The Massive Volume 4

This five-volume graphic novel series follows the crew of the Kapital, a ship that's roaming a future world where sea levels have inundated most of the coastlines and sent nations and newly formed city-states spasming into survival mode. The ship belongs to a direct action environmental group, captained by a former mercenary, who suddenly have to confront what it means to be environmentalists at the end of the world.Take away: As these volumes rolled out starting in 2013 and ended in 2015, I couldn't wait to get a hold of each and every one. You shouldn't wait, either.http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/rmoore/climate_change_literature_that.html

I was already hooked on this series and fairly confident in its trajectory, but this volume changed everything. The art is incredible and the storyline even better. Be prepared to be shocked as Wood continues to explore the hypothetical minutiae of global collapse with unexpected character development.

great series. unusual due to not making the crash/apocalypse an action-adventure spectacle, but by assuming it is already over and how does humanity deal with it. great characters.

Great Series. Got them all.

Great! I am collecting the whole series.

I picked up The Massive on the reputation of writer Brian Wood and the log line for the series. From the start, I've really enjoyed the art and concept. This review is based on this volume alone, presupposes you have read up to this point, and is spoiler-free.This volume is limited in it's storytelling. It picks up with The Capital docked when it is attacked. Callum and Meg take it upon themselves to even the score, which leads them to Arkady. There are a series of flashbacks that flesh out Callum's relationship with Arkady in their Blackbell days.In a later story, the focus is on Mary as she is employed as part of a convoy. As with Callum/Arkady, there are a series of flashbacks that reveal more of her past. As has been alluded, there is something special about her that ties into the mystery of The Crash.What detracts from this volume is the limited amount of storytelling outside of the listed characters. There is virtually nothing. The narrative has been restricted to only a few characters during the series, but this volume really tightened it up. For a story that addresses a worldwide crisis, the narrative has shrunk considerably.The series is allegedly due to wrap up in the next volume. I feel like it could've used another volume or two to flesh out the story a bit more. I'm eager to see what, if any, is said about the cause of The Crash, what Mary's role is, what happened to the Massive, and the fate of Callum.

Taking a mostly realistic story and hinging it on what is essentially magic lost a lot of the appeal of the series for me. It was stronger when it centered itself around the personal stories of the crew, and now about the reasons for the crash.

The story continues, but opens up a little to a more fantasy setting? Perhaps a little late in the story as this almost promised a hyper realistic setting.

This series just keeps getting better and better. Absolutely loving it

wood keeps me captivated

Love this series!