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Daredevil (1998) (Collected Editions)
Daredevil, Vol. 8: Echo: Vision Quest
Maya Lopez a.k.a. Echo a deaf young woman capable of assimilating an individual s fighting style by sight and who nearly took down Daredevil makes her return. Her entire life was once defined by her belief that DAREDEVIL killed her father and that the KINGPIN could help her achieve justice. Now, with her perceptions completely altered, can she make sense of the world? Echo embarks on a Native American vision quest to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Collects DAREDEVIL #51-55
120 pages, Paperback
First published March 31, 2004
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David W. Mack
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David W. Mack is a comic book artist and writer, best known for his creation Kabuki and his work on the Marvel Comics titles Daredevil and Alias
The author of the Star Trek Novels is David Mack
David W. Mack is a comic book artist and writer, best known for his creation Kabuki and his work on the Marvel Comics titles Daredevil and Alias
The author of the Star Trek Novels is David Mack
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July 5, 2021
Sandwiched in between the Bendis-Maleev run between Daredevil, Vol. 7: Hardcore and Daredevil, Vol. 9: King of Hell's Kitchen is the anomaly that is David Mack's Echo, with hardly a sight of Daredevil, it's a Maya Lopez five-parter exquisitely drawn and lettered, origin, life story and next steps. The beautiful artwork...
...and deep references and issues raised around Native Americans and disabilities (Echo is a Native American and deaf), don't detract, for the big question.. why? Smack bang in an amazing Daredevil run? It's likely that they needed some filler, and to be honest it's pretty good looking (artwork) filler! 7 out of 12 for effort.
...and deep references and issues raised around Native Americans and disabilities (Echo is a Native American and deaf), don't detract, for the big question.. why? Smack bang in an amazing Daredevil run? It's likely that they needed some filler, and to be honest it's pretty good looking (artwork) filler! 7 out of 12 for effort.
October 23, 2016
Muazzam.
Buna bir çizgi roman diyemiyorum; bu bambaşka bir şey.
Echo diye anılan Maya Lopez sağır bir kız. Kendisi yarı Kızılderili olmakla birlikte Daredevil'ın eski sevgilisi ve Echo diye anılmasına neden olan eşsiz bir yeteneği var: O bir kere gördüğü her şeyi aynen taklit edebiliyor.
Fakat bu bir kahraman macerası değil. Bu, daha önce hiç görmediğim bir tarzla ortaya konmuş bir sanat eseri. Adeta Jungcu bir eser, çünkü bu bir kendini bulma eseri. Arayışın, hikayeler aracılığıyla kendini buluşun, yeniden doğuşun temsili. Dahası, hem yazar hem de çizer olan David W. Mack öyle bir çizim ve grafik uygulama yapmış ki aklım durdu. Kimi zaman sayfayı ters çevirmek gerekiyor. Hiçbir sayfayı iyice incelemeden geçemiyorsunuz. Çünkü konuşma baloncuğu diye bir şey yok ve bu çok mantıklı. Sayfaların her yerinde, bazen silik, bazen ters, bazense çapraz biçimde yazılmış sayısız söz öbeği var. Maya'nın sağırlığı onun imgelem gücüyle birleşince ortaya bu harika ve eşsiz tasarım çıkmış.
Bu çizgi roman bir psikanaliz. Böyle bir şeyi Jung'da falan okumayı beklerdim. Çok beğendim ve David Mack'e inanılmaz saygı duydum.
Arkbahçe Yayıncılık da harika bir iş koymuş ortaya. Emeği geçen herkesin ellerine sağlık.
Buna bir çizgi roman diyemiyorum; bu bambaşka bir şey.
Echo diye anılan Maya Lopez sağır bir kız. Kendisi yarı Kızılderili olmakla birlikte Daredevil'ın eski sevgilisi ve Echo diye anılmasına neden olan eşsiz bir yeteneği var: O bir kere gördüğü her şeyi aynen taklit edebiliyor.
Fakat bu bir kahraman macerası değil. Bu, daha önce hiç görmediğim bir tarzla ortaya konmuş bir sanat eseri. Adeta Jungcu bir eser, çünkü bu bir kendini bulma eseri. Arayışın, hikayeler aracılığıyla kendini buluşun, yeniden doğuşun temsili. Dahası, hem yazar hem de çizer olan David W. Mack öyle bir çizim ve grafik uygulama yapmış ki aklım durdu. Kimi zaman sayfayı ters çevirmek gerekiyor. Hiçbir sayfayı iyice incelemeden geçemiyorsunuz. Çünkü konuşma baloncuğu diye bir şey yok ve bu çok mantıklı. Sayfaların her yerinde, bazen silik, bazen ters, bazense çapraz biçimde yazılmış sayısız söz öbeği var. Maya'nın sağırlığı onun imgelem gücüyle birleşince ortaya bu harika ve eşsiz tasarım çıkmış.
Bu çizgi roman bir psikanaliz. Böyle bir şeyi Jung'da falan okumayı beklerdim. Çok beğendim ve David Mack'e inanılmaz saygı duydum.
Arkbahçe Yayıncılık da harika bir iş koymuş ortaya. Emeği geçen herkesin ellerine sağlık.
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October 30, 2016Daredevil #5 – İmgelem, her ne kadar 5. cilt olsa da tek başına rahatlıkla okunacak ve bence mutlaka okunması gereken bir çizgi roman. Hatta size bir şey diyeyim mi, bu tek başına bir çizgi roman değil. Bu bir psikanaliz. O, daha önce görmediğiniz bir görsel tasarı ve düşünsel yolculuk harikası.
Bu cildin hem ülkemizde, hem de dünyada (evet, dünyada da ) kıyıda köşede kalmasının aslında pek de popüler olmayan bir karakteri başkarakter olarak alması: Yani Echo’yu. Kör Daredevil’ın sağır (eski) kız arkadaşı olan, yarı Amerikalı yarı Kızılderili, dahi bir kadından bahsediyoruz.
Echo’nun sağır dünyasında çocukluğundan yetişkinliğine ve Echo kimliğine bürünüşüne kadar olan yolculuğunda bize her şeyi aktarışı imgelerle sağlanıyor. Ne kadar mantıklı, değil mi? Ama daha bitmedi. Hâl böyle olunca, sağır bir insanın kusurlu güzelliğini kusursuzluğu ve sıra dışılığıyla baş başa kalıyoruz.
