41 review for Madman Atomica S&n Limited Edition

1. 

   5 out of 5

   ISMOTU – Jul 11, 2017

   Another enormous collection of incredible Madman comics. Allred's love of the medium shines through on every page. Fun, quirky, comics that I wish I'd discovered earlier. Another enormous collection of incredible Madman comics. Allred's love of the medium shines through on every page. Fun, quirky, comics that I wish I'd discovered earlier.

2. 

   4 out of 5

   Ryan – Mar 22, 2014

   I have been reading Madman for years, and some of my fondness for the character is probably what keeps me reading. But I had to admit to myself that although Allred is an amazing artist he isn't much of a writer. At least, that was how I felt when I read the Atomics issues in this very large collection. They are simple, by-the-numbers sci-fi stories. Every member of the the newly mutated street beatnik group is flat with no personality. Madman is the exception to this, of course. But the fact th I have been reading Madman for years, and some of my fondness for the character is probably what keeps me reading. But I had to admit to myself that although Allred is an amazing artist he isn't much of a writer. At least, that was how I felt when I read the Atomics issues in this very large collection. They are simple, by-the-numbers sci-fi stories. Every member of the the newly mutated street beatnik group is flat with no personality. Madman is the exception to this, of course. But the fact that he has personality, and the others do not, made me wish Allred would scrap the idea all together. Eventually he kind of does scrap the idea. By the time the series ends, the Atomics aren't going on adventures, they are (for no explainable reason) rock musicians. The final Madman series in the collection is where Allred proves that he can write a decent story. All those irrelevant characters are pushed to the sidelines and the writing moves up a notch or two. The new art style is amazing as well. Allred does this cell background thing where the world becomes very detailed and deep. Allred even experiments with panel layout. While it is nice to seem him experiment, it becomes very hard to read. In all, the second half of the collection is where it all comes together.

3. 

   4 out of 5

   Steven – Jul 14, 2015

   A heavyweight volume for an essentially lightweight series. While I enjoy Allred's work, this ends up being let down towards the end by the stories essentially turning into cross-promotion not only for Red Rocket 7 but also for Allred's band, The Gear, with the oddball beatnik superhero riff abandoned to turn the Atomics into a band and Frank Einstein into a vocalist (which does, admittedly, bring the David Bowie homages full circle.) A heavyweight volume for an essentially lightweight series. While I enjoy Allred's work, this ends up being let down towards the end by the stories essentially turning into cross-promotion not only for Red Rocket 7 but also for Allred's band, The Gear, with the oddball beatnik superhero riff abandoned to turn the Atomics into a band and Frank Einstein into a vocalist (which does, admittedly, bring the David Bowie homages full circle.)

4. 

   4 out of 5

   Ken –

5. 

   5 out of 5

   Emily Matview –

6. 

   5 out of 5

   Dan Egan –

7. 

   4 out of 5

   Miskatonic –

8. 

   4 out of 5

   Nicholas Doyle –

9. 

   4 out of 5

   Костя –

10. 

    4 out of 5

    Stephen Theaker –

11. 

    4 out of 5

    Fabian Hebestreit –

12. 

    5 out of 5

    Shaun Steven Struble –

13. 

    5 out of 5

    Ben –

14. 

    4 out of 5

    aaron below –

15. 

    5 out of 5

    mark whitear –

16. 

    5 out of 5

    Comicsare4kids –

17. 

    5 out of 5

    David –

18. 

    5 out of 5

    Kenneth Brisendine –

19. 

    5 out of 5

    Mario –

20. 

    4 out of 5

    James –

21. 

    4 out of 5

    Allen Smith –

22. 

    5 out of 5

    Shark –

23. 

    5 out of 5

    Garrett McMahon –

24. 

    5 out of 5

    Merzbau –

25. 

    5 out of 5

    Paul Newman –

26. 

    5 out of 5

    Kent Kleinowski –

27. 

    4 out of 5

    Reece –

28. 

    4 out of 5

    Geralt9999 –

29. 

    4 out of 5

    Jp –

30. 

    5 out of 5

    Jamie –

31. 

    5 out of 5

    eidelyn –

32. 

    4 out of 5

    Jon Bergdoll –

33. 

    4 out of 5

    Countdowntoblastoff –

34. 

    4 out of 5

    Robert Spande –

35. 

    4 out of 5

    Cliffton Caster –

36. 

    5 out of 5

    Edu –

37. 

    4 out of 5

    Jayson –

38. 

    4 out of 5

    Matt –

39. 

    5 out of 5

    Cody Billings –

40. 

    4 out of 5

    Alex –

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    4 out of 5

    Arthur –