that was it, the final volume of Fatale, a series that for better or worse lasted much longer than originally intended.
It was certainly not the most conceptually sound and organic series in the world, but Brubaker and Phillips nevertheless manage to bring things to a well, lets call it a more or less satisfying conclusion.
If you were hoping for some kind of brilliant masterplan to be unveiled, you will likely be disappointed, For me, though, the charms of Fatale lie in the details, most notably in the spoton depiction of human frailty, One of our heroines many willing victims describes his situation like this: “Questions repeat in my head until Im ready to scream them at her the next time she returns But when she does, its like I cant hold onto those thoughts.
Like even worrying at all seems ridiculous, ” Amour fou in a nutshell can you think of a more accurate or beautiful description Volume, the final volume, finally goes fullout into the cosmic horror.
I've come to expect a certain visual style in the Brubaker/Phillips comics, and Phillips stuck to that for most of this series.
But some scenes in this volume get as wild and crazy as some of Jack Kirby's interstellar art,
Lots of disturbing violence and gore, but a compelling story overall,
The final book in the epic Fatale saga by Brubaker and Phillips, All the threads have come together, and the mysterious immortal Femme Fatale Josephine has one last chance to escape her fate,
Collecting: FataleI love Brubaker and Philips as a collaborative team, and I like both genres matched up here.
For all my love of these pairing, Fatale has never quite lived up to what I wanted it to be, The mythology was never quite fleshed out, but too
much of it was shown for it be effectively shrouded in mystery, This confounds it as Nicholas Lash frame story becomes the story which elements of all the other flash backs since thes story beginning to add up to something clear.
However, most of the central mysteries of the book, including the actual nature of the antagonists and Josephine herself simply aren't really wrapped up.
Jo is given a satisfying ending as is Nicholas in the terms of their arc, but not in the terms of the central mythology that Brubaker builds.
That said, as anticlimatic as this book was, the final confrontation allows Philips to go nuts with some of the horror elements of the story.
This changes the feel of the book, but some of the sex and violence are draw more weirdly, and this is in complete keeping with the genre.
I was kind of disappointed in the conclusion, but I couldn't pinpoint why until I talked to my kid about it.
ltthat was a weird moment in and of itself, The day your child explains something about you to you yikes!
Anyway, He said I was upset with the conclusion because Crime/Mystery stories always explain things at the end, There's that big whodunnit tada! at the last page, And Lovecraftian stuff is, by its nature, always vague and incomprehensible,
The ending was never going to be completely explained in the same way a detective comic would be, and therein lies the reason I wasn't satisfied.
BECAUSE OF THE FUCKING TENTACLE MONSTERS,
However, I think now that I'm a bit more selfaware thanks, kid! of my reasons for feeling a bit of a bitter taste in my mouth when I closed the book, I'm less dissatisfied.
Ish.
Looking back, it does answer a lot of the questions that were swirling around in my head, Just maybe not completely and maybe not the way I wanted them answered,
Ok, In this final showdown, Josie and Nick, along with a mysterious figure called The Librarian, head out to take on the Cthulhu cult and free Josephine from her curse.
And ohmygod the shit this poor woman has been through, That thing with her son
You were reeeeeeeeally hoping that it wasn't what it was, but deep down you just knew.
Ooof!
Yeah, I would want to die, too,
Anyway, spoilery stuff happened and the series is over, And I can honestly say I'm not sorry I read it, Your personal mileage may vary, but I think it's a solid series that only slips a teeny bit at the finish line,
This won't be something that everyone likes, but I think most fans of the Brubaker/Phillips team will mostly enjoy this one.
A review for the series:
Brubaker is one of my favorites, but this isn't high on my list of preferred titles for him.
That's not to say it's bad, but just a little boring compared to his other stuff that I find so brilliant,
Therd volume is definitely the low point here, being almost completely unnecessary in comparison to everything else,
However, even saying all that, there's a lot of cool narrative going on here, It can be a lot of fun when it sticks to the action and leans into the horror elements,
In all, I like some other Brubaker way more, but even a middling effort from him is still a recommend from me.
A lot of folks say that they don't like the ending of this series but I have to disagree, This final volume is fantastic and the best volume of the series,
What's it about
It's the final volume of Fatale, how specific do you want me to be I don't have time to sit here explainingvolumes of something as crazy as this series.
Why this getsstars:
The story has been great throughout the entire book and this final volume keeps that going!
The art is fantastic! Phillips always does a good job and this is some of his best work!
It's unpredictable.
This volume has a lot of action, It's the most intense volume,
Very interesting characters.
The ending is the perfect way to end this series,
Interesting villain who has some similarities to a lot of IRL people out there, I'll leave it for those reading the review to figure out, the thing I'm thinking about is not political, don't worry,
Overall:
This series is fantastic, probably my favorite Brubaker book and that's saying something, I see a lot of people act like it has a terrible ending, they must be on crack because this is the best way they could have ended this series.
If you haven't read this series you definitely should, I can't recommend it enough, If you haven't read the final volume, be prepared for amazing things, even more amazing than the fantastic rest of the series, Fatale is one of the best comics ever and the final volume really shows me that Brubaker and Phillips definitely saved the best for last.
/Tak nevím, finále bylo dost prazvláštní až jsem se místy extrémně nudil a spíš si jen užíval art se kterým se tu naše dvojka PB snaží hodně pracovat.
Tak nějak necítím satisfakci za cestu kterou jsme s Jo strávili, je tu sice pár referencí na předchozí dění ale jako celek to na mě moc nepůsobí a mám pocit, že Brubaker ani nevěděl jak to dobře zakončit.
Furt je to dobrý a má to své momenty, jenom jsem nedostal co jsem tak nějak očekával, ve své podstatě jsem přečetlknížek toho stejného dokola.
