The Nightly News
by Jonathan Hickman
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Author: Jonathan HickmanArtist: Jonathan Hickman
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-19
ISBN: 1582407665
Number of pages: 184
Publisher: Image Comics
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Book Review: "How Did You Think This Was Going To End For Me?"
Summary: 5 Stars
America, The Present: The first ominous shots ring out and the pedestrians fall to their knees; the news crews arrive with their usual ghoulish precision...and then find themselves targeted. The opening battle in a war prosecuted against a corrupt self-serving media has just been declared by the ominous "Brotherhood Of The Voice": a cult made up of a psychopathically dedicated group of people who have all, in some way or another, had their lives destroyed by a media more concerned with sensationalism and the pursuit of ratings than truth. But who commands the brotherhood? What are their aims? And just far are they prepared to go in their quest?
"The Nightly News" was the world's introduction to the breath-taking talents of Jonathan Hickman, a writer and artist who, with this debut, almost single-handedly redefined the term "graphic novel" itself with his ingenious use of classical graphic design techniques. When I first read this book at the time of its original publication, I felt a frisson of amazement run up my spine as I realized that I was witnessing the arrival of a talent to rival the likes of Will Eisner and Alan Moore.
In terms of the story itself, Hickman's tale manages to combine a relentlessly compulsive thriller (peopled with frighteningly believable, flawed characters) with an astonishingly prescient expose of the corruption and hypocrisy endemic to modern media and governance. As other reviewers have observed, "Network" and "Fight Club" are thematic touchstones - as is Alan J. Pakula's massively underrated seventies conspiracy thriller, "The Parallax View".
"The Nightly News" heralded the arrival of a major talent whose commitment to redefining a medium that had been trapped in evolutionary entropy since the mid-nineties was apparent for all to see; this book, along with Hickman's other creator produced works, Transhuman (a terrifying satire of corporate venture capitalism) and Pax Romana (a time travel tale with a decidedly theological bent) represents some of the finest work ever to grace the comic book medium.
Beg, borrow or buy a copy today if you have any interest in comics.
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As an act of violence spirals out of control to encompass the entirety of the news media, a cult has emerged from the errors and retractions that have ruined careers, marriages and even lives. Under direction from his cult master, The Hand leads an army of followers committed to revolution, willing to die for their cause.Graphic Novels Books
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