A Small Killing

Rating:
Summary: Painfully adult
Review: Nobody wears tights, and the most important things happen when you're not looking, but this delivers what 'Big Numbers' only promised. Brilliant.

Rating:
Summary: Painfully adult
Review: Nobody wears tights, and the most important things happen when you're not looking, but this delivers what 'Big Numbers' only promised. Brilliant.

Rating:
Summary: Don't expect much
Review: This really seems more like something Alan Moore did when he had to work at being deep, like in high school. It has none of the layered complexity of anything else I've ever read by him, and whatever simple surprises there are in the story are easily figured out beforehand. Not much of anything happens in A Small Killing, and even by the late 80s (when the book was originally released) characters being stalked by demonic children was pretty stale.

So I guess consider avoiding anything Alan Moore describes as "deeply personal". He's way more interesting dealing with superheroes and society at large. I'd have given it a rating of 1 if the art weren't kind of cool.

Rating:
Summary: Don't expect much
Review: This really seems more like something Alan Moore did when he had to work at being deep, like in high school. It has none of the layered complexity of anything else I've ever read by him, and whatever simple surprises there are in the story are easily figured out beforehand. Not much of anything happens in A Small Killing, and even by the late 80s (when the book was originally released) characters being stalked by demonic children was pretty stale.

So I guess consider avoiding anything Alan Moore describes as "deeply personal". He's way more interesting dealing with superheroes and society at large. I'd have given it a rating of 1 if the art weren't kind of cool.

Rating:
Summary: Not bad, but not worth the money
Review: This short tale might be of interest to a 13 year old who has little exposure and knowledge of adult sexual issues such as abortion, and is moving from fantasy comics to more adult themed stories, but is kind of dull for the mature reader. The idea behind this book seems like a good idea, but with the cliche comic formula involving flashbacks and the theme of rebirth, etc, it hardly seems worth putting it all together for publication. It's not exactly provocative or an entertaining read. It's not badly done, just not very interesting, but passes the time I suppose.

A weak Outer Limits or Twilight Zone-like story at best.