In the introduction, Damon Lindelof—noted for blowing people's mind in the film industry—promises Mind Mgmt would blow the reader's mind. He wasn't wrong.Mind Mgmt functions perfectly as a standalone novel, reminiscent of Christopher Nolan's Memento, while taking the amnesia game to a higher level. Meru, an acclaimed photojournalist, delves into the mystery of flight 815 in which every passenger with the exception of a child and a missing person from the list is struck with a debilitating bout o...

Seriously never read a graphic novel quite like this one before! The story is so original! Starting with a flight where every aboard gets amnesia and then taking us on a journey to find the man who might be responsible. The illustrations are in these watercolor tones that are beautiful-the frames are large and easy to read/follow. I love the field guide notes all around the edges. Awesome story!!

Ok. This one took a bit to get going for me but by the end I was completely hooked. Hell of a premise with interesting art and a good story. Looking forward to continuing this series. 4.5 stars.

A plane full of people suffer collective amnesia. A village where people are constantly making pots for no reason. A small town wiped out in an inexplicable massacre. Writer Meru decides to follow the strange trail of events for her latest book to answer the question at the heart of this dark mystery: who is Henry Lyme? I’m not at all a fan of Matt Kindt’s but MIND MGMT, Volume 1: The Manager surprisingly wasn’t that bad. The story opens with an intriguing scenario – the amnesia plane – before m...

A bit too much waiting to hear an explanation for what appear to be inexplicable events, but it was still intriguing enough to keep me going despite the fact that "no time to explain!" is one of my pet peeves.By the end, I was in. The first 2/3 didn't quite do it for me, but once we got to the exposition, I was in. This probably sounds like a non-endorsement, but I'm a person who's likely to quit a book that doesn't feel like it's going somewhere, so for me to stick with it is high praise, in a

Two years ago, the passengers aboard a commercial flight suddenly lost their memories, and their lives would never be the same. When a young writer named Meru comes across the case in search of inspiration for her new book, she stumbles upon a mystery that involves secret organizations and conspiracies, hypnotic propaganda and immortal assassins, talking dolphins and psychic snipers, sleeper agents who don't know they're sleeping and monks holding the entire history of the world. Yep, it’s a sto...

I loved Kindt's Revolver. I also loved Kindt's friend Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth series a lot (and Kindt also contributes to that series!), and they seem to have a lot in common, very creative original ideas, deft sketch and coloring, just enough to give you a sense of the situation, not too much, and perfect for their subjects and stories. Just a glance at a few reviews, and it is clear almost everyone loves it. . . some folks mention Lost and that seems fair, as the intro is written by Lost co-...

Really enjoyed this one. It combines some of the spy theatrics of Kindt's earlier Super Spy with a conspiracy story revolving around a secret government agency, responsible for psychic warfare. Meru, the main character, is a young woman true crime writer who sees a televised report about the tenth anniversary of Flight 815, the so-called "amnesia flight," because everyone on-board mysteriously lost their memories--everyone that is, but a seven-year-old boy and the missing, 121st passenger, Henry...

MIND MGMT is the long overdue makeover of the spy tale, now cerebral, supernatural, and deeply sensitive. The artwork takes a major adjustment, but works with the dreamlike story—think Jeff Lemire, but rougher and simpler. A must read.A Short Note on the Standard Hardcover...Rating: A+I had to review the fine and unparalleled design and construction of this book. The jacket-less hardcover is exquisite and durable—better quality than most hardcover novels, like art book quality. Sewn binding! And...

Fantastic premise of a story and the writer treats you with respect with some intelligent story telling. An fantastic mystery thriller. I'm hooked.

Read in issues.When I saw the first issue in my LCS I wasn't sure about it. The watercolor art threw me off a little bit and I decided that I just wanted to read something familiar. However, over the next couple of days I kept thinking about it and how intriguing the look of it was. I went back and picked up the issue, then the 2nd issue, then the 3rd, etc. I fell in love with the storytelling as well as the art. I can't think of a better art style to fit this story. You spend most of the time f...

Unique spy fi series. Intriguing premise and payoff. Can't wait to read the subsequent volumes

Conspiracy theories aren't my thing. I don't care for them, don't like their speculative nature, don't understand their acceptance as fact by so many different groups of people. I don't subscribe to them. The absurdity of just a few of the most recent ones we have dealt with in America when it comes to claims of 'false flag' operations blows my mind. I think that more than the sheer absurdity of the allegations of a conspiracy, the speculative nature is what really gets me. I'm a historian. I do...

Some people seem to really like Matt Kindt's art for some reason. I find it looks like the doodles of a middle schooler. So if you can get by the fugly art, there's a decent X-Files type story here. Everyone on Flight 815 (definitely a Lost reference there) has lost their memory. Now a writer is on the hunt for the one person missing on the manifest. While on a quest around the world to find this individual, she uncovers a clandestine group with special abilities.

I did not read this book.This is not a 4-star review.I did not enjoy this book.I would not recommend this book.I did not just confuse everyone reading this review who hasn’t read this book.What’s it about?A struggling author investigates a mysterious event from 2 years ago and ends up in lots of danger in a story of mind control and espionage.Pros:The story is very interesting and unique.The art style is absolutely great! It looks nice and I love the way that it sometimes goes outside of the lin...

Really good! I really like the artwork and the writing, reminds me a bit of Jeff Lemire's earlier work (and I hear Kindt and Lemire are very good friends). Can't wait for the next volume!

I liked the idea of this so much, my enthusiasm for what I wanted it to be carried me most of the way through the second book before I realized I wasn't actually into it.I still like it in theory. A secret history of psychic spies and super-damaged people all around the world; action scenes interleaved with interviews and training manuals and reportage; loose watercolor art in the mode of several indie artists I like... could be cool. I think I just really don't like Matt Kindt's writing. The na...

Intriguing. I'm all for "government conspiracy" stories and Kindt definitely builds the structure for one: People with mental powers secretly living in our society and run by a mysterious group who will do anything they deem necessary to control the world. It's a little difficult to evaluate things like pacing, because the storytelling is very limited and the rating loses half a star because of it. It's very simple both in anatomy and detail, and the storytelling keeps to only about 3 or 4 panel...

We're off to a promising beginning. I've been hearing good things about this series, and I can see why. How can you fight someone who can literally rewrite your memories and control your perceptions? Would you even know you needed to defeat them?Meru is a journalist looking into a story about flight 815, an airplane full of people who all lost their memory at the same time. She discovers that one passenger seems to have vanished in mid-flight, and becomes determined to track him down. She quickl...

In another medium, Mind MGMT would be referred to as a High Concept story. What if the US government had a secret program with weaponized mind control specialists? In its particulars, Mind MGMT is the story of Meru, a true crime writer who investigates a curious incident involving a commercial flight whose passengers all show signs of amnesia. Her investigation throws her into a spy story with psychics, immortal assassins, and former government operatives.Given the widespread praise that this se...