Pesma zaborava, tom 2

Oblivion Song #2

by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, Oto Oltvanji (Translator)

Robert Kirkman i Lorenco de Feliči još jednom će vas oduvati u novom tomu „Pesme Zaborava“, koji sadrži epizode 7–12 i na našem tržištu se pojavljuje u okviru svetske premijere.

Nedostajao vam je zov Pesme Zaborava? Nama jeste, i srećni smo što možemo da vam predstavimo ovo izvanredno ostvarenje u kom Kirkman nastavlja da nas oduševljava naizgled jednostavnim „čovečnim“ scenarijem bez heroja, bez lakih rešenja i srećnih okolnosti. Volja, istrajnost i fizička spremnost našeg junaka Nejtana svakodnevno su na teškoj probi, dok Lorenco fantastično prati kako vrtoglavu poteru krvožednih zveri u Zaboravu i vojske na Zemlji, tako i sve lomove i moralne dileme postavljene pred Nejtana.

Još jednom skočite u Zaborav i ne propustite poslednje „bip-bip“ za povratak! Ili možda ipak ostajete?

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels Comics, Horror

144 pages, Hardcover

First published March 19, 2019

About the author

Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher.

Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.

In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was OK but I feel like this story should have ended here. The latter half of this story felt like things were wrapping up. I honestly thought it was ending until that final page appeared. De Felici can draw some mean looking monsters but all of his humans look like they are 90 years old. They all have so many wrinkles. Nor do the characters look that different. I was constantly getting them confused. It was made even worse with the muted color palette. I'm not sure I'll personally continue this story any farther, especially with this artist.

Received a review copy from Image and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm still absolutely loving this book; it's definitely satisfying my biological need for pulp SF in comicbook form. The artwork is great, too, and I'm definitely including the whole art team in that one, not just the penciller.

(Tangential aside: I'm often amazed when reading comicbook reviews on Goodreads to see how many people who have clearly been reading comics for years still have absolutely no idea as to who does what in the comicbook creation process. I've seen people compliment the writer on the colour art, and credit the penciller for the dialogue... It's slightly mind-blowing and a little bit depressing, if I'm honest...)

[ScottIsANerd (GrilledCheeseSamurai) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like this volume really wrapped up the series well. I mean, I know it's not over, issue 13 just dropped last week, but this 2nd volume very much connects to the first volume and I feel like the story it was telling concluded nicely. I'm interested to see where they plan on taking the series next, actually.

I got a little annoyed with the two brothers arguing back and forth over and over again in this volume, "take me back, Now!" "No, you don't belong there" blah, blah, blah, but the action (especially issue 10) more than made up for any of the nitpicks that I had.

Also...10/10 for the creature designs! I'm not too crazy about Lorenzo De Felici drawing real human people...but he sure can make a damn cool monster!

All in all...fun volume. Enjoyed it as much as the first. I don't know what else they have left to do with this series but I'm willing to tag along for the time being and see where things go from here.

[Oscar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good volume.

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kirkman keeps the action and twists coming hard and fast enough to draw me along in this popcorn sci-fi thriller.

This volume feels like the finale of season one, wrapping up some major arcs and putting elements in place to exploit the next time around.

This isn't going to be a favorite series, but I'm ready to stick it out until the end.


FOR REFERENCE:

Contains material originally published in single magazine form as Oblivion Song #7-12.

[Gabriell Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Další díl, nějaké ty odpovědi, nějaké ty nové otázky a na konci povinný cliffhanger.
Říkal jsem to minule a řeknu to znova. Kirkman ví, jak psát na volumka a nějak si nedokážu představit, že bych tohle četl po sešitech. Oproti minulému dílu zvedám o jednu hvězdu, ale je to hodně, hodně těsně a vícemeně jenom proto, že tu je dostatek akce a ta mě udržela tak poctivě, že jsem přejel svojí zastávku při cestě do práce.
Oproti minulému dílu se Kirkman polepšil, co se výplně týče a celý tenhle díl je mnohem akčnější, konečně nastíní více o světě a o tom, co a proč se stalo a nebýt toho konce, tak se na další díl těším mnohem, mnohem víc.
Pokud jste totiž četli minulý díl, tak ten končil solidním cliffhangerem, který se tu rozhodně nerozvine dost a co hůř, na konci dostane další podobného ranku. Dostávám se tak jako čtenář do pozice, kdy jestli nedostanu aspoň půl příštího volume čistě jako návaznost na tyhle cliffhangery, tak to odkládám a počkám až to dostane několik compendií, protože tímhle tempem to vypadá na další Walking Dead.
Kresba tu zůstává stejná jako minule a i když mi tentokrát přišla o nějaký ten chlup míň snesitelná, tak to beru jako subjektivní problém a pořád si myslím, že když se zrovna nemusím dívat na lidi, tak se k sérii parádně hodí.

