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Prophet, Volume 2: Brothers (Prophet #2) Paperback | Pages: 172 pages
Rating: 4.12 | 1244 Users | 86 Reviews

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Original Title: Brothers (Prophet, #2)
ISBN: 1607067498 (ISBN13: 9781607067498)
Edition Language: English
Series: Prophet #2

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While Prophet, Volume 2: Brothers retains the forms of its predecessor volume, it does not retain its substance. The artwork continues to be surreal and sometimes breathtaking, but the storyline is much more "standard" than volume 1, and I fear, just a little, that it is slipping back toward its superhero roots (in the unsubtle and, frankly, silly original Prophet series).

Thankfully, some of the vestiges of volume 1 remain: the very alien life forms reminiscent of Matt Howarth's cult-classic '90s title Konny and Czu; the use of a veritable guild of artists and writers (some the same as in the first volume, but also including newcomers Fil Barlow, Helen Maier, and Boo Cook), rather than a single writer and artist; and the premise that a slowly-gathering army of clones of John Prophet will re-establish the Earth Empire.

Let me emphasize that phrase "slowly gathering". This is why this volume didn't receive my highest rating. I am fine with slow story lines (heck, I read Moby Dick and loved it), but the meandering nature of this story weakened it a great deal. The first volume had the excuse, and a good excuse it was, that the disorienting feeling that one got from reading the book could be viewed as the submersion of the reader's consciousness into John Prophet's own confusion at awakening from a thousands-of-years slumber into a wholly different universe. But that's behind us now. Now, the story is focused ("gathered?") primarily on the original John Prophet, known as Old Man Prophet, from whom the army of clones (or near-clones) has descended.

Volume 1 was more diffuse, with the stories of the different clones getting more or less equal playing time. In Volume 2, Old Man Prophet gets the lion's share of attention, while the tailed(!) John Prophet (Farel Dalrymple's "baby") gets a little vignette in the middle. Frankly, I liked the more diffuse volume, as it felt unlike a "standard" comic book, with a much more complex multivariate narrative that I found surreal and intriguing. I guess I find the linearity of this volume a little disturbing! Then again, "linearity" doesn't really fit so well - the narrative tends to meander, but not enough to break away into true surrealism. It's in an uncomfortable interstitial space between bold and bland. If you're going to do weird, go big or go home!

I will be very interested to read Volume 3. If the series returns to the substance, and not just the forms, of Volume 1, I am in for a treat. If it continues too much further down this path, well, I am forgiving, but only to a certain point.

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Title:Prophet, Volume 2: Brothers (Prophet #2)
Author:Brandon Graham
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Special Edition
Pages:Pages: 172 pages
Published:July 9th 2013 by Image Comics (first published January 1st 2013)
Categories:Sequential Art. Comics. Graphic Novels. Science Fiction

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Ratings: 4.12 From 1244 Users | 86 Reviews

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Sadly this series has gone down a bad way for me.Don't think I'll continue reading this series as it now reminds me of The Saga of the Metabarons by Jodorowsky, which I ended up giving up on after a handful of albums. Due to it lacking so much in the style of the story and plot, that it dragged even the splendid art and original universe down.

This book is so weird and imaginative.

This series continues to be interesting.

I didn't realize until the end of this volume it is a continuation of "Young blood". Starting to make more sense.

This was just as imaginative as the first series, but it felt a bit disjointed and confusing considering it was primarily a single story line.

Visually interesting but the story really didn't hold me. I had a hard time following what was happening and wasn't interested enough to try to read it again. Really don't think that it held up to the expectations that I had after the first volume.

An intergalactic team of outsiders comes out of a (very) long retirement to go back to being... something, wait, what is this book about again? I honestly have no idea, but Im already looking forward to re-reading the whole run.