{"id":793,"date":"2008-11-07T18:21:18","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T23:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=793"},"modified":"2025-05-05T20:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:37:40","slug":"bprd-vol-6-the-universal-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/793","title":{"rendered":"B.P.R.D. Vol 6: The Universal Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

B.P.R.D.<\/a> Vol 6: The Universal Machine<\/a><\/em> (2007) Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Guy Davis<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Roger is dead. Abe is still lost in his thoughts of his past. And Johann is trying to bring Roger back from the dead.<\/p>\n

While Kate Corrigan heads off to France in search of a book that may help bring Roger back to life, the rest of the BPRD remain at headquarters, and end up telling stories.<\/p>\n

One story is of Captain Daimio’s death; although we learn how he died, we still don’t know precisely why he returned to life. Abe, Liz, and Johann also told stories–ghost stories in a way. <\/p>\n

And all of the stories are wrapped up in Roger’s death.<\/p>\n

What I found interesting was that was unhappy as I was at Roger’s death, and as upset a Liz appeared, and never really felt much in the way of grief from the story. <\/p>\n

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing that the story didn’t make me feel grief I felt in the way Sandman<\/a> or Rising Stars<\/a> did, because it’s not really that kind of story.<\/p>\n

And having read a Hellboy comic followed immediately by a BORD comic, I have to say that I do prefer the Hellboy comics. There’s something about Hellboy’s attitude I enjoy. Not that BPRD is bad, it’s just not the same.
\nRating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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