A standard Remender reading experience. Phenomenal art with terrific colors and detailed creature designs; wonderfully inventive world-building with a great magic system (particularly love the huge metal-jawed lizardman who can teleport people by swallowing them); and standard issue shoddy, disappointing Remender writing. This is the type of story a reader starts, thinking "I don't know but I'll keep going, maybe it gets better". And you keep going, keep going and then you get to that final chapter, paragraph, issue and bam. All 4 issues presented in this volume were an easy 5 stars for me. From start to finish I was completely taken in and carried along with what was going on. Seven to Eternity is EPIC in scope and I am so down with where this story is going! This series had great action, great world building, an outstanding villain, nice art and some morals and real world allusions along the way. The bigger problem is that, while you get to see a lot of different locations in Seven to Eternity, most of their personality comes from the art. You see a variety of different races in this book, but the only ones I can actually name are humans and goblins. They might've mentioned what race Jevalia is in passing, too, but I don't remember it. As for the cities themselves, only two of them are developed in any real detail. This is understandable to some extent - you don't go on a rollercoaster to see the sights! - but I wish Remender would've taken some time to flesh out the setting.

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Tl;dr: if you can bear feeling dragged by detours once in a while, this story delivers and the art in Seven to Eternity is the at the pinnacle! I would be remiss to not mention the art by Jerome Opena. I didn't think he could get any better than he already was, but man, he gets better every time. This volume has some great visuals in it, and its all handled masterfully by Opena and the rest of the art crew. I gave a book an extra star just because of the art. This'll serve as a review for the series as a whole. The starting premise is that we have a fantasy world where many members of it each have indivdualized powers. In particular, one person has ascended in recent years into a sort of fantasy Dark Lord: the God of Whispers, whose thing is that he can see through the eyes of anyone who makes a deal with him, and if he dies, all those who have made pacts with him die as well. Our main character Adam Osidis is from a family who was exiled because his father spoke out against the God of Whispers as he ascended, and is shunned by both the God's people, and those who later rebelled against the God, as the father then kept them out of the fight. Adam goes to the God of Whispers, obstentiably to save his family from the GoW's wrath, but in the middle of the discussion, a band of rebels capture the God and begin a long journey to take him to the magical McGuffin place where the god's connection to those bound to him can be severed, and he can be killed without killing them.The theme of this gorgeous art comic is dark fantasy mixed with some mystery and Western-like plots.

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So far, the story up to Volume 1 is very promising. If this series has a satisfying ending, I could re-rate this comic into 5 star. The narrative is peppered with cliffhangers and plot twists that keep you riveted, making you question your own moral compass — who’s good and who’s bad? Remender is a master of letting everyone reach their own answer to that question. The world building is minimal which isn’t a bad thing so the book can solely focus on its narrative but I feel we could have gotten a bit more than we did as this whole story is one big road trip moving from place to place and seeing civilisation after civilisation you can’t help but want to learn more.

Doesn’t that sound like all of these true believers we see running around these days? The January 6th insurrectionists? The armed white men “protecting children” from drag queen shows? The people pushing the “stolen election” lies? And on the left as on the right, the rush to judgement to believe *any* accusation of wrongdoing without any evidence? The Purity Police who wield cancel culture like a weapon to destroy people’s careers? Join our Discord community, where we chat about the latest news and releases from everything we cover on AIPT Remender is my favorite comic book writer of all time. I’m used to his writing style. However, StE doesn’t fit quite into my expectations for him.

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We're kind of thrown into this world and lore is dispersed a little in each issue, A "hit the ground running" instance occurs. I was a little confused at first but hey I was curious to put the pieces together. The Mud King is, above all, driven. To achieve his objective, the Mud King creates a scenario where his beloved daughter Penelope, trying to rescue him, could be slain? (We as readers do not much sympathise with Penelope – she is a ruthless monster wearing the mask of a creepy doll – but the Mud King grieves for her passing.) Later, he allows himself to be blinded – not an enormous impediment to someone who can see through the eyes of any person who has accepted his bargain, but still, a physical diminishment. Why? The Seven come to realise that the Mud King has his own agenda, and even while he is caged, they are his pawns. Is the art awesome and the story intriguing enough nonetheless to make me want to read the next volume? I think so. Remender has a nagging nihilism in most, if not all, of his creator owned work, so much so it becomes a drag to read. However, Seven to Eternity might be the first time it actually works in the books favor, as this is a tribulation for the party involved. That's not to say it breaks new ground, as most if not all the major story beats I could see coming or at least predict closely to say "ah I knew it, you fool". Needless to say, Opeña's art is phenomenal throughout, brought to life by Hollingsworth's impeccable colors. I cannot really say anything more without spoiling this comic. It is everything it should be, even if I would have liked a few more explanations about the workings of this world that Remender and Opena built.El rey del lodo ciego del todo, pero forzándose a cumplir con su promesa, mientras Osidis sigue en esa espiral de lamentos y llantos de lo injusto que es la vida con el. The problem for the reader is that it is easy to fall in love with the worlds of Seven to Eternity. Care and innovative thought has gone into its creation and execution. We resent the curtain being drawn across the set. Otherwise, Mr Remender has a technique of slowly building up a story and then allowing the moving pieces to suddenly crash into each other, bringing about a conclusion. Seven to Eternity’s conclusion has nowhere left to go save for an exclamation mark of doom, fire, blood, and familial vengeance. There, like a classic Shakespearean tragedy, the play is done.

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Jerome Opena's art is great but the two issues (6 and 7) illustrated by a guest artist feel like a rip off and a break of the promise that this book was the next Remender/Opena big thing. Felt this could have at least six issues shorter. Overall a solid book, with ridiculously great art by Jerome Opeña (and James Harren too) though at times action scenes were difficult to decipher. I enjoyed the characterizations of the main two characters - Adam Osidis and the villain, the Mud King - but almost every other character felt cliché and irrelevant. I felt the fantasy elements were also generally unclear. Want to take our relationship to the next level? Become a patron today to gain access to exclusive perks, such as:While the literal material itself is outstanding, it is the publication schedule that has hugely affected my reception towards Seven to Eternity. Readers have waited for so long just to see the end of the series. I have almost lost my interest reading the series. Plus the art by Jerome Opeña is flat-out amazing. Not only is it pretty, but he tells the story clearly without trying to be fancy. Everything is communicated and it flows easily. The art is amazing. I loved all the story twists, but would have liked a bit more on what the daughter was up to throughout the main story. I love the idea here: what does it mean to hold true to your beliefs in a society/world where no one else does? It's something I can relate to, having strong principles and often times being ridiculed or chastised for adhering to them in the modern world. Remender often takes an idea like this and examines it from a few angles, writing through his analysis as he (what seems like) figures it out for himself in his personal life. And then, the titular climax - why this comic is named so; the weight and misconception of prophecy; the vicious cycle and its breaking.