Malefic Time - Apocalypse

Malefic Time #1

by Luis Royo, Rómulo Royo

Malefic, la leggendaria spada dalle nove teste di serpente, è realtà. Ma c'è solo una persona al mondo che può maneggiarla con destrezza: Luz, colei che riporterà l'ordine sulla terra. Anno 2038 d.C. il mondo è distrutto. Ridotto a un ammasso di macerie. Gli uomini sopravvivono relegati nei tunnel della vecchia metropolitana. Mentre le vie delle città sono teatro di sanguinarie vendette tra esseri mostruosi e invincibili, con le loro katane di divina fattura. Solo la diafana ed esile Luz ha l'ardire di aggirarsi per le vie di una fredda e decadente New York: lei è l'eletta, figlia della Luna e di Lucifero. Ed è pronta a farsi strada in una lotta in cui sarà difficile distinguere il bene dal male. Una saga post apocalittica in cui si fondono elementi fantasy e gotici.

Genres: Art, Comics, Graphic Novels

128 pages, Hardcover

First published November 25, 2011

About the author

Luis Royo (born 1954) is a Spanish artist, best known for his fantasy illustrations published in numerous art books, magazines, and various other media including book and music CD covers, video games and Tarot cards.

Beginning his career as a furniture designer, he was attracted to the comics industry in the late 1970s, and nine years later turned to art as a full time career. Within a few years, he was publishing art in many magazines as well as providing cover illustrations for a number of publishers.

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 1 out of 5]

Royo is a great artist. He is got talent, and he is good. But this book... the storytelling is lame. A bad attempt at being flippant that ends up confusing the reader and with no valor whatsoever. The illustrations that come with it are great, but IMO Royo has become increasingly obssesed with the femenine figure and with putting it in sex-like positions again and again. Which was beautiful turned redundant and repetitive.

[Анатолій Волков · Rating 4 out of 5]

В данном комиксе, а это скорее всего комикс или если точнее графический роман, визуальное довлеет над литературой. Картинки в книжке очень хороши и в духе Ройо, а вот текст как будто написан первоклассником. Так насколько визуальная часть хороша, в такой же степени плоха и история. Хотя я как поклонник апокалиптических историй и любитель творчества Ройо сначала пришел в восторг от такого сочетания и сразу же не задумываясь купил книгу, и почти не пожалел. Все же картинок больше, и они главное и они хороши.
Авторам следовало бы нанять профессионального писателя чтобы он облек их творчество в столь же элегантное чтиво или что еще лучше издать альбом рисунков без текста, максим оставить названия или короткие пояснения.
Если выйдет продолжение я несомненно его приобрету в коллекцию, но повторюсь только ради визуала.

[Chiyo · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars only because the illustrations are awesome but I have to say that the writting and storytelling are terrible and deserve 1 or 0 stars. There are nice ideas there but overall the writting and plot are very confusing and don't make a lot of sense.

[Michov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es un libro de ilustraciones y están son maravillosas, son las que crean el argumento y te unen a la historia. La trama es bastante más floja, una mezcla de muchas cosas que en este primer volumen te deja un poco frío. Tal vez se han complicado demasiado ya que la idea no me disgusta.

[Derrick McDonald · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish they released the latter books in this series in English, but it isn't so much the story as it is the eye candy of this stunning series.

[Monica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Los dibujos son espectaculares, la trama es un poco tópica.

[Xavier · Rating 3 out of 5]

From such visual mssters, it feels like it does not have that impact. It tries to sell these characters, or this story, but does not manages it. There are certain parts where you get lost of who is who. I hope the secon one improves. Or at least I can say that is a good visual artbook

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Primer tomo de Malefic Time, que vino en pack junto a Soum de Kenny Ruiz.

[Aleksei · Rating 2 out of 5]

Какая-то параша. Но рисунки клёвые.

[Housewife Bubuchu · Rating 4 out of 5]

История слегка путаная. Но графика хороша.