The Crow: Special Edition

GOOD READ..

I watched the original The Crow movie and was curious to see how the comic compared. I have to say I am impressed. This comic book is fantastic. The illustrations are incredibly well detailed and the cover is well designed too. The story is a real page turner. James O'Barr does a great job at developing Eric's character and the journey he goes on for vengeance. Overall I think this is an perfect way to owner Brandon Lee and it is definately worth a read.

Well written, paced and stunning artwork. At face value it's a great albeit difficult read. After reading the authors forward its absolutely heartbreaking.

After being a fan of the film since it was made I treated myself to the book. Truly moving and incredibly beautiful. At the back you learn the significance of the crow. Treat yourself buy this book!

being a fan of the movie and the original oomic, this edition is beautifull set up the white cover, and a lot of extra pages which brings more depth to the story.its good for old and new fans, i think its a beautiful but violent comic, it portrays the tortured charactor of eric dravern, with loads of poetic verses which is strange to find in such a violent story. but it makes it more dramatic and though provoking. to anyone new to the crow. the comic came out of grief, the artist/creater jo o'barr wife was killed, and the crow was born,so do you really need to buy it if you own the original version?i kind of struggled with that, is it worth it paying cash for something you already have? in my opinion yes. this is what it was meant to be like, but got cut for various reasons length money. so this new version is actually what the comic should have been when it was first published.i really love this comic i would go on tour just to promote it :)buy it.... read it.... love it.....

Great at work and awesome story.

You will find 16 five star reviews of the original graphic novel on amazon uk; many gushing over the emotional impact of this work. They will all apply to this "special" edition equally so I won't discuss the story here. This edition has some new segments the author insists were always intended for the original publication but omitted for technical reasons, so represents the "fuller work" in an important sense.If you want to build a library of landmark graphic novels "The Crow" certainly belongs in it alongside Sandman and Watchmen; and this is a nice enough edition, well printed on glossy stock. A little pricey for a softcover but worth it I think.Dramatically, the book dosn't do that much for me - perhaps because I lack the requisite goth genes. I think this is one of the very few (the only??) case where the movie is better than the original comic. But I can appreciate the technique and pacing involved here. Unlike much in the graphic novel genre, this is indeed Art. The drawing is both strong and stylistically varied , but always comfortingly old school. To quote from the author's intro : "Everything in here is ink on paper. Even the lettering is hand done on the orginal art. The new pages were completed in the same manner, using twenty-year-old leftover supplies from the original book. Jack White once said 'Technology destroys art', and I agree; you're not learning your craft when a computer does it for you. I do have a computer by the way - its over there in the corner under those stacks of books and artwork, with Post-It notes stick on its dusty screen. A large cache of spiders is nesting in it, so its not a total loss." . This nicely sums up the nature of the appeal this book has for me.

Well put together and with respect for the book and it's legacy.