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| The Nightly News | 
 enlarge | Author: Jonathan Hickman
Publisher: Image Comics
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 42929
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 184
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 6.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1582407665
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5
EAN: 9781582407661
ASIN: 1582407665
Publication Date: September 19, 2007
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Product Description
As an act of violence spirals out of control to encompass the entirety of the news media, a cult has emerged from the errors and retractions that have ruined careers, marriages and even lives. Under direction from his cult master, The Hand leads an army of followers committed to revolution, willing to die for their cause.
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Magnificent...Buy this book now September 28, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
"The Nightly News" is one of the most revolutionary comic books to be released within the last decade. While the author claims to not share some of the ideals brought up in the book, it's spoken from his soul. This is just one of those books that gets a 5 star on every level. The art, the characters, the plot, everything.
The plot is detailed in the description, so I'll jump to the art. It flows so well, but at some point, you think to yourself: "Am I really reading a comic book?" Even compared to today's liberal standards, The Nightly News breaks the rules of sequential art taught to hundreds of artists in art school. Inspired by graphic artists rather than other comic books artists, (already a sign of a revolutionary, if you ask me)Jonathan Hickman gets to the point with his OWN detailed back drops of random circles but with realistically drawn characters. Instead of reading from panel to panel, Hickman's comic makes it feel like a constant flow. Not quite cinematic, (though one can relate this to Tony Scott) but definitely not traditional. It's nothing like you've ever seen. The art was the reason I picked up this comic book by random choice. It looked different from everything else on the shelf, and I was burning a whole in my pocket so I grabbed it along with with Warren Ellis' "New Universal."
Well, "New Universal" turned out to be disappointing, but Hickman's comic book turned out to be incredibly deep from the start as well as addicting. I preordered the paperback in April, and made an EXTREMELY hard pact to myself to not read anymore until I received it in the mail. When I finally got it, I considered not going to work. I did go to work, but after reading it when I got back him I realized I would not regret making the other decision. The art never wears off, only because the story is complex yet not preachy. Hickman even stated at the end of each issue that he does NOT associate himself with sides in politics, and is more into the social examination, which I really dig.
Pick this book up, now.
Mind Blowing Comic Ecstacy! September 24, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Powerful and relevant. This is what a free media transmission looks like. It seems that the only forms of free speech left are via comic books and comedy. Satire is our last sanctuary of creative commentary. Nightly News is crucial reading for every American. It exposes the hipocracy of modern mainstream media and provides crucial statistics and info on the corporate nightmare formerly know as the "Land of the Free". Big ups to Jonathan Hickman for his important contribution. Jonathan Hickman you are now officially a hero of THE GOOD FUTURE. Can't wait to see what you come up with next.
Media Analysis Gone Awry November 23, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Twisted but insightful post-modern unraveling of mainstream mass media. Or is it all media? Or is it Congress. Nightly News Joins Frank Miller's Return of the Dark Knight and Alan Moore's Watchman as the best graphic interpretation of politics, media, and post-modern culture around.
I would recommend it to anyone interested in challenging their conventional understanding of the relationship between media and power.
DrDigipoldr
The best book I've read this year! September 21, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am still in shock about what this story did for me. I heard some good things about Nightly News, but nothing prepared me for the unsettling hold it had for the duration of the experience.
To boil it down, it's about a group/cult of people dedicated to change the news by destroying their reporters by any means necessary. If this was all it entailed then I would've just thought it was ok and moved on. He goes for the jugular and exposes why journalism is tainted and shouldn't be trusted anymore. The visual style Mr. Hickman brings to each page makes my graphic designer/creative mind drool with envy. Comics are not done this way for more than a few pages, but he throws the traditional out the door and moves with a palate that is overwhelming and mezmerizing on every page.
I had to slow down and read each chapter to take in all the details wrapped in it. He throws statistics that are great ammunition toward convincing me that tv is no good (not that I didn't know that already, but it reenforces it). I don't want to give too much away, but just flipping through the book demand that I read it. This is a rare breed of work that moves me like Fight Club, Donnie Dark and anything by Daniel Quinn. It makes us look at the world around us and want to change it, while providing an entertaining story. This is a book that I want to buy copies for friends and give out. I want to hand it over and say, "See someone else is thinking like we do."
I cannot give it anymore higher praise and hope others will latch on and love this series like I do.
 Terroristic Cults September 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Nightly News is a condemnation of the corporate news media in the US which favors profits and ratings over facts, thus leaving lives ruined in the pursuit of stories.
The story follows a terroristic cult as it kills and executes dozens of news people in an effort to force the rest to stick to factual news reporting and not sensationalistic story reporting.
The main drive of the story, however, is a mystery as to who The Voice really is and what his goals are.
Obviously, the author doesn't believe in going out and killing dozens of people is a solution to the problem (and makes it very clear throughout the story), but the story is peppered with facts and figures that make the reader question everything from control of the media, to globalization, to public schools. It is a dense story with a lot of information to take in on every page.
Not enough can be said about the artwork. It is very far from traditional comic art, ignoring traditional panel layouts for a style best described as "graphic design." The pages are laid out as infographics, with even charts and graphs popping up from time to time. There are lots of straight lines (including rectangular word balloons) and solid shapes. Everything is neat and orderly, which makes a huge impression when chaotic violence breaks out. Within these stylized graphics and layouts are realistic figures. This is all topped off with a monochromatic color scheme. It is like nothing else seen in comic books.
The only complaint is that the figures of the very large cast tend to blend together. It is hard to tell the dozen or so characters apart with the heavy inking and limited color pallet. You are reduced to trying to figure out which spiky-haired or glasses-wearing person you are looking at. Part of this is intentional, especially among the interchangeable TV news personalities, but it makes reading difficult.
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