I tak průchod hodnotím kladně, rozhodně to za přečtení stojí komplet, BKV has a blurb on the back of this book saying "Brubaker and Philips have always beenyears ahead of their time" which times perfectly with my reading.
I'd say this book could have been released today with no issues at all, It's better than the other horror titles I've read published this year by people like Lemire and Tynion,
This was as satisfying a conclusion as I could hope to expect, Voland Voldidn't really move the story forward much but did give some much needed insight into Jo, This book is the first one that humanizes her a bit, She actually shows some remorse and some regret over the use of her gift,
Damn our narrator had a rough go of things,
That was fun, It has always seemed to me that the buildup part of a story is easier than a satisfying ending,
That said, Brubaker and Phillips have done an excellent job of taking things to the next level in the concluding chapter of this dark and wonderful series.
Uma conclusão muito satisfatória para uma saga bizarra e viciante, Fatale encerra no quinto volume com chave de ouro, não cumprindo a sensação deixada pelo tomo anterior o melhor da série mas deixando o leitor no final como se tivesse degustado uma refeição deliciosa e bastante proveitosa.
Um exemplo do génio visual de Phillips e narrativo de Brubaker, This is the final volume in the immortal femme fatale saga noir horror graphic novel, Fine artwork but the storyline got a bit confusing and felt disjointed, A very good ending to a very good series, In many ways, it was an unexpected way to close things out, but it's also fitting, There are a lot of unanswered questions and threads left dangling, but I got the sense that it was intentional, Some things we just weren't meant to know the answers to, and I'm ok with that, because it felt purposeful, Perhaps Brubaker is leaving the door open for more stories in the same world, I'd be fine with that, too, But the lingering mysteries suit the series, too, Wow, I did not expect to enjoy this as much as I did, but this last volume for me was a blast to read.
No, not much is explained plotwise, but the way this volume was written, the experience of reading it was just incredible.
I devoured it in one sitting in probably half an hour,
So, Fatale managed to win me over after all, It did get much better with each new volume, and the finale was great, I have to say though, I think it should be read all in bulk, I read all the volumes except the first one in a day and a half, and I feel like it had a greater effect on me that way.
Can't believe Fatale is over with, I loved this comic book and the entire reason I dropped most of the DC and Marvel stuff and mainly focusing on Image and indie comics.
Ed Brubaker is one of my favorite comic book writers mainly because he knows how to write, He also knows how to cast a woman in his comic books too,
Has for this final volume you really need to know everything about Fatale to read how it all ends, It gets very confusing at time to the point I may have to reread it in the future, The second to last issue I really liked though because it deal with a taboo subject and also gave us a Promethea type of feel.
As a whole, if you like film noir or Lovecraft stuff, this comic book is right up your ally, Plus you'll get some really good comic book writing and some edgy art that fits, As many of you know, I'm a huge Wisconsin Badgers fan, no matter the sport, I'm an alumnus, one of my kids attends UW, and I live in Madison, where we've raised our kids in the shadow of Camp Randall, the Kohl Center, and the rest of campus Okay, a five minute drive away, but you get what I mean.
The University is really an integral part of our life,
Madison is sitelinkroutinely rated among the best college sports towns in America, But it wasn't always that way, Before I arrived in ', the nation was stunned by the sudden emergence of the Badger football program from the shadows many a veteran mentions "the Morton era" with a wince.
And while the basketball team was always good, it's only since I arrived that it's been truly great, Of course, I can attribute that to my arrival, . . no, not really.
In any case, last year was a special year for sitelinkBo Ryan's basketball team, Those of us who watch closely knew it was coming, I recall watching Sam Dekker singlehandedly win the Wisconsin state high school basketball championship and thinking: "Hey, wait this kid is special!" Then, all of a sudden, a few others emerge: Frank Kaminsky, Duje Dukan, Josh Gasser, Nigel Hayes, Bronson Koenig watching them, you knew this, thesquad, was the proverbial "team of destiny".
THIS was the team Badger fans had been waiting for, They tore through opponents with a combination of steady discipline, stalwart defense, betterthanaverage outside shooting, and a bit of luck, Yes, they lost a few, most notably, they suffered their first loss at the hand of perennial powerhouse, Duke, They had a few unexplainable hiccups against inferior opponents, but they entered the NCAA tournament strong, beating Michigan State for the outright Big Ten title.
They had been to the Final Four the previous year, but this year, they went into the tournament even stronger, They were not a young team dazzled by the lights, this was a group of grizzled veterans who trudged through some difficult games, beating one after another, maybe not comfortably, but convincingly.
Then, in the Final Four, they faced the alwaysdangerous Kentucky and utterly dominated them, They won, then turned to play in the National Championship game against, . . uhoh the Duke Blue Devils again! Duke is like herpes, You just can't get rid of them! And though the Badgers fought tooth and nail, they ultimately lost to the very young, very talented Duke.
It was a disappointment to all of us Badger fans, We knew that this was our best shot we had never assembled such talent that played so well together as a team! When one person was down or injured, two others stepped up their game to compensate, all the while getting stronger and stronger as they pushed toward that ultimate finish.
But it just wasn't enough, No matter how hard they tried, it just wasn't enough, They found, in the end, that they were out of gas,
Still, it was a good ride, Nothing to be ashamed of, by any means, But the thought continues to haunt fans and players alike what could have beeen What, . . should have been, . . How could the story have ended And what of those dreams of final glory Where did they disappear to Yes theseason will always be remembered with fondness as something special.
But they didn't quite make it over the top,
We were almost there, So close. So incredibly close. But not.
This book, the final in sitelinkthe series, is a lot like that, .