Mohlo by se vám (ne)líbit viz první book:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Jakub Kvíz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I still have mixed feelings about this series. The story is interesting and entertaining and the beginning of the second volume was really great as we learn more about the Transference and Nathan's role in it.

Even the book ends with an interesting teaser, I think that the story should've been concluded and the second half of the book kinda felt like a closure.

The are is still not working for me. De Felici's characters look similar to each other and sometimes I had a hard time telling them apart. He's good with drawing the monsters and the odd environment from another dimension but not with humans.

Solid 3* and will be back to see what Kirkman got in his sleeve this time.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Individual issue reviews: #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | #11 | #12

Current review score: 3.25

[Jessica {Litnoob} · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seriously took everything to another level! One watching the brothers fight about the worlds and each of their merits was more powerful then I’d have expected. Besides that it was nice to see them working together, and then fighting as brothers do lol. But that ending tho!!!! Cannot wait for vol 3

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story seems pretty much done here, though there is a "to be continued..." on the last page. What else, really, is there to say? This isn't a concept that seems designed to run for much more than about 10 or 12 issues, which is what we've got. I liked the first volume significantly more, as the weird situation was slowly parceled out. Here, we've got so much content--Nathan rescues his brother, Ed, who would have preferred to stay in the Oblivion dimension; the military wants to use Nathan's device as a weapon; a second Transference takes place; and everything ends, pretty much happily ever after (except for that last panel, which I think we could just as easily ignore). I think the art is a bit more slapdash and less detailed this time around, which still has me wondering about the "superstar" status of this Italian guy. Not Kirkman's best idea for a series, but it made for a fun couple of volumes. There really doesn't seem to be a need for more.

[Theediscerning · Rating 1 out of 5]

One and a half stars.

We're back with this ongoing series, where a portion of an American city got to swap planes of existence with Cthulhu-land, a place where generic monsters you've seen a gazillion times before treat us as fodder. The guy who caused it has brought his brother-from-over-there back here, and lo and behold there's some "social commentary" about the sad-sack preferring it over there. Cue six more issues of comics that just get more talky, and less interesting. By the end the artist can hardly be bothered with making sure we know which brother is which, or where anyone is or why, the author is just Trying. Too. Hard, and the idea of coming back for a third portion is losing all appeal.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oblivion Song's second volume starts right off providing answers to the series' biggest question: why did the Transference occur? Praise be, a series that actually offers answers. The rest of the volume is somewhat of a let-down, with Nathan and his freshly returned brother, Ed, teaming up to save the transference device from government clutches. Ed makes an extremely rash and hard to fathom decision that dictates a good 50 pages of needless action. That said, the art is much crisper in this volume and the characters have a bit more personality. The Kirkman-standard final page cliffhanger is sort of a shrug, but I'll be curious to see where the series goes.

[Václav · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this series. It always gets me sucked in, observing all those adventures and alien creatures is so thrilling. Kirkman knows his shit with this kind of stories and De Felici gives it simple but atmospheric art. And this arc didn't end with a cliffhanger, which I hate, but with a very interesting teaser for things to come. So I'm satisfied with the closed story and thrilled what comes next. And that's how I like my comics.

[Whitney (The Cover Collector) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why are all the men’s faces dissolving in wrinkles but all the women are young and smooth? It’s creepy since all the couples look like grandpa is screwing his granddaughter.

[Bandit · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn’t even try to resist the siren song of the Oblivion Song. In fact, that is a thing within the boos, Oblivion Song calls and one answers. Some more eagerly than others. Societal rejects like Nathan’s brother march right to tis beat.
There’s a strong undercurrent of the same mentality as Walking Dead had, people who live in a postapocalyptic society are forced to really live for the first time. Not just trudge through the indifferent techheavy impersonal modern world like the ones outside of Oblivion zone, but really engage with their neighbors and their environment in order to just survive, let alone prosper. It’s a sort of fantasy prevalent to certain types of people and there’s social psychology backing behind it, as recently seen in The Next Apocalypse. Preppers love it. A world taken back down to basics. It’s like camping only extreme, though some may argue that forgoing modern conveniences for the sake of recreation is pretty extreme in and off itself.
Anyway, in this volume we learn more about Oblivion and a lot more about Nathan. Some devastating truths are about to be unveiled. The main theme is the battle between two world and two worldviews as boiled down to the relationship between Nathan and his brother.
Plenty of action, including creature action. Still not loving the art, but it is pretty entertaining overall. On to book three.

