Afterworks Volume 1

by Various, Louis Gonzales

The precursor to Image Comics July-shipping "Afterworks" Vol. 2, this anthology features the best and the brightest in the animation industry producing some of the freshest comics around. These animators, all of who have worked on some of the most popular television shows and movies of the last decade -- including "The Incredibles," "Futurama," "Finding Nemo," "Ice Age," "Toy Story," "Cars," "Monsters Inc." and many more -- spend their time after work creating a variety of stories that range fromt he fantastic to the extremely personal. Presented here are seven tales, all told in varying styles that bring a unique voice to the comic book medium.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

152 pages, Paperback

First published August 2, 2006

About the author

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If an editor is known, however, Various is not necessary. List the name of the editor as the primary author (with role "editor"). Contributing authors' names follow it.

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Reviews

[Danica · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 🌟 I guess these were okay. Some more tolerable than others. It's a good thing they were short stories. Can't say I'd recommend this collection. I only got it because of Nathan Stanton and I liked his story.

[Phil · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't have much to say about this one. It is another anthology from Image Comics, so there are a bunch of shorter comics pieces in here. They are all from different members of the animation industry. There is quite a range in the stories and the artwork. A couple of them were really good, and none of the stories were bad, but for the most part they just didn't stick with me.

[Damon · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was really just not good. Not work I'd be proud of.

Maybe I'm overthinking this, but this book as a whole strikes me as an example of the modern trend where everyone who's good at one thing seems to just assume that as a result they are good at everything, or at least at everything which they see as similar or in any way related, like "I'm a football player so I must be a dancer," or "I'm a chef so I must be a talk show host," or "I'm a singer so I must be an actor" (and vice versa)... It's annoying. Wouldn't being any one of those things be good enough?

In this case, the people responsible for this book are apparently animators, and judging by their credits pretty good ones. They should stick with it. As a great man once said, "Don't quit your day job."

[Carolyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Again, some good moments, but not satisfying as a whole. The collection could've stood to focus on a smaller amount of artists, giving them needed space to expand their stories properly.

[Ronald · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd have to say that I liked 2 of the stories. The first and last. The others? Eh.

[Shannon · Rating 1 out of 5]

first off the art work in this book is awesome. the stories not so much. such a bummer!