SUPER FAST REVIEW:A cool idea with lots of action, humor and suspense!Unfortunately it gets a bit confusing, partially due to the messy art style (I get what this book was going for there, it just doesn’t work). The non-comedic dialogue isn’t great.So yeah, it’s pretty good but boy, it really could have been A LOT better.3/5

This edition includes the first ten issues plus a couple of bonus comics of Cowboy Ninja Viking.This has been in the works as a movie for years but now, finally, we have go-date of Jun 2019.The movie is the reason I decided to read this first. The characters are hard to get to know as not much development is created. The characters are all fairly stereotypical: Viking, chef, sniper, hairstylist etc.The plot is full of spies, secret government science labs and violence galore. Typical action fare...

Picked up the book after hearing about the upcoming movie. The art style grew on me, and I loved the colouring. Writing was good, but it kind of felt a bit antiquated, like watching an older Guy Ritchie movie or something. The epilogue was fun. All in all an ok book.

I'm still not completely sure if the triplet personalities are supposed to be visible to others or if it's an effect the artist included to help readers keep track of who's talking. It was a fun read, but definitely not my usual, so it took a while for me to get through. It should be interesting if it really comes out as a movie.

Very much torn about this. I do not know whether this review helps the future potential readers at all or not. But here it goes-It is quite a trip, never a dull moment. The dialogues are very witty (many times laugh out loud funny). Specially the banter between the multiple personalities of Duncan, is really what made it a great read for me. The authors understands the inherent impossibility of the narrative and never takes it too seriously. It is filled with outlandish story lines and plot poin...

Cowboy/Ninja/Viking versus Gladiator/Pirate/OceanographerI don't exactly know where this novel came from, but it is the funniest, smartest, and most entertaining graphic novel I've read this year, (and I don't mean calendar year, seeing as how it's only early January; I mean full year).The setup is great. Rogue neuro-behavioral psychiatrists tried to create super warrior assassins by using regression therapies and pharmacological enhancements, (and experimental anti-anxiety shampoo), on people w...

When a graphic novel is called "Cowboy Ninja Viking" how much more is there to say about it, really?In full honesty, there's a conversation to be had about the story's use of multiple personality disorder and other moments that... well, we'll just say that they're not exactly PC.But these elements of the story only add to the manic energy of the comic as a whole. Fully embracing its premise, CNV tends to present itself in a relatively serious manner akin to traditional, gritty international spy

When it’s not taking extremely done-deaf liberties with the subject of mental illness, or punctuating the action with all kinds of humor that punches down, Cowboy Ninja Viking is the kind of frenetic mess that makes about the same amount of sense if you simply read it backwards. The art and writing often feel out of synch, and the visuals themselves tend to confuse more than illustrate.

Three days ago - six years ago - FFS this was too convoluted, not pretty, and full of medication names. I'm all for the unnecessary in comics, but not for that to be the be-all-and-end-all. Very disappointing.

Well that was...difficult. The art was...headache-inducing. The story was...confusing? I don't know. Just...I don't know.

The premise was interesting. Individuals with multiple personality disorders turned into spies where each personality has different skills. Mental health professionals are going to rip this a new one if this is actually being turned into a movie. The art was so terrible that it ruined the book for me. Rossmo has this scratchy, unfinished style combined with the coloring skills of a toddler. I couldn't tell what was happening in any of the fight scenes. In fact, if you to rely on the art to tell

This was really confusing. It felt like the story was all over the place, and when it started to make sense, it would immediately change direction to confuse you again. The ending was way too abrupt. I actually didnt realise I had finished. The artwork from Rossmo was that pencil sketch type that I'm not a huge fan of. Its an artwork that requires a really captivating story which this doesnt have. A little disappointed but would be interested to see how they tackle this with respect to a film ve...

Couldn't really finish it. Sorry, everyone.

The sketch-y, staccato art work was a little confusing. I had some trouble following the jumps in time and location. However, once I adjusted to the style, this was a hell of a fun read! Such great world building and modifying the word bubbles was a wonderful way to differentiate personalities. Really interested in a movie adaptation with Chris Pratt.

Soon to be Chris Pratt's third action movie franchise - and yet still no big-screen outing for Burt Macklin? - this is unlikely to win any awards for the sensitive, accurate depiction of mental health issues. But, it is a lot of fun. One of those dodgy black ops programmes which engages in unscrupulous research has been working with multiple personality sufferers, training each personality to produce 'triplets' who can be used for the most difficult and dangerous missions - so yes, that means th...

I've never seen a graphic novel whose art was so disruptive to its own concept. I went into this completely blind, and was almost immediately pulled into the concept of the triplets and the world surrounding them. But the book never makes it easy to enjoy - the art is sparse and characters are hard to discern (although the iconic speech bubbles are an inspired and effective approach), and it often feels like a page or two of content passed without actually being written down. But for every obtus...

Apparently, Disney is making a movie out of it, and the premise sounded fun enough so I figured I'd try it out.This graphic novel is an experience — and, in my case, mostly a negative one.The basic story revolves around a government project: a group of DID patients turned into special agents with their special talents coming from three identities each of their mind houses — with focus being on Duncan, who houses the three titular identities. And things for the members of the unit don't go so wel...

I was so incredibly disappointed with this book. I was hoping for something akin to The United States Of Tara meets Queen & Country. Instead, its a sloppy mess of nonsense that can't keep out of its own way. The "Triplets" program and abilities make no sense. The plot was a garbled mess. The dialogue was a disaster. This was just poorly written. The art by Riley Rossimo was a poor choice for this book. With so many things going on, his art was too ill-defined for this story. The lettering was in...

This is a pretty fun series, and definitely an instance of taking an essentially dumb premise and doing something good with it. But the art, which is frenetic and emotive, hampers the storytelling pretty often. The storytelling is some of the most choppy I've ever read, and, in the end, I'm not sure that I know what really happened. So: better than it's premise, but not as good as it wants to be.

Wow, did not expect this to be such a mess when it comes to telling a story. Suffers way too much from its urge to be ”cool” which makes it boyishly awkward. Had hopes for the ridiculous concept to actually be presented in an interesting way, but screw that, I guess.This actually gets my hopes up a bot for the film adaptation, because it won’t take much to top the original.