This and more at https://advancetheplot.weebly.com/

Reread this years later and came away with the exact same impression. Go consistency!

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume's a genuine surprise. I thought the first six issues were interesting, but I wasn't particularly enthused to carry on reading, which is why it took me so long to drag myself into this follow-up.

A lot happens across these six issues. There are some revelations right off the bat that put the whole series into perspective, while the following four issues have at least two surprising developments that change the landscape of the series. It definitely looks as though things are building to a final conclusion at this point, but then the last two pages of the final issue turn everything on it's head once again. This is the kind of freshness that Kirkman is good at - it's why Invincible lasted as long as it did and always felt fun and exciting, and why Walking Dead could go for 32 volumes and almost never get boring. (The less said about Outcast the better though)

On art, De Felici's art is unlike anything on the American market these days. His lines are scratchy and his monsters are top notch, though he does go a bit heavy on the face wrinkles. The colours are also excellent, really highlighting the changes of scene in a way I've not seen in a long time.

It took twelve issues, but I've fallen prey to the Oblivion Song. Let's see if it can keep my attention.

[Omaira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una pasada. Podría ponerme con florituras, pero es que eso es lo primero que me viene a la cabeza para describir este cómic. Primero que nada, os advierto que es indispensable haber leído primero Oblivion Song nº 01, ya que ésta es su continuación.

Sin spoilers, lo que os puedo decir es que esta segunda parte tiene acción a raudales y logra que te involucres emocionalmente con los personajes, por lo que es inevitable sentir la tensión y el dolor que les supone tomar determinadas decisiones.

A nivel artístico, prácticamente no tengo quejas. En un par de ocasiones, lo que sí que vi es que la expresión de los personajes no era del todo acorde a lo que decían. Solo fueron unas dos o tres veces, pero tenían pinta de estar furiosos o a punto de sufrir un colapso y ni la situación ni lo que estaban diciendo era para tanto. De resto, respecto al volumen anterior, aquí sí que se juega más con los colores y se definen mejor las formas de los monstruos. Además, en los instantes con cierta emotividad, me gustó cómo se mostró la soledad o la tristeza de los personajes suavizando sus rasgos y quitando los trazos extravagantes de los fondos. No sé si se entenderá del todo a lo que me refiero, pero es que no se me da muy bien explicarme en este tema. Resumiendo: que sí, que me encantaron las ilustraciones.

Para hablar un poco de la trama, a partir de aquí sí que mencionaré algún que otro spoiler del volumen 1.

Retomamos la historia justo en el punto donde la dejamos: Nathan está detenido y Ed está a disgusto en el mundo normal y quiere regresar a Oblivion. Además, el gobierno parece tener intenciones oscuras con la máquina que es capaz de realizar los traslados a Oblivion. La cosa pinta realmente mal, pero la valentía de un personaje secundario provocará un giro en los acontecimientos y Nathan y Ed tendrán que enfrentarse a sus peores temores…

La relación de los dos hermanos está muy bien trabajada. Se nota su camaradería y, al mismo tiempo, el abismo que los separa. Cada uno desea algo que es incompatible con lo que desea el otro y eso puede suponer la destrucción de ambos. Es genial cómo no se puede dar nada por sentado y lo difícil que es culparles radicalmente por sus errores. Sus experiencias les han marcado y por eso entendí que pudieran errar momentáneamente. Además, dan sus razones y, aunque pueden ser más o menos acertadas, al menos te dejan claro que no actúan por simples impulsos.

Si no fuera por las últimas 4 páginas, el cierre hubiera sido bastante cerrado. Cuando más o menos parece que ya hemos llegado a un final definitivo, se muestra algo totalmente inesperado. Sin duda, reconozco que tanto los personajes como yo subestimamos mucho a…. lo siento, no puedo decirlo, sería un gran spoiler. Espero reencontrarme con esta historia en el futuro y saber cómo continúa…

Si tenéis ocasión, de verdad que os animo a darle una oportunidad. No soy de leer muchos cómics ni novelas gráficas, pero creo que Oblivion Song ha logrado que me plantee hacerlo más frecuentemente.

