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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eyes of Nine" data-source="post: 9778111" data-attributes="member: 99786">Finished the 3 volumes of the Elephantmen graphic novels I picked up at a used book sale. V1 is an HC signed by what seems like most of the artists. I've been curious about the series for a long time, and at $3 per volume for $30 books, it was too good a deal to pass up.The art is by and large quite serviceable, although lots of guest artists. The covers of the individual issues were sweet, which is what made me curious about the series in the first place. Some of the art inside lives up to the covers, others don't. But again, overall I'd give the art an 8 out of 10.The thing that kept me from buying the series originally is the same issue in these collected editions - the story is ok, although meandering, and not complete - there's at least one more volume that I can figure out. Seems like there may have been some mini-series that took place in parallel to the main series that they fit into the overall collected graphic novel. I mean that's to be expected when collecting an ongoing series of floppies. I guess my tastes have moved to where I want a tight storyline with focus from end to end (mostly). It can go on for a long time (hello Naruto!); but it's going somewhere and gets there (welcome Death Note!).Characters are caricatures; but the main femme presenting characters are all sexy and hot for the respective pachyderm-human hybrids.  That said, Starkings has set up the various characters at cross purposes, some alliances and rivalries, and set them all at each other. If this was an RPG, it would be more Burning Wheel or Sword Crown Unspeakable Power rather than Masks or D&D. Lots of PvP play here. The world building is interesting; it posits a land war fought in Europe between China and African forces, of whom 10,000 are these mega-fauna (African) and human hybrids. The war ended recently enough that many of the principals are still around, and some of them are behaving... poorly.Bottom line is, I wouldn't recommend these unless you can find them for pretty cheap or at the library. But if you do get your hand on them and didn't pay full price, I think you'll find them entertaining.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.amazon.com/Elephantmen-Vol-Wounded-Animals-v/dp/158240691X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0[/URL]</blockquote>

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