R.I.P.D.: City of the Damned

Loved reading it all the way through.

While the film the first graphic novel was based on unfortunately bombed despite fine performances and decent star power, the story of the second one is a confusing semi-prequel.Much more religious and ambiguous than the first, but the attention to detail, continuity, and art are excellent. The story boarding and art direction is more than a little confused.

The story was interesting and I actually forgot I was reading a comic book. I also liked the way you can get close up to the art as well as the dialogue. Fun book.

My fault that it was not what I expected. I thought it was a book, but it was just a comic book.

Every now and again, I go through little phases where I like to read graphic novels and surprising more often than not the graphic novels have had either TV series or movies based on them and recently I watched the movie R.I.P.D which stands for the "Rest in Peace Department" it's where the cops go after they die and their job is to hunt the dead souls still walking the earth. This graphic novel is based on Roy's life and how he A) became part of the R.I.P.D and his learning the ropes and B) the mission to hunt down the souls which are originating from an area known as the Black Pit . This has a personal connection to Roy and makes him remember back as he died here and he is one of the only people still alive that has a connection or can actually say they have been here and escaped. Like always, if you aren't really a big reader and enjoy looking at pictures then graphic novels are the way to go as people they are still considered books and reading material. This graphic novel is also the "prequel" to the movie , so if you have watched the movie and enjoyed it , then check out this graphic novel today.

Dark Horse recently published a 4 issue mini-series prequel to introduce readers to the world of RIPD created by Peter Lenkov called City of the Damned, and it tells the story of how U.S. Marshall Roy Pulsipher gets recruited into the RIPD. The story starts with Roy and Nick in a futuristic setting then flashes back to the Wild West and Roy's introduction into the RIPD. We follow him on his first job with his partner Crispin, a puritan priest. I actually preferred this collection over the original 1999 series. It has a much darker edge to the story and humor, which is reflected in the writing and artwork. I especially like how the panels changed to reflect the time period the story was being told in which definitely enhanced the tone of the story. http://www.ismellsheep.com/2013/03/comic-review-ripd-from-dark-horse.html

I was unfortunately disappointed by this novel. If they had this as the first one in the series it would have made much more sense than it does especially after how volume one ended. It felt out of place and like it was in the wrong order. I would highly recommend reading this one first in the series. It kept the dark undertones and humour for which I am glad. I do not regret reading it as it made sense, the movie was a good mix of the two.

I do not read many comic books. I got this because of the film. The film is much more developed than the comic books, so not much need to read the books if you've seen the film. This volume was better, more developed than the first volume. It was all right, but I probably won't read it again or buy any more in the series. It simply did not fire my imagination like the film did.

Excellent!!