[Des Fox · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was so happy to see a sci-fi book come from Kirkman, and I am deeply let down. The characters suck. Everyone is defined by their trauma and nothing else. Plus this volume gets weird in that while we get some cool exposition, it feels like a total wrap up of what has been a short and mediocre book. Then there's a twist on the last page, so I guess we're not done here? The idea of intelligent life on Oblivion is cool, and there's a lot of possibility with this premise, but the storytelling just feels totally phoned in and uninteresting. There's nothing for me here, I imagine I'm done keeping up with this book.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

He rescues Edward but he has to pay for what he has done and turns out the military wants to weaponize it and so he takes his brother and escapes to take it back but he activates the machine hoping for a better life for the people and then the transference happens again, and its intriguing to see the possibilities of what might happen but nothing does and then yes its a great drama as tensions rise, people step up and Nathan saves the day but what happens with Heather and him in the end and then the threat of Faceless men and these creatures. Its becoming an intriguing series.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story continues to get better! Really enjoying this series!!

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Robert Kirkman possui esse poder de nos envolver de uma forma praticamente de nível familiar com os personagens que ele nos apresenta em suas histórias. Enredos esses que, na maioria das vezes trazem temas bastante extranormais, sobrenaturais, que tocam em pontos caros e limítrofes da fantasia e da ficção científica. Esse Oblivion Song não foge a regra já que o tema principal é o teletransporte, que troca de lugar uma parte de uma cidade com as paragens de outra dimensão, com funcionamentos e criaturas próprios. Lorenzo De Felici parece estar mais à vontade com seu traço e com a maneira como estabelece a narrativa neste segundo volume de Oblivion Song, que traz paragens incríveis e bastante imaginosas que atiçam e agitam nossas confabulações. O mais interessante disso tudo, para nos brasileiros é que a Editora Intrínseca parece bastante interessada em trazer materiais da Image para o Brasil, já que o trabalho de edição é impecável, os preços praticados são competitivos, seja nas lojas online ou físicas, e a cartela de títulos oferecidos pela editora parece investir em nomes fortes e na alta ficção.

[Valéria. · Rating 5 out of 5]

So, finally finished Oblivion Song. I went through all six books today and I must admit, I loved it even more than I did in first reading. It’s not just beautifully illustrated monsters and amazing world, it’s beautiful story about two brothers and couple more people dealing with problems in their lives. It’s full of love, sadness. It’s interesting, characters’ development is nicely done. I can’t find any negatives really. For me this will always be one of my most favorite series I’ve ever read.

[RG · Rating 3 out of 5]

I kinda felt like it needed to end after this arc. Im not really sure it has much more to tell. The art is great but at times can become overly confusing. Depends on the direction about this one whether I continue.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as strong as the first volume, mainly due to a *lot* of back and forth between the two brothers, but still a solid sci-fi/horror offering.

[Daniel Kovacs Rezsuk · Rating 3 out of 5]

The moral dilemma and the argument surrounding it between the two brothers were dragged out so much that it felt like a weird self-aware parody of TWD.

[Aj Baker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ran out of steam from the first volume. Repetitive dialogue between main characters also a drag.

[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

This story went downhill FAST. Volume 1 was intriguing, setting up a lot of interesting characters and conflicts. Volume 2, however, expediently wrapped it all up with too many "happily ever after" vibes when there was actually very little to celebrate. Two narcissistic brothers whose actions ruin a bunch of peoples's lives and bring death and destruction hug it out, so it's all ok! The corrupt military guy who was going to commit crimes against humanity admitted his female underling who stopped him was a "pretty good" employee, so even though he had her arrested, he's a decent guy! The guy who refused to get professional help for his very serious mental problems and made life hell for his wife for 10 years went to a support group meeting in the end, so he's brave and redeemed!

