The art is gorgeous, easy to read, with the pacing and emotional punch of a great movie. (Someone later pointed out to me that War and Peace with Mickey Mouse could describe Maus, one of the most important graphic novels ever.) It plays off of all the strengths of the medium in an approachable way. But how do you murder a robot? Does that even make sense? And why would someone make a gripping story for adults out of an Astro Boy story? Isn’t that like doing War and Peace with Mickey Mouse? Surprisingly, no. It has an immediately intriguing high concept - someone is murdering the world’s seven greatest robots. This is the manga series that converts any comic reader to appreciating the format.
This book feels substantial and important, and so it is. This volume, with 10 chapters and 254 pages, is over-sized compared to the previous, and it opens with 10 glorious color pages. The much-anticipated (and much-feared, because no one wants it to be over) final volume in the deservedly much-praised series is here, and the presentation is excellent.
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