I have to admit that I was a bit unsure about this Army of Darkness and Xena collaboration. Mostly because I have never really been a fan of the Army of Darkness movies. All I saw when I found this volume to read on NetGalley was Xena and well the Army of Darkness part did I realize soon after.

However, this volume Forever and a Day is quite a nice story with Ash trying to get back in time to help Xena and Gabrielle, but he keeps on getting back to the wrong time. Or is he? It's a fast read and I quite enjoyed it. A plus that the art is really good. So, despite not being 100% sure about this volume from the beginning do I have to admit that it was great fun to read it and I wouldn't mind reading more Ash and Xena adventures.

So, in full disclosure, I haven't read any of the previous graphic novels, am only familiar with both from movies/TV. Decent enough storyline, but if there was a reason for Ash bumbling through the wrong times, I don't know what it was other than to draw out the storyline.

*Digital review copy provided by NetGalley and the publisher.

'Army of Darkness/Xena Warrior Princess: Forever....And A Day' by Scott Lobdell with illustrations by Elliot Fernandez is a fun crossover featuring Ash and Xena.

It's the end of the world for Xena and Gabrielle. Their only hope is to call on....Ash Williams?

Ash is minding his own business when he gets sucked in to a time warp and finds himself helping Xena, only she doesn't know who he is, and Ash knows they've met before. Thus begins a romp through time with the clues in plain sight and lots of deadites to get killed by Xena and Ash.

This was a fun story, although it mainly feels like it's about Ash. Xena plays a key plot point, but she feels like more a supporting character. I was okay with this. The art is really decent as well. Fun for fans of the two franchises.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Dynamite Entertainment, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

A fun book for fans of both Xena and Ash, but anyone without knowledge of both will probably be lost.

I have to admit I knew nothing about Ash (or the Army of Darkness). I looked it up after I finished reading and at least that explained who Ash reminded me of. (Bruce Campbell)

This is a time travel story, and for a while there I was a tad confused as to what was going on. But it was fun trying to work out what was happening. Ash is a ladies man but he never got his leg over because he kept getting hauled back in time by Xena, who is trying to save herself and her girlfriend, Gabrielle, from a hoard of the undead.

The final reveal as to who is causing all the trouble is strange to say the least but by this point I was just hanging on for dear life and enjoying the ride.

Art style is great. Fun and bold.

Xena and Gabrielle are more side characters in this story. The comic (and most of the action) belongs to Ash.

I wasn't sure that these could go together, even though both came from the same group of people.

But, it actually wound up being really interesting and used both of the very different TV/movie worlds very well and put them together in a way that made sense. (And now I need something with Amber as the Main Character for sure!)

Basically in Xena and Gabrielle's time it's the end of the world, but, they're trying to summon Ash from the future, but it's not going well.

I thought that Scott Lobdell really seemed to know the characters, and there was so much maintext with Xena and Gabrielle that made my heart very happy. Ooh, and as an added bonus, now I think I have the ISBN for the 90s/early 2000s X:WP comics (already read the other newer Omnibus) Woo!!

I was given this ARC by Netgalley on behalf of Dynamite Entertainment.

It's no secret that I love Xena, and that, in my opinion, she's the second best superhero, right after Wonder Woman. Since the end of the show *queue sobbing* I've been drowning in watching reruns and reading whatever new story available with and about her. So I was super duper excited about reading this book. I also have to be honest and say that I know nothing about the Army of Darkness, but I plan on rectifying that this year.

I have to say, the artwork was awesome. The thing I liked most was that the artist didn't try to make portraits of the actors playing these characters, which would have bothered me to be honest. I can't explain it exactly, but I know I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much with actor portraits all over the book.

The panels are easy to read and to follow, and they were not as crowded as usual. I also liked how the art seemed to adapt to the story in each issue. You could tell that the story happens in a different timeline based on the colors used and the use of shadows. I thought that was cool.

The story was pretty standard. You have Xena and Gabrielle in a little bit of trouble and they're trying to get some help by summoning Ash, the time travelling warrior. I loved the Xena episodes with time loops. I'm not sure if there were more than one, I remember one where Xena gives in and just kills the rooster, which still makes me giggle every now and then. But time loop usually means that things stay the same, it's just one person that figures it out and tries to break the loop. For some reason this didn't happen in this comic book, which I guess makes sense, because it shows how desperate times are for Xena and Gabrielle, so in that regard the book is pretty unique and different from what I was expecting.

Now here's what I didn't like all that much. I feel like the story in itself wasn't bad, but it wasn't executed as well as it could have been. At one point there's this character that tells Ash to look for clues in all his time jumps. There were no clues, not that I could figure out. Ash makes a ton of time jumps, but they don't actually make sense. The ending was anticlimactic too. If you're going to have a super powerful baddie, make him really bad, and scary and not as easily defeatable. Maybe this is just me being more bloodthirsty than most, but I was expecting more of a struggle than that. There were a lot of things that didn't quite make sense in this story, and I feel like they could have made for a fantastic plot, had the story not been so rushed. The idea that someone is like a time guardian, that guards the various alternate worlds and timelines, or the fact that it takes a lot of time before Ash reaches Xena when she's summoning him, or that we don't know what happens to Xena while Ash is timejumping to the wrong place.

I was expecting a lot more from this story, honestly. A tons more than what I got, but it was still fun to spend some time reading and remembering about my favorite heroine.