İmgelem, bize doğrusal bir okuma vermiyor. Daredevil ve Wolverine’in (evet!) sahneye girdiği o kısıtlı anları saymazsak, çizgi roman konuşma baloncuğu bile içermiyor. Çünkü Echo, ya da gerçek adıyla Maya Lopez, bize öyküsünü sayfanın her yerine yerleştirdiği kelimeler ve simgelerle anlatıyor. O nedenle sayfanın kıyısından köşesine kadar, hatta cildi tutup ters çevirmen suretiyle bile, inceleyerek okumamız ve bir sayfada normalden daha fazla dikkat ve zaman harcamamız gerekemekte.
Kızılderili babasının, onları terk eden annesinin ve Marvel evreninin en meşhur kötülerinden Bay Fisk’in gölgesinde gelişen bir kahraman o. İmgelerle dolu dünyasında bize hayat hikâyesini anlatışı ve kendini bulma yolculuğuysa tam olarak bir Jungcu düşünce örneği. Buna başka bir şey denemez.
Ama cildin özel bir yanı daha var. Sonuçta, Maya Lopez’in ve bu cildin köklerinde Kızılderili kültürü yatıyor. Kızılderililer dendiğinde de onların hayata dair olan tutum ve başarılıyla aldıkları adları ve elbette doğyla bütünleşerek kendilerini bulma yolculukları akla gelir. İşte tam bu noktada, İmgelem adındaki bu Kızılderili yolculuğunda ilginç biçimde rehberimiz bir başka kayıp olacak. Kim mi? Wolverine. İçindeki hayvan ve insanın durmadan çatıştığı, geçmişinde parçası olduğu deneylerin yarattığı canavarla ne yapacağını düşünüp duran o efsanevi karakter.
Wolverine, bu hikâyede kısa ama asla (ASLA!) unutulmayacak bir biçimde boy gösterdiğinde, bize anlatacağı hikâye hem Maya’nın yolculuğunun hem de bizim kendimizi arayışımdaki yolculuğun sonu olacak. Çünkü birkaç paragraf önce dediğim gibi, yazar ve çizer David Mack’in Jungcu yaklaşımına ancak bu kadar uyabilecek bir öyküyle yolculuğun sonuna geleceğiz.
İddia ediyorum, o öykü sizin de içinizdeki pek çok şeyi değiştirecek.
Arkanıza yaslanın, kendinizle baş başa kalın, bu cildi elinize alın ve Maya Lopez’in seslerden uzak dünyasında imgelerle bezeli dünyasında yolculuğa çıkın. Sonucuna değecek. Sonucuna aklınızdan uzun yıllar çıkmayacak biçimde değecek hem de.
- Hazal ÇAMUR
İncelemenin tamamı için: http://kayiprihtim.com/inceleme/dared...
Bu cildin hem ülkemizde, hem de dünyada (evet, dünyada da ) kıyıda köşede kalmasının aslında pek de popüler olmayan bir karakteri başkarakter olarak alması: Yani Echo’yu. Kör Daredevil’ın sağır (eski) kız arkadaşı olan, yarı Amerikalı yarı Kızılderili, dahi bir kadından bahsediyoruz.
Echo’nun sağır dünyasında çocukluğundan yetişkinliğine ve Echo kimliğine bürünüşüne kadar olan yolculuğunda bize her şeyi aktarışı imgelerle sağlanıyor. Ne kadar mantıklı, değil mi? Ama daha bitmedi. Hâl böyle olunca, sağır bir insanın kusurlu güzelliğini kusursuzluğu ve sıra dışılığıyla baş başa kalıyoruz.
İmgelem, bize doğrusal bir okuma vermiyor. Daredevil ve Wolverine’in (evet!) sahneye girdiği o kısıtlı anları saymazsak, çizgi roman konuşma baloncuğu bile içermiyor. Çünkü Echo, ya da gerçek adıyla Maya Lopez, bize öyküsünü sayfanın her yerine yerleştirdiği kelimeler ve simgelerle anlatıyor. O nedenle sayfanın kıyısından köşesine kadar, hatta cildi tutup ters çevirmen suretiyle bile, inceleyerek okumamız ve bir sayfada normalden daha fazla dikkat ve zaman harcamamız gerekemekte.
Kızılderili babasının, onları terk eden annesinin ve Marvel evreninin en meşhur kötülerinden Bay Fisk’in gölgesinde gelişen bir kahraman o. İmgelerle dolu dünyasında bize hayat hikâyesini anlatışı ve kendini bulma yolculuğuysa tam olarak bir Jungcu düşünce örneği. Buna başka bir şey denemez.
Ama cildin özel bir yanı daha var. Sonuçta, Maya Lopez’in ve bu cildin köklerinde Kızılderili kültürü yatıyor. Kızılderililer dendiğinde de onların hayata dair olan tutum ve başarılıyla aldıkları adları ve elbette doğyla bütünleşerek kendilerini bulma yolculukları akla gelir. İşte tam bu noktada, İmgelem adındaki bu Kızılderili yolculuğunda ilginç biçimde rehberimiz bir başka kayıp olacak. Kim mi? Wolverine. İçindeki hayvan ve insanın durmadan çatıştığı, geçmişinde parçası olduğu deneylerin yarattığı canavarla ne yapacağını düşünüp duran o efsanevi karakter.
Wolverine, bu hikâyede kısa ama asla (ASLA!) unutulmayacak bir biçimde boy gösterdiğinde, bize anlatacağı hikâye hem Maya’nın yolculuğunun hem de bizim kendimizi arayışımdaki yolculuğun sonu olacak. Çünkü birkaç paragraf önce dediğim gibi, yazar ve çizer David Mack’in Jungcu yaklaşımına ancak bu kadar uyabilecek bir öyküyle yolculuğun sonuna geleceğiz.
İddia ediyorum, o öykü sizin de içinizdeki pek çok şeyi değiştirecek.
Arkanıza yaslanın, kendinizle baş başa kalın, bu cildi elinize alın ve Maya Lopez’in seslerden uzak dünyasında imgelerle bezeli dünyasında yolculuğa çıkın. Sonucuna değecek. Sonucuna aklınızdan uzun yıllar çıkmayacak biçimde değecek hem de.
- Hazal ÇAMUR
İncelemenin tamamı için: http://kayiprihtim.com/inceleme/dared...
December 16, 2014
In a story break from DD's intense personal problems, the deaf mimic Echo (first seen in Mack's Parts of a Hole) returns to see about rekindling things with Matt, who tells her he's now involved with Milla. Confused and aimless, Echo returns to the reservation of her father, setting out on a vision quest to find her place in the world. Wolverine guest stars as Echo's spirit animal who also struggles with his inner nature.
