Wool: The Graphic Novel (Silo Saga)

I love this format, zooming into panels and making reading comic books more than it's ever been.I breezed thru this amazing omnibus and now I'm wanting more.This particular form of the "silo saga" is interesting and I think leans a bit on having either read the books or watched the Apple TV show. There are spots in the graphic novel that made me recall the story bits between those points, things that let you feel the claustrophobic atmosphere of the silo.All in all well worth it. Enjoyed it immensely.

This gn did a good job of bringing the first novel to life in a tangible way without overwriting the imagination. There are a few sequences that seem to go by with a bit too much picture- only storytelling, but I really liked the pacing overall. The artwork is gritty and gives a great sense of atmosphere.

The artwork and story are great. I can see why AppleTv picked it up as a great storyline and made a wonderful show out of it. Really good work.

I was disappointed to see that when I double tap on a panel in the book, it does not enable me to move from panel to panel. Instead, when I tap on the right side of my Kindle Fire HDX 7" (same on 8.9"), the view moves among four quadrants of each page. It starts at upper left, then to upper right, lower left, and lower right. Sometimes this messes up the flow of the text and illustrations and you have to move back to see what's next in the story.By comparison, Watchmen uses the panel-by-panel navigation and is much easier to read on my HDX than Wool is.Maybe this can be fixed in future books in the series? I hope so. The illustrations look terrific, and it's a shame for the clumsy navigation to detract from the enjoyment of the book.

Okay, it’s not a movie. Like so many limited series, this comic is written and drawn like they’re waiting to e-sign a Netflix adaptation toot-sweet. But this is that rarer comic that balances just enough storytelling to make a dystopian nightmare enjoyable for a reader. It’s worth it!

Wool: A Graphic Novel* does a fantastic job of capturing the atmosphere and tension of the original novel. The artwork is impressive and brings the dystopian world to life in a visually engaging way. The storyline stays true to the core themes of isolation, survival, and societal control, making it an excellent adaptation for fans of the series.However, while the visual medium adds a lot, it also limits the depth of certain character developments and plot points that were more fleshed out in the original book. Despite this, the graphic novel is still a great read, especially for those who enjoyed the novel and want to experience it in a new format.

I loved Hugh Howey's WOOL and of course, pictured bits and pieces of it in my mind. What I didn't do, however, in spite of how specific he was in his storytelling, was assign that mental image as the permanent look of the book forever and ever. Of course, when Hugh hands over his vision to another artist, whether that person is making a graphic novel, TV series, or even movie, the look will be different than we expected and that's alright. In this case, I loved what the artist Jimmy Broxton did with Howey's source material, providing a scope for the vastness of how big the silo actually is, in spite of the claustrophobic conditions we sometimes attribute to the silos.I loved the first episode in the serial and am eagerly awaiting the next installment.

I love this book series. The comic is not nearly as good, but still fun to have visuals added.