Ash Williams at one time gave Xena and Gabriella a page out of the Necronomicon to summon him in her our of need. Faced with an undead army of overwhelming strength, Xena tore the page asunder and Ash was yanked out of his time and met up with Xena. But not in her our of need. Something/someone was messing with them both. In the end, after multiple time-trips and strange adventures, all three got together and defeated the "mastermind" out to kill them. A fun read that was more enjoyable then I thought it might be.

What a mashup! I need more! I enjoyed this graphic. Not geared towards most of my middle schoolers but, I think this is excellent for older teens on up.

Disclaimer: I received a free ecopy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a fun read. I like that the creators really use the comics format to full effect in telling this story. There is some repetition, but it works to enhance the book. Ash is being taken back in time to help Xena defeat an army of Deadites to prevent the end times. Something keeps going wrong though and he doesn't show up quite when he needs to.

The time travel element is executed well and fits with the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness motif. This isn't the first team up between these two characters. It can seem an odd choice to bring them together. The way they are written here shows that it can be successful. It maintains the humor and sort of silly horror that the Evil Dead franchise offers and mixes it with the over-the-top action from Xena. The artist does a nice job of capturing the look of the characters and their respective settings.

My biggest complaint about the book has to be the plot. There isn't much of an explanation as to the cause of the events that spark the repeated time travel attempts until the end of the volume. Sure, they don't want to give too much away early, but it made me question what the point of the story was aside from attempting to play off the two franchises. I'd like to see more of these characters together.

Ash flounders through time to try and help Xena. Each issue Ash is called back in time by Xena when a Deadite army is about ready to destroy her. Ash keeps appearing at the wrong point in Xena's life.

The Good: Scott Lobdell's got Ash's characterization and quips down cold. He sounds just like Ash from the movies. Elliot Fernandez's art is very good. A little reminiscent of Terry Dodson or Adam Hughes.

The Bad: These time travel trips of Ashes had no purpose. They should have told stories from Xena's life but nothing happens in any of them except Xena not remembering who Ash is.

The Ugly: The bad guy collecting the Deadites doesn't make an appearance until the last issue and his story is dumb. He was in Eden before Adam and Eve and falls for Eve. Steve is left behind when Adam and Eve eat the apples. So now he's evil. If you're going to use this stupid story and go through the effort of naming him Steve, then Steve should fall in love with Adam. Because after all it's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Nothing worse than setting up the joke and totally flubbing the punchline.

I have to admit that I was a bit unsure about this Army of Darkness and Xena collaboration. Mostly because I have never really been a fan of the Army of Darkness movies. All I saw when I found this volume to read on NetGalley was Xena and well the Army of Darkness part did I realize soon after.

However, this volume Forever and a Day is quite a nice story with Ash trying to get back in time to help Xena and Gabrielle, but he keeps on getting back to the wrong time. Or is he? It's a fast read and I quite enjoyed it. A plus that the art is really good. So, despite not being 100% sure about this volume from the beginning do I have to admit that it was great fun to read it and I wouldn't mind reading more Ash and Xena adventures.

I always feel like a non DC/Marvel comic book is going to be a big hit or miss. Fortunately, this one was a hit. I grew up watching Xena on TV and she's still a character I love so incredibly much (dare I say she and gabrielle were my gay awakening? I'll say it). Xena was a badass, the battle scenes were very well written and woven in the story and as for Xena and Gabrielle's love? That was breathtaking. My seven-year-old self is still beaming and crying tears of joy.

The story arc relies heavily on time-travelling. Actually, scratch that; the story is about time-travelling. One thing you need to know about me is I usually hate time-travel storylines and abilities. They are either used inappropriately or create more trouble than they solve. That's not the case here; time-travelling actually fits with the story and serves its purposes. I think the correct use of time-travelling was what made me love this comic so much.

An ARC was provided via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

A frothy bit of nonsense that's more likely to appeal to Ash fans as opposed to Xena's, on account of how much each has to do. Neither are exactly proactive in a silly story, however, and one wonders how Xena can be such a great fighter when she looks boss-eyed half the time. A lot of room for improvement here – sometimes the plot can progress so poorly you're even more confused than Ash seems to be.

I thought it was going to be entirely silly. And it was silly, but there was still thought put into it. A couple of typos, which was surprising, but no big deal and they certainly don't take you out of the story.

This is an entertaining mash-up of two cult classics. While the story and design are true to the spirit behind Xena and Ash, the appeal is too narrow for purchase at my library and the plot, like most time travel plots, is a bit too convoluted. Best for fans of either franchise.

This was not very good. The lettering is tiny and clustered on the page. I can appreciate getting the two fandoms together, but this was pretty sloppy.

Ok let me first say that while I have seen the Evil Dead movies [about ten years ago ...], I haven't ever watched Xena [although I really want to] or read any other comics for either of them. But I don't really think you need more than a general cultural knowledge of either franchise to read this. I didn't feel like I was 'missing' anything, the story just didn't pull me in. Mostly I just found the repetitive nature of the story annoying, although I understand why they did it that way, and the final battle at the end and the reason for the whole thing just left me sitting here going ???? Also I would have liked the mash-up to be a little bit more even, I felt like there was way more focus on Ash in this and I would honestly rather focus on Xena. This wasn't necessarily bad, it just wasn't for me.

Review for Monster Librarian forthcoming. If you are a fan of Ash and Xena, you won't be disappointed!