Mack's continued character study of Echo (aka Maya Lopez) is extremely personal and moving, helped quite a bit by Mack's creative use of images, objects, and art styles to create a vivid expression of an extraordinary woman. The one- and two-star ratings for this I see at the top of the heap are blowing my mind. I guess having certain expectations out of a story can really override quality and uniqueness for some reviewers. True, DD is barely in this volume. True, there's a lot of exposition of Echo's life and very little action. But as with Mack's previous writing and art, he is amazing at evoking reality through his non-traditional style, and his storytelling is great. If you want a portrait of one of DD's most interesting guest characters, this is the volume.
Mack's continued character study of Echo (aka Maya Lopez) is extremely personal and moving, helped quite a bit by Mack's creative use of images, objects, and art styles to create a vivid expression of an extraordinary woman. The one- and two-star ratings for this I see at the top of the heap are blowing my mind. I guess having certain expectations out of a story can really override quality and uniqueness for some reviewers. True, DD is barely in this volume. True, there's a lot of exposition of Echo's life and very little action. But as with Mack's previous writing and art, he is amazing at evoking reality through his non-traditional style, and his storytelling is great. If you want a portrait of one of DD's most interesting guest characters, this is the volume.
July 4, 2021
this is one of the best comics I have ever read
November 1, 2023
The part of you that thrives is the part that you feed the most.
A story of self-disovery, adorned by magnificent artwork that makes each page come alive.
A story of self-disovery, adorned by magnificent artwork that makes each page come alive.
June 21, 2022
3,5 stars
David Mack art is incredible as always
David Mack art is incredible as always
March 8, 2014
How can I not love a book that pushes aside superhero theatrics and focuses on the subtler work of defining the self. I love all of David Mack's work, but Vision Quest will always be the story that hooked me into his collage and painter aesthetic. Echo's statement that she exists between sound and silence resonated strongly with me, and Mack's artwork makes me feel my experience as a hard of hearing woman is more than worth examining, it's beautiful, even preferred.
September 7, 2022
This is so wild how this is sandwiched in between Bendis killer run. There is pretty much no Daredevil in here: this is all about Echo. I didn't really have a problem with this because I loved Echo from the last time I saw her but it just feels so random and very filler to interrupt this broadcast and give Echo the mic.
This volume is BEAUTIFUL though, holy shit. The story is okay but it is the art that truly makes it. The page layouts, the watercolor, the different styles and collages. There was so much going on with it but it was gorgeous for real. It didn't seem like there was much story though. Echo gets into her native american roots and goes on a vision quest. It doesn't have anything to do with the Daredevil run and I don't know what the point of the whole thing was in the first place. I doubt any of this will make an impact to Daredevil's story so... why was this just not its own run lol what was the point.
Sometimes the art was so scattered it was hard to follow the story and at one point I had to turn my tablet upsidedown to read but it was an experience. I'm just going damn that is some good art, thanks for the filler side quest.
This volume is BEAUTIFUL though, holy shit. The story is okay but it is the art that truly makes it. The page layouts, the watercolor, the different styles and collages. There was so much going on with it but it was gorgeous for real. It didn't seem like there was much story though. Echo gets into her native american roots and goes on a vision quest. It doesn't have anything to do with the Daredevil run and I don't know what the point of the whole thing was in the first place. I doubt any of this will make an impact to Daredevil's story so... why was this just not its own run lol what was the point.
Sometimes the art was so scattered it was hard to follow the story and at one point I had to turn my tablet upsidedown to read but it was an experience. I'm just going damn that is some good art, thanks for the filler side quest.
August 15, 2023
To jest tak wybitnie rozrysowane, że nie mogę inaczej ocenić
October 3, 2018
I read this volume in one silent, breathless sitting. And although it's only five issues, this book has planted itself into my heart as one of my favorite comic series I've ever gotten to read.
Daredevil comics are always fantastic, I've found. He's never been one of my favorite characters, but he always gets amazing writing and storylines. I had been on a Daredevil kick when I started reading this, working my way through some of his earlier storylines from this millennia. They were all interesting and good enough, but they all felt like I was reading the same story. Despite a rotating cast of villains and girlfriends, nothing ever changed. The art was beautiful but repetitive. I enjoyed reading them, but they didn't blow me away.
The second I opened up Daredevil #51 my jaw dropped. Visually, this comic series is hands down the best I've ever seen. As opposed to classic comic book art and imagery, this story was told through paintings. From watercolor to acrylic to children's drawings, there was nothing consistent about the art in these issues, and I loved it. It made a stunning collage of many different mediums that I had never seen in a comic book. Frankly, I doubt I'll ever see anything like it again.
Maya, or Echo, was born deaf. She doesn't think in sounds, nor does she hear any part of the world around her. Despite this, she learned to understand what people were saying not through their words, but through their actions. She sees music as color and movement as a symphony. Because of this, Mack doesn't tell this story through words. He tells it through art and sign language and facial expressions. There are words, yes, but the dominant characteristic of this comic is visual storytelling. The words carry the story along, but they don't tell it.
The story itself was fantastic, too. I know that many people were angry that this was a story about Echo, and not Daredevil, but I thought it was a much-needed break from the Daredevil storyline, and one that helped us understand a character in a way that was never shown before.
The only other comic book about a deaf character that I've read is Hawkeye. It was amazing, hands down one of my favorite Marvel comics. But that being said, his deafness is largely forgotten outside of standalone comics, and he tends to get by with a convenient plot device: Tony Stark's super amazing 100% effective hearing aids. Now don't get me wrong, Clint is an important character who acts as major deaf representation. But Echo was the first character who's been a main (or major supporting) character who was fully deaf that I've read before. And what was really amazing was that she was a character with so many different dimensions. She wasn't just deaf - she was Native-American, she was an artist, she was a storyteller. Echo has one of the strongest senses of identity, both cultural and spiritual, that I've ever seen in comics, and it's so interesting to read about.
All in all, I can see why some people wouldn't like this storyline. For hardcore Daredevil fans, she's kind of just a distraction from the overall plot. But personally, I adored this. Echo is an important Native-American and deaf representation and her character is interesting and multi-dimensional. This is probably the most unique comic book I've ever read, and I would literally recommend this to anyone.
10/10, David Mack. Amazing job.
Daredevil comics are always fantastic, I've found. He's never been one of my favorite characters, but he always gets amazing writing and storylines. I had been on a Daredevil kick when I started reading this, working my way through some of his earlier storylines from this millennia. They were all interesting and good enough, but they all felt like I was reading the same story. Despite a rotating cast of villains and girlfriends, nothing ever changed. The art was beautiful but repetitive. I enjoyed reading them, but they didn't blow me away.
