As common as the practice is, it can be pretty tricky to adapt an existing story for the comic medium. Far too many of these adaptations are rushed, poorly executed affairs that disrupt the flow of the source material. Even when the adaptation is competently handled, readers are often left with a story that regurgitates the source material without bringing anything new or exciting to the table. That's the case with Dark Horse's take on Neil Gaiman's American Gods. It's competent, but doesn't offer much for readers already familiar with the text.
It's disappointing that P. Craig Russell couldn't accomplish more here, considering the great work he did adapting Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano's illustrated prose story Sandman: The Dream Hunters several years ago. Sadly, this issue amounts to little more than a slavishly faithful riff on the novel's first chapter. The dialogue and narration are pretty much lifted directly from the text. Readers are introduced to main protagonist Shadow as he slogs through his final days of prison, suffers an unexpected tragedy, returns to the real world and encounters the enigmatic Mr. Wednesday.
from IGN Reviews http://ift.tt/2nbnJ3S
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