Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons’ Martha Washington stories were written over a period of two decades, and it shows. The ambitious science-fiction history of a young black freedom fighter born in a Chicago slum who grew up to become a liberating figure of galactic importance starts out as tight and edgy as the best of Miller’s ’80s work, but by the end, it falls victim to its own overreaching and Miller’s lack of focus. Likewise, Gibbons’ art can be a sticking point: His fans will find this to be some of his most daring work, but his detractors will find the same things to criticize here as they did in Watchmen. Still, the stories in toto are an important part of the history of two key figures in contemporary comics, and if you’re going to own them, The Life And Times Of Martha Washington In The Twenty-First Century TPB (Dark Horse) is the format to go with. It’s a 600-page full-color softcover edition that not only collects every single Martha Washington story up to and including the Martha Washington Dies one-shot that wrapped up the epic, but does so in the most affordable way they’ve yet been released. The devoted and the curious should move on this one now...
meni je bila martha super ali sam je čitao kad je izašla i onda nikad više tako da ne znam kakvo bi sada mišljenje imao. ali da se sječam da sam se zabavio čitanjem mora da je dobar. miller je tada još bio dobar a gibbons je gibbons. svakako je za pročitat. a tak za tu cijenu. sada ima i mene da kupim a več imam doma stare trejdove. :)
Puno htio, puno započeo ... Dobre su mi kratke priče "Happy Birthday, Martha Washington" i, začudo, "Martha Washington Dies", dok ostalo nije na tom nivou. Gibbons je crtački ovdje možda najbolji što sam vidio.