
November 10, 2020
In the technologically-advanced dinosaur dimension, Gus Horncrasher is a police officer investigating a case of vanishing... hmm, persons, I guess. It's not just the people (read dinosaurs) disappearing, but everyone's memories of them too. Gus also lost the love of his life Irisa to this strange occurance, but wants to keep it secret because it would mean being taken off the case. A federal agent believes the cause is someone altering the timestream. The feds have time travel tech, but are reluctant to use it because of political ramifications. He suggests that two officers, Gus and his partner Owen S. Talonburg go on an unsanctioned mission to fix time. Gus embraces the chance to bring back Irisa.
May 7, 2017
I received a free copy of this graphic novel from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Wow ...that escalated quickly. And in a completely different direction than I was expecting. I love how this series manages to get both more ridiculous and more serious as it continues, and somehow it just works. There's definitely a good balance here that helps the story move forward. I also love that we're getting more background info on the entire cast of characters [and that the girls are actually hanging out and talking instead of just fighting over Nate. It would have been easy to go that way and I'm so happy they didn't]. This is definitely a unique series and I can't wait to read more!
Wow ...that escalated quickly. And in a completely different direction than I was expecting. I love how this series manages to get both more ridiculous and more serious as it continues, and somehow it just works. There's definitely a good balance here that helps the story move forward. I also love that we're getting more background info on the entire cast of characters [and that the girls are actually hanging out and talking instead of just fighting over Nate. It would have been easy to go that way and I'm so happy they didn't]. This is definitely a unique series and I can't wait to read more!
July 11, 2017
NYC Chef Nate Willner had lost his sister in a kitchen fire. He returned to Blackfossil (UT) to recover. There he inherited a time suit from a great uncle. So as any sane chef would do, he traveled into the past to hunt dinosaurs for his new restaurant - The Fork & Fossil! But he found out the hard way that he was actually hunting in an alternate reality and causing problems for the Saurians who had evolved from the dinosaurs he was killing and eating. Captured and wounded by the Saurians, he agreed to try and make amends by helping track down one Saurian who had gone rogue. And then there is the issue of closing down his restaurant, evading the local sheriff, and questioning his aunt about the time suit. Great cliffhanger at the end. Looking forward to volume 3!
May 22, 2017
As close to the highest rating as makes any difference. I really didn't expect such great art, and such a quirky (-in the right way!) story from a comic like this. It sounds highly unlikely that I would have enjoyed the middle volume of a trilogy without knowing the first at all as much as I did here, but it happened. The nearest thing to a flaw is that when we do revert to action scenes they're not the best, but there's so much else to enjoy besides those. The level of soapiness manages to gel with the high-concept sci-fantasy ideas, and that's not all that comes unexpected to the new reader here. Roll on the third book!
March 9, 2018
The story continues and got more complicated.
I liked how the author dealt with "causality issue", that was smart.
This book has all the perks of first one, but it continues give me that feel, this is not what I signed for (I wanted simple fun with dino steaks, which quickly turned into time travelling action drama mystical jumbo). Don't get me wrong, this is not the critique on the book. It's more just like when you'll got promised steak restaurant and instead you'll end in Sushi place. It's still fantastic food, but you feel bit let down because you built your expectation for delicious steak, even though the sushi dish is more refined with much more going on.
I liked how the author dealt with "causality issue", that was smart.
This book has all the perks of first one, but it continues give me that feel, this is not what I signed for (I wanted simple fun with dino steaks, which quickly turned into time travelling action drama mystical jumbo). Don't get me wrong, this is not the critique on the book. It's more just like when you'll got promised steak restaurant and instead you'll end in Sushi place. It's still fantastic food, but you feel bit let down because you built your expectation for delicious steak, even though the sushi dish is more refined with much more going on.
April 25, 2018
Looking for a unique sci-fi, action adventure comic book with amazing art work? If multidimensional space travel, time line where dinosaurs evolved and humans died out, dinosaur cops, humans eating dinosaurs as hamburgers, altering dinosaur DNA, and a possible human love triangle sounds interesting to you then read this book!
I recommend reading the first read volume to understand volume two. The first volume was a little dry in spots with a unique premise, however volume two picks up the weirdness level and adds in more action adventure. The art work has great line work and wonderful coloring.
This volume ends on another cliff hanger. Bring on volume 3!
I recommend reading the first read volume to understand volume two. The first volume was a little dry in spots with a unique premise, however volume two picks up the weirdness level and adds in more action adventure. The art work has great line work and wonderful coloring.
This volume ends on another cliff hanger. Bring on volume 3!
September 6, 2017
Komiks Naso, Muhra i Tabacaru jest reklamowany pod hasłem „Top Chef spotykaPark Jurajski”. To właściwie cała prawda o pierwszym tomie, jednak przechodząc do drugiego trzeba już dodać – „i razem wpadają do Łowcy Androidów”. To absolutnie bombastyczne połączenie pewnie od razu wywołuje w was spore oczekiwania, i jeśli myślicie o „ultimate guilty pleasure” – zostanie wam dane. Jeśli liczycie na coś głębszego lub naprawdę bardzo absurdalnego – aż tak dobrze nie jest.
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May 10, 2022
4.5. This went in a very different direction than the whimsical first volume, but it worked.
It turns out that Nate — who's been hunting dinosaurs in the past and serving up the results at his diner — has actually been traveling to the past of a parallel timeline. And in the present, the descendants of the dinosaurs he's killed are suddenly vanishing. Two Cretaceous City cops set out to find the psycho who's erasing their people — which is bad news for Nate obviously.
I'm looking forward to the third and final volume.
It turns out that Nate — who's been hunting dinosaurs in the past and serving up the results at his diner — has actually been traveling to the past of a parallel timeline. And in the present, the descendants of the dinosaurs he's killed are suddenly vanishing. Two Cretaceous City cops set out to find the psycho who's erasing their people — which is bad news for Nate obviously.
I'm looking forward to the third and final volume.
January 29, 2020
I really liked this volume a bit more. It was obviously more Sci-Fi forward since it has a Saurian on the cover. However, the story is past the initial setup and I like it more because of that.
August 20, 2025
What a ride. What a read.
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