Pacific Rim Aftermath

I own some other Pacific Rim comics/graphic novels to include Tales From Year Zero and Tales From the Drift. This product may be bigger and more extensive but it feels weaker than the others in story telling and quality in more ways than one.The biggest problem, THE PAGES WERE INSTALLED UPSIDE DOWN AND BACKWARDS! I have to flip this baby over just to read it.....like how does something like that make it past quality control at the production facility? Really guys?Getting that out of the way, the story is kind of messy. It's nice to see Hannibal Chow again and the addition of rogue Jaeger/Kaiju tech in the underworld is an expected advancement of the extended universe. Other than that though, the story jumps around a lot and the motivation/development of the characters is kind of wonky.The artwork is hard to follow too. I'm not sure how that's possible in a still artistic representation on a piece of paper but they accomplished it. Many, many panels and pages are absolutely chock full of really busy close up shots that make it difficult to distinguish what's going on as well as making it difficult to appreciate shots of you know...giant monsters and giant mechs to combat them. The full on sets that could be filled with awesome shots of giant battles between the 2 are few and far between.So the story is meh, the artwork is meh, and the paper was reverse installed into the spine of the book. It goes onto my nerd shelf along with all my other favorite products but it doesn't really deserve to be there. Too bad too, the Pacific Rim Universe deserves better. If this had been my first extended Universe purchase it would likely have been my last. If it weren't for the fact that I'm attempting a comprehensive collection of collectibles and reading materials for Pacific Rim this would for sure be a return product.

Good scenes. Very interesting.

This story picks up nine years after the conclusion of the first Pacific Rim movie, which naturally ended with the triumph of humanity over the Kaiju, gigantic monsters invading from another dimension. We used giant robots called "Jaegers" to defeat the bad guys. Now the Kaiju are unhappy memories and people try to get back to a normal life. Former Jaeger pilot Griffin now works for the Mech Czar, a Russian crime lord in Santa Monica, California. The Mech Czar wants to take over territory from the Italians and has developed some mini-Jaegers to fight on her side. The only problem is Hannibal Chau. As a Kaiju profiteer, Chau has fallen on hard times now that he can't sell leftover Kaiju body parts and fluids as snake oil cures. Chau has a new scheme to get back into the old business--growing his own Kaiju. It's not long before Chau's storyline and Griffin's come crashing together.While the premise is sort of interesting, it loses a lot of the charm of the original movie. The extra-epic scale of the monsters and the heroes' machines made Pacific Rim a lot of fun. This story is meant to be grittier but it just isn't compelling. It's also meant as a lead-in to the sequel, which I did not see. This book has not inspired me to watch the second movie, though I would like to go back and re-experience the fun of the first film.Not recommended.

Ambientato tra Pacific Rim 1 e Pacific Rim 2.Appartiene alla classica latteratura a fumetti americana: l'uomo che combatte contro sè stesso e i propri fantasmi.Disegni, narrazione, lettering: è tutto buono.Come fumetto, non è eccezionale.Ma poichè l'universo di Pacific Rim è appena agli inizi, e c'è poco pochissimo di realizzato, questo titolo di accaparra le mie lodi proprio perchè arricchisce questa franchise..E' un fumetto adatto a chi ama Pacific Rim.MEno adatto per i veri intenditori di fumetti