The second I opened up Daredevil #51 my jaw dropped. Visually, this comic series is hands down the best I've ever seen. As opposed to classic comic book art and imagery, this story was told through paintings. From watercolor to acrylic to children's drawings, there was nothing consistent about the art in these issues, and I loved it. It made a stunning collage of many different mediums that I had never seen in a comic book. Frankly, I doubt I'll ever see anything like it again.
Maya, or Echo, was born deaf. She doesn't think in sounds, nor does she hear any part of the world around her. Despite this, she learned to understand what people were saying not through their words, but through their actions. She sees music as color and movement as a symphony. Because of this, Mack doesn't tell this story through words. He tells it through art and sign language and facial expressions. There are words, yes, but the dominant characteristic of this comic is visual storytelling. The words carry the story along, but they don't tell it.
The story itself was fantastic, too. I know that many people were angry that this was a story about Echo, and not Daredevil, but I thought it was a much-needed break from the Daredevil storyline, and one that helped us understand a character in a way that was never shown before.
The only other comic book about a deaf character that I've read is Hawkeye. It was amazing, hands down one of my favorite Marvel comics. But that being said, his deafness is largely forgotten outside of standalone comics, and he tends to get by with a convenient plot device: Tony Stark's super amazing 100% effective hearing aids. Now don't get me wrong, Clint is an important character who acts as major deaf representation. But Echo was the first character who's been a main (or major supporting) character who was fully deaf that I've read before. And what was really amazing was that she was a character with so many different dimensions. She wasn't just deaf - she was Native-American, she was an artist, she was a storyteller. Echo has one of the strongest senses of identity, both cultural and spiritual, that I've ever seen in comics, and it's so interesting to read about.
All in all, I can see why some people wouldn't like this storyline. For hardcore Daredevil fans, she's kind of just a distraction from the overall plot. But personally, I adored this. Echo is an important Native-American and deaf representation and her character is interesting and multi-dimensional. This is probably the most unique comic book I've ever read, and I would literally recommend this to anyone.
10/10, David Mack. Amazing job.
September 14, 2013
I've been away from the Marvel soap opera universe for a very long time. This book in no way gave me the need to feel as if I had been missing out on anything.
First of all, this is NOT a Daredevil book, Daredevil makes a brief appearance in the story... ehll Wolverine makes an even bigger brief appearance, and I wouldn`t qualify this as a Wolverine* book either.
*then again, doesn't Wolverine pretty much make appearances in EVERY Marvel book? Sure as hell looks that way from the stories I been reading lately.
I have no idea who or what this Maya Lopez/Echo character is... first impression was that she was a Native American Elektra wanna-be. I didn`t really get to care for her story, pretty much run-of-the mill Marvel-Maybe-Mutant with a tragic past (which we`d never really heard of before), bad girl-villain goes good somewhere along the line and becomes just another super-freak.
The art looks like a Sienkiewicz wanna-be artist with a bit of cubism, interpresionnistic, native-american influences that just fails to deliver... sometimes, trying too much is worst than having too little. The text is also written in such a way that it makes it hard to follow the main story... I do get that this was done on purpose, but m'eh.
This book was given to me by fellow Goodreads reader Martin - Thanks Martin.
First of all, this is NOT a Daredevil book, Daredevil makes a brief appearance in the story... ehll Wolverine makes an even bigger brief appearance, and I wouldn`t qualify this as a Wolverine* book either.
*then again, doesn't Wolverine pretty much make appearances in EVERY Marvel book? Sure as hell looks that way from the stories I been reading lately.
I have no idea who or what this Maya Lopez/Echo character is... first impression was that she was a Native American Elektra wanna-be. I didn`t really get to care for her story, pretty much run-of-the mill Marvel-Maybe-Mutant with a tragic past (which we`d never really heard of before), bad girl-villain goes good somewhere along the line and becomes just another super-freak.
The art looks like a Sienkiewicz wanna-be artist with a bit of cubism, interpresionnistic, native-american influences that just fails to deliver... sometimes, trying too much is worst than having too little. The text is also written in such a way that it makes it hard to follow the main story... I do get that this was done on purpose, but m'eh.
This book was given to me by fellow Goodreads reader Martin - Thanks Martin.
June 4, 2022
Beautiful and eloquent, Vision quest is an inspiring story that full of empathy and wisdom. It’s well researched and told respectfully. This inspiring side step into Echo’s life will inspire anyone who reads it. The painted art is breathtaking.
March 26, 2017
Story-wise?
Not so good.
Art-wise?
VERY, VERY GOOD.
If my rating was based on the story, I'd give this a 2.5. But because of the art, the rating is now a big, fat 4.
The story telling is also quite interesting, and is best compared to Bendis' first take on DD. (You know, that really short arc a little before that... terrible, terrible arc?)
So, this is basically a filler arc, probably written so that Bendis could take a break from his spectacular run.
It's about Echo (deaf girl, Daredevil's ex-girlfriend), who comes back to Hell's Kitchen, then, ummm... Not sure if the Vision Quest took place before or after she returned? Anyway, she embarks on one of those.
As I said, these story isn't anything wow, but the way its told is quite different... though, annoying at times. Especially since I read it on a laptop, and had to turn the thing upside down at times...
Oh, and, one of Marvel's most famous heroes makes an abrupt appearance. (Pssst, here's a very obvious hint--->
Not so good.
Art-wise?
VERY, VERY GOOD.
If my rating was based on the story, I'd give this a 2.5. But because of the art, the rating is now a big, fat 4.
The story telling is also quite interesting, and is best compared to Bendis' first take on DD. (You know, that really short arc a little before that... terrible, terrible arc?)
So, this is basically a filler arc, probably written so that Bendis could take a break from his spectacular run.
It's about Echo (deaf girl, Daredevil's ex-girlfriend), who comes back to Hell's Kitchen, then, ummm... Not sure if the Vision Quest took place before or after she returned? Anyway, she embarks on one of those.
As I said, these story isn't anything wow, but the way its told is quite different... though, annoying at times. Especially since I read it on a laptop, and had to turn the thing upside down at times...
Oh, and, one of Marvel's most famous heroes makes an abrupt appearance. (Pssst, here's a very obvious hint--->
October 11, 2022
Probably one of the most beautifully drawn comics I've ever read. A little repetitive but I didn't mind too much because of the incredible illustrations. A very unique comic book style which seemed like an organized mess. It really feels like you're inside the mind of Maya Lopez. Totally made me want to read more about Echo.
