I had been rather lukewarm about Rucka and Lark’s dystopian Lazarus series, until volume 5, The Cull, when you feel things are finally heating up. But that was a year ago, and over those five volumes you are focused on several futuristic families, all of them rich and powerful. The lower, or serf, class, called The Waste, gets short shrift, surprise. The series is being produced so slowly that it is hard to keep invested, too.But then comes along this volume, and I wasn’t excited about it. It fe...

I really enjoyed diving back into the dystopian futuristic medieval world of Lazarus, and I liked these stories from the serf class, they give substance and depth to the world. Each chapter has a different artist, and three co-writers worked with the main writer Greg Rucka, and yet all the chapters fit comfortably into the prevailing Lazarus aesthetic. I didn't like the style choice for the writing in the final chapter, though -- I liked the story and the art, but the Fantasy novel writing style...

I really enjoy the world of Lazarus. Some great stories in this one. I especially liked the one where we get to see how the grunts view Forever Carlyle.

Taking a break from the main story with a bunch of one shot stories to build on the world or Lazarus. It's definitely worth reading if you're a fan of the book. It's more enjoyable than the Sourcecode books at world building.

Nicely compliments the main series.

I liked these short stories about various supporting and bit players in this horrible future of super-powerful Families and their Lazari. Each short fills in more background about the tensions and current war between the Families. Nothing hugely revelatory but enjoyable violent and grim.

Six different stories more or less loosely tied to the main storyline. They focus on background characters (Casey Solomon, the Barretts, Seré Cooper...) or Lazari we know (Joaquim Morray, the Zmey) or don't (Alimah, Kolan). All are correct but none could rightly be qualified as outsanding. Some give insight on characters, some could probably be seen as preludes to some future developments (notably the Barretts) but I don't think not reading them will make future issues a challenge.The art sectio...

What a pleasant surprise! This smacks of being a side project intended to give fans something to read while the creators get the main title back on schedule, and I usually hate that kind of filler, but this world and these characters are so intriguing and Rucka is such a good writer that I found this as satisfying as a volume from the main storyline. More please. And soon!

This is not a proper volume of Lazarus but rather a collection of six one-shots, each focused on different sets of secondary characters in the Lazarus universe, and each drawn by a different artist. It's nothing groundbreaking or super-important, but just like all those world-building extras and Sourcebooks that Rucka and his team like to produce, this mini-series does a good job of filling in the blanks that the main storyline doesn't have the time or space to address. It also served as a time-...

Lazarus is simply one of the best series currently in production and this miniseries, which breaks from current continuity to give us several side stories set in this universe, only helps to further develop one of the more vividly-imagined future society's in all of imaginative literature. Interestingly, Forever Carlyle never once makes an appearance. Instead, we've got stories that focus on peripheral characters and the Lazari of other houses, which serve to build out the story of The Conclave

Short stories set alongside the main story, with varying degrees of impact. These feel sort of like bonus stories set in any regular Science Fiction universe, or perhaps like those of the superhero comic Astro City. The last two are very good indeed, while the other four are interesting mostly for their utility in filling out the world.

Stand-alone stories in the world the Lazarus comics, set after Volume 5, Cull. Good story telling, but with other artists. And none of them as good as the original artwork. So that took some getting used to. The only artwork I actually liked was the last story, about the Vasslovka Lazarus. I liked all of the stories, my favourite was probably Issue #4, with the journalist looking for clues of.... not telling you! That one at least will probably have an impact for the main storyline. Although the...

The story continues.

If it wasn't for the last issue (read as floppies, again) this could have been a five star review. I do recommend this interruption in the regular series. These side stories are really good for giving some insight as to how the other families, and their respective Lazarus operate. These Lazarus do have personalities.But,am I the only who who thinks that the Lazarus haven't figured out that they could rule the families, and therefore the world? Unless fail safes were built in by the families, the...

These 6 stories bridging the gap between Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 just got better and better. I absolutely love how the creators mention a character the reader writes off as flat only to turn around and say "HAHA NOPE, THIS CHARACTER IS COMPLEX TOO, HERE'S AN ENTIRE ARC ABOUT THEM." And every story not only develops the characters but feeds into the overall plot, making none of them feel superfluous. The worldbuilding is so complex and believable, the action and characters and themes brilliant, the pac...

Here we have some vignette filler to plug in some gaps between volume 5 and 6. This was pretty cool for the most part even though it wasn’t very necessary. Other than the last issue with the dragon it was pretty interesting. If you’re interested in the world or characters of this story it’s worth a read but it’s very non essential and a bunch of chaff really when you come down to it.

LAZARUS: X+66This exceptional series continues with individual stories of key characters.LAZARUS: X+66 #1Solomon: “I am the blade my family wields. I am a dagger.”LAZARUS: X+66 #2Moray’s Lazarus – you gotta empathise with him. His confrontation with Sister Mercy is … heart-wrenching!“He is an IT …and IT is a machine.” – Mother to her daughter about her Lazarus ‘son’.LAZARUS: X+66 #3Joe and Bobbie are in a world that they morally and ethically disapprove of and yet cannot distance themselves from...

Instead of focusing on Eve Carlyle and the Carlyle family, this issue instead focuses on those who are effected by the Carlyle and other families influences. Case in point, the first story is Cassidy Sullivan's journey into becoming a Dagger, the most elite of the Carlyle fighting forces. The second story goes into Joaquim's betrayal while fighting the Vassalakova's Lazarus in the last issue and how he's dealing with it and what his family decides to do with his decision/emotions etc. The third

Part of the catching up for the move.

Ah, this series. It never fails to make me all warm and fuzzy inside. Fluffy bunnies, endearingly charming characters, heartwarming scenes, pastel-colored rainbows...Lazarus has it all!Okay, so it also has a little blood, a tiny measure of violence, some backstabbing, a few assholes, a small number of cunning liars and ruthless bastards…It’s positively delightful, I tell you!*gets all cuddly-snuggly inside*So. This volume is a sort of standalone-that-doesn't-stand-so-alone in the series. It's se...