Then there's the woman whose entire plotline is that she has an abusive boyfriend who repeatedly threatens to kill her if she leaves him. That's it, that's all you learn about her. She thinks her BEST OPTION in this situation is to get transported to the post-apocalyptic dimension where alien monsters that eat humans are a daily threat. And instead of doing anything that would actually help her — give her a safe place to stay, go with her to the police, send the abusive boyfriend to the alien dimension instead, just spitballing here — the aforementioned narcissistic bros send her to the alien dimension with zero argument! See, it's a happy ending because she used to date one of the bros — the one who is crazy enough to actually enjoy living in the alien dimension where he runs for his life on the reg, lives in a shantytown with no plumbing...and has a wife. I'm sure the wife will be ok with his ex moving into their tarp because everything the men do in this story is righteous, heroic, and brave and the women are just there for support! Hurray!

If none of this makes sense to you (don't worry, it shouldn't), here's the TL; DR:

Every single woman in this story was let down by weak, selfish men who slap themselves on the back in the end for a job well done and I am so, so, so, SO tired of reading stories that twist morality and reality to portray these types of men as heroes. Also, the dialogue is super-repetitive and the art sucks. All the men look like relatives of The Thing from Fantastic Four.

Fuck this series. I'm off in search of a read where the tentacled aliens get to eat the shitty rock-face men.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like more could have happened in this volume. there was one big event, not sure why they did it. there were some neat manoeuvers (I can never spell that, I looked it up but it's still flagging the spelling) back and forth between two worlds - i.e. hop into the other dimension, run a little way, hop back to earth, now outside the building you were stuck in. but mostly the brothers kept arguing about, you should stay here with me! hell no, earth sucks, oblivion is where it's at! I don't quite buy ed's story that he was a lowlife on earth but then bam in the other dimension suddenly he discovers a life of camaraderie and meaning. like, the man was really holding him back I guess. also I don't buy the quick grasp of the entirely new ecosystem in oblivion. what has it been, a decade? and they know all about the three suns and how to evade some seriously big and bad predators based on reading their behavior, etc. seems like those sorts of things take longer to learn than a decade. it's one thing to be on earth and learn to be a hunter from someone who can tell you all about deer with accumulated human knowledge, it's another thing to be instantly transported into an entirely different dimension with lots and lots of hostile fauna and flora and ten years later to be waxing rhapsodic about the trisolar astronomy and your happy life dancing and singing and calmly sidestepping giant predators.

the people ain't too pretty but I'm satisfied with the art. the covers continue to be cool. I will keep reading it.

[Ije the Devourer of Books · Rating 3 out of 5]

After the big reveal at the end of Volume 1 I really wanted to know what happened so I was quite pleased to get my hands on a review copy. I enjoyed the excitement of this story and the travel between the two dimensions.

Ed and Nathan were great characters in the way that they had different views about Oblivion and about their lives and I think this added to the drama, although Nathan remains for me the broken but endearing hero.

The story now seems to be moving in a new direction which will be interesting but not enough to draw me into reading subsequent volumes because I wasn't too keen on the artwork or the colouring. Apart from that I though it was quite a thrilling volume and it certainly held my attention. I think it is a good read and will be enjoyed by anyone who likes thrills with their sci-fi graphic novels.

Copy provided by Edelweiss in exchange for an unbiased review.

[Arminzerella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nathan was part of a team of scientists, inventors, and other whip-smart types who created a device that caused a rift to open and displaced a whole swath of Philadelphia into another world/dimension. It simultaneously brought a section of that place to Earth where its creatures wreaked havoc until they were contained/died of natural causes (Earth's environment wasn't particularly hospitable to their needs). Nathan felt terrible about what they'd done and has spent the last decade making trips to that other world and trying to locate the people who were displaced, so they can be brought back to Earth. Many of those that he finds are happy to return, but suffer from PTSD and have a difficult time readjusting. In this volume, Nathan has finally located his brother Ed and brought him out of the other world, only to discover that Ed was happier there and only wants to return. The brothers have to temporarily set aside their differences, however, when a government agency gets ahold of the the device (with the intention of weaponizing it). That can never be. But when the brothers make off with it, Ed sets it off - on purpose - attempting to bring still more of the city into the other world.

Both men are bound and determined to make other people's choices for them, and neither seems to realize that until all hell has broken loose...AGAIN. As others have noted, the brothers look very similar and it's sometimes difficult to tell them apart (why is everyone so old and haggard? :)) But the story is really intriguing. It could have just ended here, but there's a cliff-hanger ending that indicates there will/may be more. Just finished reading a couple volumes of "Spill Zone" by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland that visits some similar territory (other dimensional world switching/blending). Consider checking that out as well, if you found this entertaining.