May 27, 2017
It took me years to get my sister to read this comic, even though I knew she'd love it, even though it was one of my favorites. I talked it up, I tried to tell her that it illustrated everything that she'd told me about being Deaf, does it accurately and beautifully.. She doesn't love the medium of comics, so it took some convincing, but she was shocked when she finally picked it up. She saw exactly what I was trying, inadequately, to tell her.
There are two levels on which this works, and the first, in my opinion, typifies the kinds of characters the Daredevil title has always been drawn to, or vice versa. At the climax of this story about soul searching, Echo, aka Maya Lopez, Wilson Fisk's sort of adopted daughter, goes on the titular vision quest. She runs into Logan after four days of fasting and mediating.
Logan tells her a story about a man who feels as if he has two dogs inside of him fighting, one is trust and love and good instincts, the other is fear and anger, the dredges of our human instincts. When asked which dog wins, the man answers, the one I feed the most. It has a special significance to Maya, but to the larger Daredevil universe, it can be applied to almost every character who comes in and out of Matt's life, as well as Matt himself. As she considers this, the duality of nature and the struggle between it, she thinks also of superheroes, and how she patterned herself after them, wanted to be them, and tellingly, the two shown in that panel are Frank Castle and Elektra, two who have allowed death, hatred and negativity rule them. Matt is, naturally, the other side of this, and though Maya teeters between the two, by the end of the comic, she has her answers.
The artwork is astounding, and I've seen it called experimental in format, which betrays a misunderstanding, a basic misunderstanding, about disability. What people want is disability seen from the perspective of an ablebodied person, streamlined and formatted for them. But the art in these issues matches the text and illustrates perfectly Maya's thoughts and the way she sees the world. In Mack's artwork, colors do make a sound, the visuals speak for themselves.
It's interesting to note that Mack at the time often used as subject matter disability or neurodivergence, and the comic as a whole at the time was more interested in exploring disability, not just Matt's.
A quietly touching story told with absolute originality.
There are two levels on which this works, and the first, in my opinion, typifies the kinds of characters the Daredevil title has always been drawn to, or vice versa. At the climax of this story about soul searching, Echo, aka Maya Lopez, Wilson Fisk's sort of adopted daughter, goes on the titular vision quest. She runs into Logan after four days of fasting and mediating.
Logan tells her a story about a man who feels as if he has two dogs inside of him fighting, one is trust and love and good instincts, the other is fear and anger, the dredges of our human instincts. When asked which dog wins, the man answers, the one I feed the most. It has a special significance to Maya, but to the larger Daredevil universe, it can be applied to almost every character who comes in and out of Matt's life, as well as Matt himself. As she considers this, the duality of nature and the struggle between it, she thinks also of superheroes, and how she patterned herself after them, wanted to be them, and tellingly, the two shown in that panel are Frank Castle and Elektra, two who have allowed death, hatred and negativity rule them. Matt is, naturally, the other side of this, and though Maya teeters between the two, by the end of the comic, she has her answers.
The artwork is astounding, and I've seen it called experimental in format, which betrays a misunderstanding, a basic misunderstanding, about disability. What people want is disability seen from the perspective of an ablebodied person, streamlined and formatted for them. But the art in these issues matches the text and illustrates perfectly Maya's thoughts and the way she sees the world. In Mack's artwork, colors do make a sound, the visuals speak for themselves.
It's interesting to note that Mack at the time often used as subject matter disability or neurodivergence, and the comic as a whole at the time was more interested in exploring disability, not just Matt's.
A quietly touching story told with absolute originality.
May 18, 2012
See, here's the thing. Echo spans across five issues of Daredevil, Issues 51-55. Right in the middle of the Volume 2 run of the Man Without Fear, right after a brilliant set of arcs by Brian Michael Bendis. I've got an itch to get more into the life of Matt Murdock (especially after Bendis' previous story), and instead David Mack takes the helm and gives me something completely different.
Okay, not completely, as Mr. Mack also did a previous arc in the series, way back at the beginning of the run, right at the onset. Daredevil Vol.2: Parts of a Hole was a pretty sweet story, introducing the Reader to Maya Lopez, a deaf savant with the remarkable ability to mirror anything she sees. She falls in love with Matt in Parts of a Hole, but runs away by the conclusion. Now, fast forward forty issues and she's suddenly back. Why? Maybe DC owed Mack another run. Maybe the Readers demanded to know what happened to Maya. Whatever the case, this happened, and Echo/Vision Quest is the result.
Now it seems like I'm bashing on this story, but I'm not, not really. My main gripe is that it has hardly anything to do with Daredevil. Sure, he's in a few of the pages, but he's not really involved. Instead, we get a story about Maya Lopez and why she is who she is and how she's learning to deal with Matt's absence in her heart. Okay.
One thing I should mention is that Mack's art is amazing here. His unique style reminds me a lot of the old Sandman covers, a surreal blend of collage and watercolor and more. They really fit well with the story that Mack was telling, and it was fun flipping through the pages and chasing sentences.
Overall I'm not disappointed by David Mack's Echo story, but I do feel like it was a misstep in the Daredevil run. Perhaps I'm wrong. Maybe the next few issues will have something to do with Lopez, but right now, I'm thinking that the pacing just took a jarring swing in the wrong direction. So not a bad run, not at all, but just not what I was expecting, either.
Okay, not completely, as Mr. Mack also did a previous arc in the series, way back at the beginning of the run, right at the onset. Daredevil Vol.2: Parts of a Hole was a pretty sweet story, introducing the Reader to Maya Lopez, a deaf savant with the remarkable ability to mirror anything she sees. She falls in love with Matt in Parts of a Hole, but runs away by the conclusion. Now, fast forward forty issues and she's suddenly back. Why? Maybe DC owed Mack another run. Maybe the Readers demanded to know what happened to Maya. Whatever the case, this happened, and Echo/Vision Quest is the result.
Now it seems like I'm bashing on this story, but I'm not, not really. My main gripe is that it has hardly anything to do with Daredevil. Sure, he's in a few of the pages, but he's not really involved. Instead, we get a story about Maya Lopez and why she is who she is and how she's learning to deal with Matt's absence in her heart. Okay.
One thing I should mention is that Mack's art is amazing here. His unique style reminds me a lot of the old Sandman covers, a surreal blend of collage and watercolor and more. They really fit well with the story that Mack was telling, and it was fun flipping through the pages and chasing sentences.
Overall I'm not disappointed by David Mack's Echo story, but I do feel like it was a misstep in the Daredevil run. Perhaps I'm wrong. Maybe the next few issues will have something to do with Lopez, but right now, I'm thinking that the pacing just took a jarring swing in the wrong direction. So not a bad run, not at all, but just not what I was expecting, either.
