Complete World War Robot

by Ashley (Author Wood

It's total robot war In development to be a major motion picture, Ashley Wood's World War Robot tells the tale of a dwindling band of humans and robots who face off in a battle that will likely end humanity as we know it - on Earth, on the Moon, and on Mars, too Badass battles, really intense human/robot drama, and even a little black humor and political intrigue are the order of the day in this oversize epic that collects both previous books in one deluxe hardcover volume.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Art

Hardcover

First published January 6, 2010

Reviews

[Yukichidori · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is quite dark in its theme and situations it tells.

As others have mentioned, the artworks don't really match with the narration being told, especially on the following pages afterwards. There would be a much stronger storytelling if the characters and situations were much more recognizable to the situation. After awhile the images being depicted started to look the same and highly repetitive.

[Seth Heasley · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the more unique books I've read. It's like going to a guided tour through an art gallery commemorating a great war between two sides who employed robots in the war.

[Damon · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a tough one to review - it seems to me to clearly have been originally created as an art book, or at least the illustrations themselves were not created as part of a direct pierce of narrative. But then someone added some random bits of story here and there, and suddenly this book is passed off as a "graphic novel". I think the paintings are great - Ashley Wood's a hell of an artist - and the story the tell would in a lot of ways be clearer than the one that's told by the combination of them and the text component. Really, it seems to just weaken the whole thing, and make for a much more disappointing whole. Also, there's typos, which I really just find unacceptable, especially in this day and age where even this review tells me if I'm spelling something wrong, AND considering there's probably only about 300 words in the whole book. Overall, like so much of Wood's stuff, nice to look at, but not too much beyond that. 4 stars for the artwork, none for the "story".

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

War and robots gone awry. The corporate supplier also makes a killing.

[Tony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very dark book. No hope no finish or start. More like an art book. Just like world war 1 paintings betraying the confusion and horror of war. Powerful stuff.