I am not a big comics reader, but I had heard very good things about Matt Fraction's Hawkeye, and so I gave it a shot. This book is a collection of the first five issues of Fraction's Hawkeye run, as well as a Young Avengers issue that focuses on Kate Bishop, who also appears in four of the Hawkeye issues included.
I enjoyed this collection! One of the things I found really interesting was comparing the art; the first three issues were drawn by David Aja, and the fourth and five issues were drawn by Javier Pulido. It definitely informed how I saw the characters and their world, and made me think more about the interplay between the story and the art in comics. I'm currently in the middle of reading a very dense (but good) novel, and reading this was a lovely break from it, bite-sized complete narratives that connected to each other and are clearly building something larger. I don't know if I'm going to read more of this run, but I'm glad I read this volume of it, at least.
Grade: B
I enjoyed this collection! One of the things I found really interesting was comparing the art; the first three issues were drawn by David Aja, and the fourth and five issues were drawn by Javier Pulido. It definitely informed how I saw the characters and their world, and made me think more about the interplay between the story and the art in comics. I'm currently in the middle of reading a very dense (but good) novel, and reading this was a lovely break from it, bite-sized complete narratives that connected to each other and are clearly building something larger. I don't know if I'm going to read more of this run, but I'm glad I read this volume of it, at least.
Grade: B
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