February 16, 2008
Proves that comic books and graphic novels can be extremely literary! The author, David Mack, combines words, painting, and physical objects into a pastiche to create rich narrative. Echo, a young woman who is born deaf, initially raised as retarded, only to discover she is in fact a prodigy able to mimic anything she see attempts to reclaim her life by learning the significance her native american heritage has on her identity. When she first appeared in comics she was a hired assasin hired to kill Daredevil only to fall in love with him; upon this she comes to learn that those who have trained and hired her have manipulated her and her talents and she feels that this is the root cause of her failings in her relationships and loss of identity. Through the exploration of her people's narratives she comes to an understanding of her true place in the world.
Mack's writing alone is very gifted and fluid, but added with his art (a combination of painting and physical objects), the blend creates a very special reading experience. The art becomes the words and vice versa, which for the reader it becomes a game, and in the end, a quest in of itself, to decipher the story, one that engroesses the reader to pursue his/her own path.
Mack's writing alone is very gifted and fluid, but added with his art (a combination of painting and physical objects), the blend creates a very special reading experience. The art becomes the words and vice versa, which for the reader it becomes a game, and in the end, a quest in of itself, to decipher the story, one that engroesses the reader to pursue his/her own path.
April 11, 2009
When people ask me which is my favorite comic book/graphic novel, David Mack's Echo - Vision Quest, is my answer and has been since I found a beat up copy of one of the middle issues of this story run on the floor of the periodicals closet in the bookstore where I work. David Mack takes all the imagination and intricacy of McKean's collage work, and refines it so it appeals to both the left and right side of the brain. In his artwork you'll find that every line and brushstroke carries with it some significant part of the whole, and nothing is superflous. Beyond the artwork, it's just a beautiful story about finding justice, and finding yourself, and letting the past stay behind you. Read it and remember that the beast that you feed the most wins.
September 3, 2013
A very artsy book by David Mack, as usual, but in no way a "Daredevil" book. Not even one little bit. This is a Maya Lopez/Echo book with an appearance by Daredevil. The "Daredevil" label is intended to increase the book's exposure and generate more sales. To that end, Wolverine also shows up in the story (anyone surprised?).
The story itself has a "message" to it, and David Mack gets very creative in its delivery, but unless you're an "art fan", or a "Daredevil" completist, borrowing it from the library is your best bet, as a single read-through will be enough.
The story itself has a "message" to it, and David Mack gets very creative in its delivery, but unless you're an "art fan", or a "Daredevil" completist, borrowing it from the library is your best bet, as a single read-through will be enough.
July 18, 2016
I understand they were trying to do something new and artistic in this volume. But it didn't work for me I hated it.
July 20, 2021
Masterpiece
August 13, 2021
4.5
" Hikaye kelimelerde geçmiyor hareketlerde ve anılarda geçiyor. Şekillerde ve duygularda. Hikayem notaların seslerinde değil onların arasındaki sessizlikte geçiyor."
Echo isimli karakterin hikayesini tam olarak yukarıda kendi söylediği gibi anlatıyor David Mack. David Mackin bu tarzı bir karaktere bu kadar uyabilir ve hayat hikâyesiyle özdeşleşebilirdi. Kitabın içindeki her bir sayfa ayrı bir eser niteliğinde ve etkileyici "tablo" lara sahip. Tabiki içeriğin ve hikayenin neden bu şekilde sunulduğu aslında bunun bir otobiyografi ve karkaterin bir nebi psikanalizi olduğunu kitabı okudukça anlıyorsunuz.
Normalde insanların resim yapmaya yeni başladıktan kısa bir süre sonra yöneldiği absürt ve bir şeyleri kağıda yansıttıklarını söyleyen karman çorman işleri sevmem fakat bu kitap kesinlikle öyle değil. David Mack bahsettiğim bu şeye çizimde ulaştığı belirli bir ustalık ve seviyeden sonra girerek bu kitabı bir esere çevirmiş.
Kızılderili Kültürü hakkında yer yer bilmediğiniz güzel genel kültür bilgileri, kültürü yansıtan çizimler, hikayeler ve kişilerle kitap aynı zamanda Echo'nun ataları Kızılderilileri çok güzel işliyor ve anlatıyor.
"Kızılderili işaret diliyle sağır ve dilsizlerin kullandığı işaret dili arasındaki en büyük farklardan biri DÜŞÜNMEK kelimesinde ortaya çıkıyor. Kızılderili işaret dilini yaratanlar, düşünmenin ya da anlamanın kalple yapıldığını düşünmüşler ve işareti kalpten çizmişler. Sağır
ve dilsizler aynı anlamı vermek için sağ ellerinin işaret parmağını uzatıp alınlarına değdirirler."
Bu kişisel bir hikaye. Echo'nun kendini arama yolunda işittiği veya öğrendiği öğütler ve hikayeler sizinde hayatınızda bir şeyleri farketmenizi ve anlamlandırmanızı sağlayabilir veya hiçbir şey hissettirmeyedeblir sonuçta "Echo bir hikaye anlatıcısı ve hikayelerin kişiler üzerindeki tesiri bilinemez."
Bu kitabın Daredevil ismi ve serisi altından ziyade bağımsız bir orijin hikâyesi olarak çıkmasını isterdim. Her ne kadar Daredevilla bağlantısı olsa da çok bir ilgisi yok aslında. Eğer bunu bir Daredevil hikayesi olarak düşünüp almak istiyorsanız pişman olabilirsiniz. Ayrıca bazı yerlerdeki portre çizimleri çeşitlenidirlip daha çoğaltılabilirdi. Aynı yüz ifadesinin üst üste kullanılması bi tık rahatsız etti.
" Hikaye kelimelerde geçmiyor hareketlerde ve anılarda geçiyor. Şekillerde ve duygularda. Hikayem notaların seslerinde değil onların arasındaki sessizlikte geçiyor."
Echo isimli karakterin hikayesini tam olarak yukarıda kendi söylediği gibi anlatıyor David Mack. David Mackin bu tarzı bir karaktere bu kadar uyabilir ve hayat hikâyesiyle özdeşleşebilirdi. Kitabın içindeki her bir sayfa ayrı bir eser niteliğinde ve etkileyici "tablo" lara sahip. Tabiki içeriğin ve hikayenin neden bu şekilde sunulduğu aslında bunun bir otobiyografi ve karkaterin bir nebi psikanalizi olduğunu kitabı okudukça anlıyorsunuz.
