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Title: Road to Perdition by Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner ISBN: 0-671-00921-4 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (31 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gripping and hard boiled
Comment: What a powerful read. The pure power of morality and love coupled with the intensity of the violence in these pages make this book unforgettable. The art meshes perfectly with the writing. In fact, if I had to pick Max Allan Collins or Richard Piers Rayner as the star of the book, I'd have to go with Rayner. Some of the detail in his panels are simply mind numbing. Collins has crafted a great father-son/assassin tale along the lines of the Japanese comic Lone Wolf and Cub, but Rayner's work is what really puts Perdition over the top as a graphic novel.
This book is a touching if disturbing look into a mob assassin's relationship with his older son, and his quest for vengence for the death of his wife and younger son. A noir-ish tale deftly told as it weaves in conflicting notions of religious morality, loyalty, vengence, and proper guidance for a child. A gripping tale.
Rating: 5
Summary: Noir Captured In The Pages Of A Book
Comment: Before I sat down to watch The Road To Perdition recently, I had no idea that the film is based on a graphic novel, from the well known comic book author Max Allan Collins. After seeing the movie, I knew I had to seek out the book. Even though I thought the movie was OK--The book is far better as far as I'm concerned. As with most book to film adaptations, certain things are altered or even deleted all together, for the sake of the cinema format. The Road To Perdition is no excpetion.
The father/son dynamics of the story are brought into greater depth. As is O'Sullivan's role as chief enforcer for the irish crime boss he works for. Due to a tragic turn of events, Michael O'Sullivan and his son are forced to travel a road filled with danger, deception, Al Capone's money, and murder. The book does an even better job tying in historical figures Capone (the one scene of his in the film was cut) and his right hand man Frank Nitti, than the movie did. Collins keeps both men around to tell the story. Collins gives readers a no holds barred look at the 1930s and the mob
The black and white art of Richard Piers Rayner only adds to the gruffness of the story. His work, simple, yet at the same time somehow detailed. By electing to use black and white for the entire layout, one really gets the sense that they are watching a classic older film on the late show. The panels of book indeed, gave director Sam Mendes and crew a baseline, for the movie. I just wish I read the book before I saw the film. One of my criticisms of the movie was that I thought that many of the twists of the story were easy to spot. Since the book goes into certain areas the film barely touches, those twists may not be as easy to forecast
Whether you have seen the film or not, the book is a must read. Don't let the fact that it tells the story in "comic book form deter you. It's not same as reading an issue of Superman or Spiderman. This is not for the kiddies. Collins provides a well written introduction that sets the stage The book has 302 pages and comes highly recommended
Rating: 1
Summary: A waste of my money
Comment: This was hands-down the worst graphic novel that I've ever read. I got it at Barnes & Noble thinking that the original novel would *have* to be better than the movie (which I loved by the way).
I was dead wrong.
Aside from the lovely illustrations, reading this three-hundred page brick after the movie was boring and excruciating. The writer gives a ten page autobiography before the graphic novel, about one page of which has anything to do with Road to Perdition. Unfortunately, it was probably the most interesting part of the book. The actual comic has flat characters and the boy is horribly irritating (A little trivia: this guy wrote for Batman comics for a while and his version of Robin was so aggravating that readers voted to kill him off!). This feels just like a kid's comic book and lacks the seriousness and tragedy of the movie. Rooney--who is named Looney in the comic--has no sympathy for Sullivan and seems to pretty much be a stereotypical villain in the original. Some of the best scenes in the movie aren't here--they changed a lot for the movie and I honestly can't blame them.
The movie is one of my favorites ever. I was terribly disappointed by this trash. Maybe you'll like it more if you are a history buff, because some of our hero's antics tie into historical events and famous faces. If you haven't seen the movie yet, maybe you'll like the graphic novel.
But if you have seen the movie, save your money.
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Title: On the Road to Perdition : Oasis (On the Road to Perdition) by Max Allan Collins ISBN: 1401200680 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: On the Road to Perdition : Sanctuary (On the Road to Perdition) by Max Allan Collins ISBN: 1401201733 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title:Road to Perdition (Widescreen Edition) ASIN: B00005JLBQ Publisher: Universal Studios Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.39 |
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Title: Sin City by Frank Miller ISBN: 1878574590 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 01 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 (Comic) by Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill ISBN: 1401201172 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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