Book Review: Genesis

Book: Genesis by Nathan Edmondson with illustrations by Alison Sampson

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Description:

GENESIS, a new graphic novella from Image Comics by Nathan Edmondson (WHO IS JAKE ELLIS, The Punisher, Black Widow) and new comic book artist Alison Sampson (OUTLAW TERRITORY), pairs sweeping visuals with poignant writing in a story that cannot be missed.

GENESIS is a trippy journey of creation and destruction as one man finds himself with the ability to manifest anything by thinking it-only to learn that with seemingly unlimited power comes unstoppable terror.


Rating: 3 stars

Review:

This was a weird story but it wasn't bad. The problem was the story just wasn't long enough. I like that this was different but if the story had been longer I think it would have been even better.

The story is about guy who somehow found himself with powers after nearly dying. With these powers he could do anything but the underling question is should he. This reminded me of a scene from Jurassic Park and in the scene Jeff Goldblum's character Ian Malcolm was telling John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) this: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should." That's exactly how I felt as the story went on. He wanted to make the world a better place but should he.

Genesis could have benefited from a few more pages but the story is there. I guess I just wanted more pages to really explore the story. It delves into psychology and little philosophy which makes this a different type of comic.