Normalde insanların resim yapmaya yeni başladıktan kısa bir süre sonra yöneldiği absürt ve bir şeyleri kağıda yansıttıklarını söyleyen karman çorman işleri sevmem fakat bu kitap kesinlikle öyle değil. David Mack bahsettiğim bu şeye çizimde ulaştığı belirli bir ustalık ve seviyeden sonra girerek bu kitabı bir esere çevirmiş.
Kızılderili Kültürü hakkında yer yer bilmediğiniz güzel genel kültür bilgileri, kültürü yansıtan çizimler, hikayeler ve kişilerle kitap aynı zamanda Echo'nun ataları Kızılderilileri çok güzel işliyor ve anlatıyor.
"Kızılderili işaret diliyle sağır ve dilsizlerin kullandığı işaret dili arasındaki en büyük farklardan biri DÜŞÜNMEK kelimesinde ortaya çıkıyor. Kızılderili işaret dilini yaratanlar, düşünmenin ya da anlamanın kalple yapıldığını düşünmüşler ve işareti kalpten çizmişler. Sağır
ve dilsizler aynı anlamı vermek için sağ ellerinin işaret parmağını uzatıp alınlarına değdirirler."
Bu kişisel bir hikaye. Echo'nun kendini arama yolunda işittiği veya öğrendiği öğütler ve hikayeler sizinde hayatınızda bir şeyleri farketmenizi ve anlamlandırmanızı sağlayabilir veya hiçbir şey hissettirmeyedeblir sonuçta "Echo bir hikaye anlatıcısı ve hikayelerin kişiler üzerindeki tesiri bilinemez."
Bu kitabın Daredevil ismi ve serisi altından ziyade bağımsız bir orijin hikâyesi olarak çıkmasını isterdim. Her ne kadar Daredevilla bağlantısı olsa da çok bir ilgisi yok aslında. Eğer bunu bir Daredevil hikayesi olarak düşünüp almak istiyorsanız pişman olabilirsiniz. Ayrıca bazı yerlerdeki portre çizimleri çeşitlenidirlip daha çoğaltılabilirdi. Aynı yüz ifadesinin üst üste kullanılması bi tık rahatsız etti.
September 11, 2019
First and foremost, five stars for the art. It's gorgeous and I spent way more time on it than I usually do for comics. There are so many media mixed but everything still feels super cohesive and it's gorgeous. Highly recommended.
Storywise, a lovely book talking about a person's life. Echo's story of searching for herself is multifaceted and mixes her Native heritage and her love of Western arts. The reflections she makes into her troubled childhood are both sweet and heartbreaking and her genuine curiosity about sound is just so lovely. I would happily read more of her story.
That said, though, lipreading doesn't work like that. You can't 100% of the time understand what a person is saying just from watching their lips. I don't care what sort of superpowers she has, short of x-ray vision, she cannot see the shapes of the tongue and throat and palette from the outside so she cannot be reading things with certainty. I appreciate her grumping at Matt that she can't understand him when he doesn't face her, but much of that is undone by her knowing exactly what he's mumbling on a city roof in the dark. The chat with Logan was nice as he created a light source for her to see by, but a bit more realism would have really grounded this story further. How do a blind man and a deaf girl communicate? Realistically, I mean. Did Matt learn sign? Because that would be amazing.
So basically, poor depiction of lip reading. Great on everything else though. Three stars.
Storywise, a lovely book talking about a person's life. Echo's story of searching for herself is multifaceted and mixes her Native heritage and her love of Western arts. The reflections she makes into her troubled childhood are both sweet and heartbreaking and her genuine curiosity about sound is just so lovely. I would happily read more of her story.
That said, though, lipreading doesn't work like that. You can't 100% of the time understand what a person is saying just from watching their lips. I don't care what sort of superpowers she has, short of x-ray vision, she cannot see the shapes of the tongue and throat and palette from the outside so she cannot be reading things with certainty. I appreciate her grumping at Matt that she can't understand him when he doesn't face her, but much of that is undone by her knowing exactly what he's mumbling on a city roof in the dark. The chat with Logan was nice as he created a light source for her to see by, but a bit more realism would have really grounded this story further. How do a blind man and a deaf girl communicate? Realistically, I mean. Did Matt learn sign? Because that would be amazing.
So basically, poor depiction of lip reading. Great on everything else though. Three stars.
November 13, 2021
Maya Lopez, a Eco, foi uma grande adição à mitologia do Demolidor no início dos anos 2000. Criada pelo magistral David Mack, Maya é surda de nascença, uma contraposição à deficiência visual de Matt Murdock. Ela também é superdotada, o que faz com que consiga mimetizar movimentos como artes marciais, o tocar piano e até mesmo a pronúncia dos labios das pessoas. Maya tem origem indígena, que é muito bem explorada neste encadernado. Foi adotada pelo Rei do Crime e foi influenciada a cometer atos para levar o Demolidor à morte. Acabou por cegar o Rei do Crime. Isso tudo é apresentado no primeiro arco, com arte de Joe Quesada. Na época em que li, adorei a arte, hoje já não gosto tanto. Prefiro mais o trabalho de David Mack no segundo arco, em que sua virtuose semelhante a um Dave McKean ou um Bill Sienkiwicz, trabalha a linguagem dos quadrinhos e das artes lindamente. Esse arco, devido às dificuldades de adaptação gráfica não foi publicado no Brasil no tempo correto, agora, anos depois, aparece com uma ótima adaptação pelo Estúdio 313, sem prejudicar a arte ou o sentido original. Demolidor: Eco é um lindo trabalho que o Brasil merecia conhecer ainda antes. Agora com a produção da série de Eco pelo Marvel Studios, o público em geral poderá conhecer melhor a história dessa personagem e quem sabe dar uma chance a esse encadernado também.
May 18, 2020
Są takie pozycje, gdzie choćbym zaglądał gdzie tylko można, to trudno znaleźć jakąkolwiek logikę. Taką pozycją jest tom Daredevila zatytułowany Echo. Dodam na wstępnie. Tak, otoczka i rysunki to coś absolutnie fantastycznego, tyle że sam wygląd nie starcza. To tak na przyszłość chłopcy. Jak widzicie fantastyczną dziewczynę to uwierzcie, uroda nie zastąpi charakteru, gdy ten jest okropny...
A opowiadana historia w zasadzie idzie w kierunku jaki nie potrafiłem określić. Nie rozwija relacji Matta z Mayą, a tak w zasadzie Daredevila tu nie ma. Jest małe cameo Wolverine'a, ale to tak w ramach ciekawostki. Ta cała duchowa otoczka, która sięga głęboko w meandry wierzeń i praktyk Indian jest tak mdła, nudna i nijaka, że nie mogłem nadziwić się jakim cudem w tak zacnej serii udało wypuścić się tego potworka.
