Demon, Volume 4 (Demon, 4)

Very good book series! Thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end.

Glad to get the item

Brought to you by OBS reviewer ScottPicking up where Volume 3 left off, Jason Shiga’s tour de force The Demon ends in Volume 4 of this seminal series. Almost starting as a what if? in Volume 1, Shiga has shown the versatility of the comics medium in capturing an idea and a plot and showing the viewer the precise picture they had in mind. What a mind that could explore the depths of The Demon. Picking up from volume 3’s closure, there is no time wasted in picking up the pace as Volume 4 pins you to your seat and doesn’t let up until the ride is over.The dialogue Is punchy – to the point. Gone are the philosophical waxing of the 3rd volume and born are the fruits and labors of 100 and so years that have passed. The sheer shrewdness and diabolical twists bring an almost wry smile from the reader as Jimmy Lee and Sweet Pea plot their revenge. Everything is either shown or said. The dialogue is true to form (whatever the form may be at any given moment) and lingers on well after the last page in which the demon is no more.If Volume 3 was Shiga at his finest then Volume 4 is Shiga’s tour de force. The plot is incredibly well orchestrated, and no panel is wasted. The pacing is frenetic and over the top in some places. Plotting intricate and uncannily devious machinations, Shiga proves that he is not out of ideas yet – everything has been thought through. The tiniest detail has been given credence to, and everything plays out in a panel or two. By far the most ambitious of the Volumes this one does not pull any punches as the plot dive bombs into an explosive ending.Complementing the hard-hitting prose is the artwork, once again proving that more can be said with less. The artwork displays often vulgar and over the top violent pieces, but they are mitigated by the simplicity of form and function. It bears repeating – no panel is wasted. Each drawing brings the reader on a thrill ride through the racing plot and all the detail needed in the panel is there for the reader to absorb. There is not a single piece of information that muddies the water in this graphic novel.The Demon’s audience is, shall we say, discerning. In toto, the four volumes of the Demon will appeal to those who like their bread toasted. That crunch is what makes the Demon. Without fail, past readers of the Demon Volumes 1 through 3 will find the transition into Volume 4 to be par for course and maybe a bit surprising. I highly recommend The Demon, by Jason Shiga to be given a once through, especially if you are a graphic novel fanatic who wants to give a new story a spin. Let it be The Demon Volumes 1 through 4, you will either laud it or despise it. The lasting question is what part of your inner Demon are you despising?

A gloriously gory bloodbath of an ending. At this point, it's way too complicated to get into the plot. However, Jimmy and Sweetpea have their final battle of carnage with Hunter. Who really wins in the end??

A pesar de que disfrute y recomiendo los 3 volúmenes anteriores, fue muy tedioso terminar este. Quizás fue la enorme cantidad de exposición o simplemente que me harté del concepto, pero si disfrutaste Demon 1, 2 y 3, leer este es la conclusión lógica.

So we come to it at last: the fourth and final instalment in Jason Shiga's "Demon", detailing the misadventures (and catastrophic body-count) of Jimmy Yee, a one-time accountant who discovers he possesses the body of the person standing closest to him whenever he commits suicide.As befits a final volume, "Demon: Volume 4" is absolute, wall-to-wall insanity. There's death, war, guns, massacres, catapults, baseball bats, kamakazi stunts – in fact, there's probably something intensely violent happening on practically every page.Having possessed the body of a foetus at the end of the last book, Jimmy has finally busted out of the womb, ready to find his daughter Sweetpea and prevent his arch-nemesis Hunter from unleashing hundreds more demons on the world, each one ready to commit suicide (and thereby possess) world leaders.But how to reach his daughter? She's held in an impenetrable citadel that prevents any infiltration from demonic possession thanks to the death-row prisoners chained to the wall, the one-legged marines ordered to beat up anyone who trips over, and the crowd of Siamese twins. (Told you things got crazy).But Jimmy Yee is a problem-solving genius. If anyone can find a way, it's him.So is Volume 4 a satisfying conclusion to the saga? For the most part. It once again grapples with questions of immortality, nihilism, identity, life and death – not to any deeply philosophical extent, but certainly enough to make you wonder: "what would I do in this situation?" Jimmy remains an entertaining anti-hero despite his complete moral corruption, and the fact that Hunter's plan is actually in the pursuit of world peace makes you wonder just whose side you're meant to be on.But for every question that's answered (like why Jimmy sees a ring every time he commits suicide) another remains unresolved (unless I missed it, we don’t' ever find out why Jimmy's victims look decapitated) and it ends on a deeply ambiguous note – but also one that's oddly hopeful.

I don't really know what I was expecting but that was definitely an interesting conclusion.I still don't think the characters in the book had too much redeeming value. This is fun like south park. The characters are messed up but you want to see where the story goes.