Dobbs (3) (1972–)
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When I first saw it, I took it for a retelling of Wells's novel in graphic format. This wasn't wrong, but neither was it the best description of what I read. It would be more accurate to characterize Dobbs's work as an adaptation, one that largely follows the basic plot of the source but makes some subtle changes. Dobbs largely eschews the explanations provided by Well's first-person narrator, preferring to let the visuals relate developments. Yet while I enjoyed Vicente Cifuentes's artwork for the most part, there were two things that increasingly annoyed me over the course of the book. The first was the depiction of the Martians' machines. which are less the tripods of the original text than they are more akin to the Sentinels from the Wachowskis' Matrix movies. This I could reconcile; what proved more annoying was his depiction of the women in the book, all of whom had an annoying similarity that contrasted with Cifuentes's more varied portrayal of the men. It may seem a minor complaint, but as I read on it felt increasingly like a marginalization compared to the portrayal of the men. Perhaps that was intended as a commentary on the source material, but if so it came across more like an observation than a point.… (mehr)