Wymęczyłem się z tym tytułem prze okrutnie. Poza aspektem wizualnym nie znalazłem tu nic pozytywnego, co dziwi mnie mocno, bowiem przecież mieliśmy kontakt z panną Lopez, gdzie nie dość iż pomiędzy nią a Mattem wyraźnie iskrzyło, to i pozostawiła po sobie niezły bałagan robiąc Kingpinowi niemałe kuku. Był w tym potencjał, ale autor za mocno zagłębił się w tej pseudofilozoficzny bełkot, który nie przyniósł upragnionego katharsis. 1.5/5
A opowiadana historia w zasadzie idzie w kierunku jaki nie potrafiłem określić. Nie rozwija relacji Matta z Mayą, a tak w zasadzie Daredevila tu nie ma. Jest małe cameo Wolverine'a, ale to tak w ramach ciekawostki. Ta cała duchowa otoczka, która sięga głęboko w meandry wierzeń i praktyk Indian jest tak mdła, nudna i nijaka, że nie mogłem nadziwić się jakim cudem w tak zacnej serii udało wypuścić się tego potworka.
Wymęczyłem się z tym tytułem prze okrutnie. Poza aspektem wizualnym nie znalazłem tu nic pozytywnego, co dziwi mnie mocno, bowiem przecież mieliśmy kontakt z panną Lopez, gdzie nie dość iż pomiędzy nią a Mattem wyraźnie iskrzyło, to i pozostawiła po sobie niezły bałagan robiąc Kingpinowi niemałe kuku. Był w tym potencjał, ale autor za mocno zagłębił się w tej pseudofilozoficzny bełkot, który nie przyniósł upragnionego katharsis. 1.5/5
March 20, 2024
Had to read this one for class. Blown. Away. It would be criminal to give this novel anything less than 5 stars since it’s a sheer work of art. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it before. Each and every single page was crammed with beautiful detail. The pages were a multi-media collage, including photographs of Indigenous style blankets and picture frames, drawings and paintings in different styles and stages of completion, images of wooden blocks and sketches of patterns, etc. it was absolutely gorgeous, and together weaved a brilliant story together. Although I’m not familiar with the Daredevil comics at all, I quickly became interested in the story of Maya Lopez, a Deaf Indigenous woman with the ability to recreate any physical activity to perfection. The story describes the death of her father at a young age and her subsequent struggle to understand herself and how to move in the world that exists around her. At the behest of The Chief, she embarks on a “vision quest”, a Native American journey of the spirit in which an individual leaves for the forest and fasts for 4 days in order to communicate with spirits. This book was really fascinating and beautiful. I may even go back to read it again someday.
May 22, 2022
Ok so i may have cried
Also, David Mack i could look at your art all day. I have my phone backgrounds set to these pages rn because of how beautiful they are
Also I'm writing a paper on Echo as a character for my ASL class and honestly I'm really looking forward to talking about her.
I think this story reminded me when i needed to hear it that the only person who controls how I act is me.
"I've had a lot of things happen in my life that could be viewed as setbacks. Perhaps you could say I was abused. Manipulated. I've had people do things to hurt me. To hurt those I've cared about. And the more I've focused on that part, and blamed others for the situations that I was in, or what was done to me. or focused on revenge: the more I found that I was a Prisoner of those things. That story of blame and cycle of fear and anger was the story that I was enacting. But when I learned to shed the dents to my ego, and to focus on a sense of purpose and the good that I have experienced, I found that became my reality. That sense of purpose and positive intentions became the story that I was enacting.
I used to be a real jerk. A real jerk. I'm still a jerk. And sometimes that mean dog still wins. But that story lit a fire under my butt. And at least made me try my hardest to cultivate the potential that some people were able to see in me."
Anyways god I love Maya Lopez (and Logan too his cameo is good in this)
Also, David Mack i could look at your art all day. I have my phone backgrounds set to these pages rn because of how beautiful they are
Also I'm writing a paper on Echo as a character for my ASL class and honestly I'm really looking forward to talking about her.
I think this story reminded me when i needed to hear it that the only person who controls how I act is me.
"I've had a lot of things happen in my life that could be viewed as setbacks. Perhaps you could say I was abused. Manipulated. I've had people do things to hurt me. To hurt those I've cared about. And the more I've focused on that part, and blamed others for the situations that I was in, or what was done to me. or focused on revenge: the more I found that I was a Prisoner of those things. That story of blame and cycle of fear and anger was the story that I was enacting. But when I learned to shed the dents to my ego, and to focus on a sense of purpose and the good that I have experienced, I found that became my reality. That sense of purpose and positive intentions became the story that I was enacting.
I used to be a real jerk. A real jerk. I'm still a jerk. And sometimes that mean dog still wins. But that story lit a fire under my butt. And at least made me try my hardest to cultivate the potential that some people were able to see in me."
Anyways god I love Maya Lopez (and Logan too his cameo is good in this)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 27, 2019
I just don't understand this book. The art style is beautiful at times, and definitely different, but mostly confusing and difficult to follow. The story is repititve, goes nowhere and does absolutely nothing to move current events in DD's/Murdock's life forward. And it doesn't help that the protagonist of these five issues is a blatant Elektra-ripoff. It's midly interesting when Wolverine makes a short cameo, but even he can't save this boring mess.
This is not what I want from the noir superhero crime stories of the Bendis era.
Part 1: 2/5
Part 2: 1/5
Part 3: 1/5
Part 4: 3/5
Part 5: 1/5
This is not what I want from the noir superhero crime stories of the Bendis era.
Part 1: 2/5
Part 2: 1/5
Part 3: 1/5
Part 4: 3/5
Part 5: 1/5
January 29, 2022
Mi teoría es que David Mack estaba trabajando en una miniserie de Echo y por alguna razón (retrasos, marketing, lo que sea) decidieron publicarla en el medio del run de Bendis, donde realmente no tiene sentido que esté.
Pero al margen de eso, es una historia bastante estirada (podrías durar la mitad) con un arte descomunal. Si no es de lo mejor que hizo Mack le pega en el palo. Me haría posters de cada página, pero la historia sentí que no terminaba más. Tal vez en tres números tenía más impacto.
Pero al margen de eso, es una historia bastante estirada (podrías durar la mitad) con un arte descomunal. Si no es de lo mejor que hizo Mack le pega en el palo. Me haría posters de cada página, pero la historia sentí que no terminaba más. Tal vez en tres números tenía más impacto.
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