Well. That was disappointing. I just found the whole story rather boring and the artwork too dim and undetailed for my liking. It doesn't explain either why they're all over evolved humanoid animals.

I went looking for something that wasn't DC to read so I picked this up..... why does this cat-person have boobs?(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]*closes book*["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>

Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley.Also a thank you to Merry Meerkat who read and reviewed this. It was because of her(?) review that I picked it up. This collects issues 1-6 of Autumnlands, which quite frankly, just might be enough to get me to actually by comics as single issues again. Because seriously – hot damn! This is what comics should be. Screw that. This is what story telling should be. Autumnlands opens in a world where a class of animal people is losing magic. There is a second class of a...

I had issues with the visual representations of animals with human physique - hands, feet, clothes ...It took some time to get used to that.Story was interesting enough and it really intrigued me.

Pros: magnificent artwork, fun Evil Dead/Army of Darkness vibe (in terms of a character dropping in from the future and being a little rough around the edges), interesting world building and magic system Cons: most of the main characters are annoying and/or pretentious, naked owl chicks are not hot (even less so when they’re mangled and dead), less interesting to read than to look atUpshot: the first volume of this series is like the sweet, dorky guy with the bad haircut in a teen rom-com—he cou...

Excellent introduction to a world where anthropomorphized animals live on cities that float in the sky with the help of a magic that is fading from existence. To combat this magic shortage, a talented magic user gathers a coalition of wizards to bring a great warrior from the past to the present in order to reawaken the powers. The warrior is surprising, his summoning has unintended consequences, and the reader, after just a few pages, finds herself quickly caught up in a strange new world.Highl...

This is a promising beginning for an epic fantasy series. Busiek channeled his inner Robert E. Howard for this one. It's a world populated by anthropomorphic animals. Wizards use their power to float entire cities in the air. But magic seems to be running out. In an attempt to solve this problem, a group of wizards pool their resources in an attempt to summon a legendary champion from the past. They succeed, but the drain on local magic brings their city crashing to the ground. Those who dwell o...

Fine, I guess. Army of Darkness meets Watership down. Art was nice but the story was a bit dull. Not sure if I'll continue or not.

Fantasy comics can be hard to nail, but Image has served me well with Monstress and Birthright, so I decided to try out The Autumnlands too! Though this is my least favourite of those mentioned, it is a fair start to what could be a very fun series. Nothing blew my socks off, but a fine way to spend an hour on the weekend. I’ll be back for the next volume!PS: I've been meaning to get into Kurk Busiek's Astro City, but I've no idea where to start. Feel free to point me in the right direction!

So I've now read the entire volume for this and I have to say I loved the first issue the most. In the first issue we're introduced to a world only inhabited by animals. I loved seeing the way that these civilised animals had built up a culture and the reliance on magic for this culture was super interesting.As the book went on we get the introduction of a human character and this completely shifted the focus of the book in my opinion. I kind of wish that the human character wasn't coming into t...

Ben Dewey can draw animals like no one else, and that together with Kurt Busiek's writing makes this gorgeous first volume feel like an entire world. I would give this an extra star if I could because I can't think of another comic that features an anthropomorphic tapir, even in a bit part.

Ugh. This could have been (and was almost) a five-star, Saga-quality, Animal Farm/Watership Down/Monkey Wars/Castle Waiting grownup animal story comic with its gorgeous art and great plot, but -- and this is a big *BUT* because this kind of shizz should not be getting past editors and being published in 2015 -- the borderline-if-not-outright-racist stereotype depiction of the American bison characters as broken-English-speaking Plains tribal members, even as sympathetic as those characters are m...

This is the closest thing I've came to reading a fantasy novel in comic book form. It starts off very slowly in an anthropomorphic world. The magicians name probably 50 spells as they cast them which is beyond annoying. After the first 2 issues things start to get rolling and the book gets much better.I was unfamiliar with the artist but the art is stunningly beautiful and reminds me quite a bit of Fables in color palette and tone.

Great in a slightly different way from Astro City, more serially urgent than AC’s epic winding anthologies, though Busiek‘s ability to quickly conjure myth-making around this all new world reminds me a lot of AC. The fantasy story about an anthropomorphic animal world staring down the loss of magic is compelling and thrilling, and given more depth by light allegorical elements around class conflict and existential environmental crisis. The hoped-for-hero also stands apart interestingly from the

Firstly, before anything else, the artwork in this volume is absolutely beautiful and worth buying the book for on it's own. Ben Dewey manages to draw animals every bit as expressive and varied as humans, and his world building is second to none. Even the desolate landscapes of the Autumnlands are gorgeous to look at, and the painted pages in each issue are a joy.But of course, it's all tied together with Kurt Busiek's words, and as anyone knows, Busiek knows how to tell a good story. It's a slo...

Amazing world and I'm in love with all the different character's looks, but the story was a bit disappointing. I started getting bored with it in the second half. Hopefully the next issues will be better!

A floating city falls down into the Autumnlands, where the inhabitants must face their mortal enemies.The artwork is sleek and polished, and with the cast of characters being made up almost entirely of animal-faced-humanoids, it's a beautiful graphic novel. This is a bit of an odd one story-wise though.The wizards have brought back a hero from long ago to try to restore magic to their world. These wizards are made up of warthogs, owls, giraffes, cats and the like. The hero shows up as a human, s...

Very nice different type of Fantasy comic that blends a nice amount of SiFi into the story. Good and interesting different read. Recommended if you want to try something totally new

That was pretty good. There was a flood of weird names and lingo at the beginning that was a little off putting, but once I started to get a sense of the characters and the relationships, I settled into the story and enjoyed it. I'm not happy it ended on a cliffhanger, but I'm in for the next installment. (view spoiler)[ It was an interesting twist that the animals viewed the human's behavior as uncivilized. I liked that the author called attention to the brutality of the Champion's strategic mo...