Nevada, an exotic dancer who works with her onstage partner and offstage pet, an ostrich named Bolero, is worried that she's about to lose her job at Las Vegas's Nile Hotel. But that's the least of her troubles, as she is drawn into events involving dismembered corpses, accidental time-travel, a drunken, homeless visionary, and a would-be Godfather whose head is in a very strange place.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Adrian Brown
Format:Paperback
Steve Gerber is one of the leading lights of US comics as they should be. His body of work covers a lot of Marvel Superheroism, and perhaps his most famous character is Howard the Duck.
So it is only right that one of the protagonists in Nevada is a bird. Bolero the ostrich and Nevada the showgirl set about exploring why strange things have been happening to Nevada. And that's where things get weird !
A drunkard who just may be the person to save the universe. A mobster with a lava lamp where his head should be. And all manner of creatures who manage to cross that interdimensional portal.
Truly weird, but Gerber makes you care about what happens to his totally human characters (even Bolero !) Not so much a horror as a fantasy clash between the mundane and the surreal.
A great self-contained introduction to Vertigo graphic novels.
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Nevada: a state of madness
3 May 2001
By A Customer
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Format:Paperback
Wow, I'm surprised no one has reviewed this book! Originally a six issue mini-series from DC Comics' Vertigo line, this comic has it all: a beautiful strong woman, who also happens to be a Vegas showgirl, a pet ostrich (named Bolero), a gangster with a lava lamp head, strange murders, and much more. Steve Gerber has written one weird story here, as if Las Vegas wasn't already surreal enough. Nevada, the main character, is a pretty unique woman in the world of comics. She's tough, but more in a psychological way than your typical Amazonesque superheroine or babe with big guns. She's sexy, but in a real and naural way. The artwork is good too, supplied by Phil Winslade and Steve Leialoha. This is probably one of the best Vertigo mini-series ever (along with Peter's Milligan's ENIGMA and Paul Pope's HEAVY LIQUID.) If you like Grant Morrison's stuff, you'll probably like this too. Gritty and surreal just the way you like it!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Among the Best Comics of All Time ...
6 Dec 2002
By RJ Buck
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Format:Paperback
What can I say ... the short series collected in this volume has a real woman for the lead character, vivid characterisation, heaps of intelligence, a sharp critique of modern society and humanity in general, and an exposition of an existentialist, yet non-materialist philosophy unlike anything you'll find elsewhere in comics. The fantastic milieu of Las Vegas and alternate dimensions is rendered in a wonderful and realistic style by Phil Winslade ... Clearly, a special labour of love by Gerber and Winslade, which, along with Gerber's Howard the Duck volumes, comes very highly recommended to anyone who loves comics, but wishes more of them had intelligence and soul.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gerber's very best comics work in the 1990s
31 Mar 2005
By Steve Miller
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Format:Paperback
This book exhibits all the quirkiness, along with amazingly believable and likable characters, that made Gerber's classic work at Marvel (on "The Defenders," "Tales of the Zombie," "Man-Thing," "Omega the Unknown," and "Howard the Duck") such joys to read and re-read. "Nevada" is further strengthened by the way the realistic art of Phil Winslade makes "Nevada" feel very matter-of-factly, even while its main character is facing hoards of extra-dimensional monsters, or falling to pieces during a mind/body spiritual test that becomes a little too literal.
"Nevada" is a joy to read and re-read.
"Nevada" is a joy to read and re-read.
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