Angel: After the Fall, Volume 2: First Night

Just too much nothingness!

The TV series Angel was great for its dialogue and collection of eclectic characters that formed this amazing family unit. The “After The Fall” storyline, which is to take place directly after the series finale, is a bastardized version of that concept. The characters are ALL there. Literally all of them. It’s the old adage when you don’t know what to write, include as many characters as you legally can. That’s what Brian Lynch does here. The dialogue is okay but not up to par with the show. The actual storyline is convoluted and ridiculous, and that’s saying something for a show that made an episode starring a puppet vampire. The art does an alright job but because there are so many characters, the artists struggle to differentiate between the masses of bodies. Honestly, this is just bad story-telling.

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Yes, they're getting smaller

It's here that the major flaw in switching a TV series to a comic series becomes evident; while I've greatly enjoyed the writing, art and story lines so far the second volume of the Angel series is a series of short reflections back to the night when Wolfram & Hart flung LA into Hell. It's emotional and engaging, but it's way too short and at $20 ($10 used) a pop it's just dissatisfying that there won't be another episode next week.

I like, love, these characters and would follow them through a whole series in a reading-way-past-my-bedtime-on-a-school-night way. In a book or TV show these little snippets would be invaluable as mood builders and character defining asides. But as this book doesn't push the plot forward much (if at all), and is significantly slimmer than volume 1, I can't but be left feeling frustrated. Especially since the first graphic novel left off in the middle of a fight, and this one does little more than mention it.

If you're a fan, of course you should check this out. But make sure to pick up the third too, because this won't be enough to sate your taste for angsty vampires and hell dimensions.

Unfortunate collection of "The 1st Night"

I was really looking forward to see what happened the first night that Los Angeles went to hell after all the many startling revelations in the first Angel: After The Fall trade. Sadly, what I got where about sixteen interesting pages and the rest unnecessary filler. While the art ranged from decent to spectacular, overall the whole collection was a time waster and would've been a waste of many had it not been for my local library. To bad.

Not as good as the first . . .

but anything with Joss Whedon's name on it is still amazing.

Good follow up to last volume

Good writing, but the art & coloring could use some more attention. If your a fan of this series, it's worth the follow up. Overall, pleased with the novel.

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