I would give it 5 stars if it would not be for super boring pirate story and poor art. All Elephantmen are drawn perfectly but women are drawn horribly. I hope the art will pick up but the story and setup is amazing.

Elephantmen, at least this first volume, is an assorted collection of ideas and short narratives that slowly begin to weave together into a functional narrative about biology, empathy, morality, and how humanity can be forced onto other organisms and, in many respects, surpassed by their original creators. A story about a Moreauesque scientist who breeds human-animal hybrids, this volume introduces several characters that will be recurring figures in the longer series. Elephantmen is cyber-punk,...

An intriguing Image comics series that grans you from the off. There are a very limited number of 'Elephantmen' in the world, all a mix of wild animal and man, and as this volume progresses bit by bit we get to understand their plights, their roles and their history. .A typically old-skool Image book with adult themes, hardcore violence and the obligatory 'hot' women characters - but despite all that a truly fascinating look into the world of the Elephantmen and how they impacted on their Earth....

this is my rating for the overall series. binge read it, so I can't remember the separate anthologies. when the writing was plot-related, it was tremendous. the art was always superb, no matter the artist. though I didn't care for the art or writing in the damaged goods arc. not sure when it started, but the story started getting scattered and incomplete. kept hoping the overall story would be resolved by the end, but realized it wasn't gonna happen. no closure. probably hard to plan the continu...

The art is simple but very good. Moritat's art looks like it belongs in a children's book, even with the adult tone of the book. Set in a world reminiscent of Blade Runner with the Elephantmen, a group of genetic human animal hybrids. The stories are loosely connected, some being much more interesting than others.

The art is gorgeous and I like the concept a lot. ...But I've read the seven issues collected here and I only kind of understand what's actually happening plot-wise, and the women are all dressed like strippers for no reason.I'll give this series a little more of my time, in hopes it improves.

Im not 100% sure what to make of this one. The art was fantastic, the story interesting, to say the least. Seemed a bit disjointed but shows significant promise.

Definitely shows promise. I have the first three TPBs of Elephantmen and while this is definitely good stuff, it's pretty disjointed. From what I understand this collects issues #0 to #7 of a series that didn't start out to be a series, so a bit of wandering is to be expected.A lot of it is flashbacks and short story style writing, almost like vignettes. It really feels more like the building blocks of a universe, rather than a coherent story at this point.However, that being said, there are a f...

What it's about: Ebeneezer, aka Ebony, is an Elephantman, a term that refers to all the half-animal hybrids, but also he is an elephant-man. In the future, an amoral scientist creates half-animal, half-human hybrids and enslaves them as machines of war. When these forces are defeated, they are liberated; but not everyone believes they are reformed. Ebony and his compatriot Hip (a hippo-hybrid) now work for the Information Agency, policing their brethren and dealing with other crimes. But the wor...

I got into this series because I spotted volume three with a GIANT HIPPO MAN on the cover. Naturally I bought it and had to find volumes 1 & 2. Volume 1, aside from human-animal hybrids, doesn't exactly blaze new turf: all the animal hybrids are big tough breeds like crocs, hippos, elephants, hyenas, etc. and all are male while all the women are big boobed and devoted. I will keep reading (maybe it was a slow start) but I'm mostly in it for the hippos.

3.5 stars -- There were elements I really liked (the artwork, character design, the exploration of animal and human ethics) and parts I didn't care for. (the evil scientist is so over-the-top he is every comic book baddie cliche blended into one). I think I enjoyed the crocodile-man rampaging on set of The Howard Stern Show a little too much.

MAPPO, an... organization of... some kind, clearly has deep pockets that it got... somehow, and is headed by Dr. Nikken, a mad genius who apparently cares about nothing but the pursuit of bioengineering and the sound of his own voice, and Nikken has decided that he needs an army of supersoldiers for, uh... anyway, he spends a couple decades engineering human-animal hybrids and forcefully impregnating abducted women and then brainwashing the babies with all the subtlety of a boot to the head, jus...

Appeal Characteristics: Art, GIANT ELEPHANT NAMED EBONY, world-building, PTS, soldiersAnother great world building comic. I was afraid this comic was going to be "I AM MALE!" Surprisingly, it was all about the characters. The fact that I saw Wreck-it Ralph, and Ebony reminded me of him, and Hannah, was parallel to Ralph's Sugar Rush friend...this story was just warm and endearing. This comic (which the author mentions) is a tribute to the 60/70s media of everything "science-fiction." I really en...

Richard Starkings' Elephantmen has been running for a decade-plus and was 40 or so issues old when I started digging into Image Comics five or so years ago. By that point any hype had died down - the comic was and is a steady presence in the schedules, Starkings unrolling his future world with patience and care.He was known as a letterer and designer before he was a writer, and it shows. Not that his writing is bad - it's very good, tight and clear and action-packed. But the book is, even in dig...

This is highly enjoyable although it takes a while to get to going and for the plot development to really take off. Most of the first issues are mostly about setting back story and tone, although the exposition is thankfully done implicitly. The genetic animal hybrids and the futuristic pulp feel of the work are definitely aided by Moritat's art. This sets up a promising series but in and of itself is a slow start.

Elephantmen Vol 1. is an interesting book about the future in which the line between humans and animals is as blurry as it can be.The story is really interesting, and has a lot of heart even though it starts as one shots that are only connected by the same world they inhabit. By the end the stories start to show how connected they actually are, and leave you wanting more.The art is really good, and the art of the pirate story alone is great enough to forget a rare panel or two that looks a bit r...

The artwork is really good! I could be biased though, because I simply adore elephants. So, give me an elephant on the cover, and I will surely judge the book by its cover.The story is good, though I had to flip back and forth a bit, because it did seem a wee bit disjointed. The 'Elephantmen' are a series of super-strong animals created by a (seemingly crazy) scientist, before his experiment goes a bit awry.The only part that led me to give this a low rating is that all women seem to 'dress' lik...

This book collects issues 1-7 + zero. It also contains the Captain Stoneheart and the Truth Fairy. The art and color is awesome in this book and Elephantmen is one of my favorite series. To bad it just ended this month with issue 80. I wanted to give this 5 stars but the cheap glue Image utilized in the binding of these paperback books is horrible. The damn cover is about to fall off from a gentle read. I treat all my books like gold but this binding problem needs to be fixed. I have had issues

I'm forever amazed at how much depth of story a graphic novel can tell, with so few words and only limited imagery. The effect is astounding! I'm going to pick up the next few omnibuses quite soon, as the story is only beginning to unfold, but I'm moved by the animosity both felt by the Elephantmen and the hate some humans focus on them. It has the beginnings of a truly epic story!To be continued...

I cannot remember the last time I bought a book because of it's cover, it's been decades. Manga, although well respected, is something I seldom fit into my reading. So you can imagine my surprise when I saw this book (cover) in a post on a reading group, found it and ordered it, because of the cover. This book was incredible. Great concepts, well explained and developed by not only the writing but the illustrations as well. I'm glad I had the chance to get my own copy and read it. I highly recom...