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title: "Samurai Jack Volume 1 Paperback – June 17, 2014"
brand: "jim zubandy suriano"
price: "¥6580"
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# Samurai Jack Volume 1 Paperback – June 17, 2014

**Brand:** jim zubandy suriano
**Price:** ¥6580
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- **What is this?** Samurai Jack Volume 1 Paperback – June 17, 2014 by jim zubandy suriano
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## Customer Reviews

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    Well made but slightly dissapointing.
  

*by S***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 6, 2016*

As with the nature of writing product reviews of comic compilations, it's difficult to rate the product without also rating the comic (these should be two different things ideally).The product itself is very well made, the 135+ pages (where about 105 of them deal with the main story and the rest have commissioned/concept art) are well bound and have the typical satin "sheen" present in almost all manufactured books of this nature. The colors are perfectly printed with no glaring mistakes like uneven color layers or blatant omissions of ink. Every text box and word bubble are easy to read. This is a high quality product.As for the quality of the art and story itself, such may depend on the individual tastes of the reader. What I can tell you is if you have doubts about the art style, look up the main artist (Andy Suriano) and see his blog and tumbler. His style has a very "messy" style in my opinion and at times I found it difficult to see distinctions between characters in the foreground and objects in the background. That's not to say that his style is horrible mind you, the problems I had with the art are few and far between and it's still very well designed. There were many panels that I wished I owned ans a stand alone picture in a frame on my wall. It's that well stylized.I think the main problem I had with this product was the story. Without giving too much away Jack must acquire all parts to an artifact of power that will return him home. He goes on another journey to find all the parts culminating in a confrontation with Aku. The discouragement I experienced was the overly simple way the story ends. Nothing satisfying, not "fair" in my opinion, and almost lazy in the thought put behind it. I feel as though the ending was put in place to open the way for more comics in the future. This in no way comes as a surprise, this comic series was made to make money after all, I just wish more thought in the ending's explanation was put in to at least satisfy fans of the old show. These gripes are an issue with the writing (Jim Zub) and as for an old fan of the 2001 series, this is what stays with me longer that the art or the page bindings. I want to see the wandering samurai return home or at least find an ending to his story.As good as the construction and art of this volume is, I can't give it a perfect score because of the story alone. That's why I gave this 3/5 stars, because I can't input half stars and I have to round down from where I decided upon. This is a good read, but maybe only a hardcore fan would be able to ignore the shortcomings and enjoy fully.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Feng Shui?
  

*by L***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 27, 2015*

I was really looking forward to giving these graphic novels a try since I am a very big fan of Samurai Jack and comics. It Seemed like a formula that just couldn't go wrong. Yet, at this point since I finished Vol. 1 , I'm still debating whether or not I wish to invest in the remainder issues. The writing was good, albeit a little simple. It still seemed to capture the heart of the show. The pacing is very fast (maybe too fast) it took me about 15 minutes to read through the book in its entirety. That equaled about $1.34 per minute for the $20 price tag and I was reading at a normal pace. Multiply that times multiple issues and you can see my hesitance for the value. Even then, I love Samurai Jack so much I can maybe look over the price point. Unfortunately, it is much harder to look past the illustration.The illustration usually borders anywhere from passable to embarrassingly bad. Being a professional Illustrator myself, it was very hard to look past. Especially  when illustrations by Genndy Tartakovsky are sandwiched between the pages you can clearly see the difference in quality. The original  aesthetic of Samurai Jack is one of its strongest points and what sets it apart a work of art ( Some episodes one prime-time Emmy awards) but the art style here just falls flat. The likeness is there, as well as an extremely loose and thick ink job, lack of detal, geometry, color palette. It is also really clear which panels (and sometimes pages in sequence) were rushed. The finale of Vol.1 one ends with an encounter with Aku. Aku looks absolutely dreadful! I mean.......bad. Combine all of this with hard to follow action sequences that break motion in opposite directions and quick cuts that seem to come out of nowhere and you have a very "okay" graphic novel. That being said, it was great to have Jack adventures again and the Genndy illustrations (and even the guest illustrations) are worth having. Too bad the same level of polish couldnt be applied to the rest of this.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great story! art? Eeeh
  

*by C***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 11, 2015*

I loved the story. It was in true Samurai Jack fashion all through out and was a fabulous return. However Right from the start I could see the adorableness of the art style. Every frame in the original felt like you could take it and out it up in any art gallery. But now I do not get that minimalist beauty as before. Even forgiving the shift of medium and the artist It just felt out of place in the story. Not at all Bad but not really belonging. The most grievous offender of this was the second we see Aku looking, what can only be described as goofy as well. The original Aku was indeed goofy at times in his own way. But was beneath that cold menacing stare that hardly changed. That was the beauty. That he could be so expressive and yet be stone faced at the same time. It was just a real disappointment. However over all the story and the characters and villains made up for the out of touch visuals and I'm definitely still gonna read on.

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