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Dec. 4th, 2013 07:16 pmBlack Science (Image) - written by Rick Remender- This is my first time reading Remender who is probably best known as the animator (Titan AE, The Iron Giant) turned Fat Wreck Chords illustrator turned hot comics writer (Punisher, Captain America).
I have heard good and back things about Remender but the buzz around Black Science has pretty much been all good. A pulp sci-fi tale that takes a story similar to the Fantastic Four origin story and makes it as told by Edgar Rice Burroughs. There's an audience for this (The first printing sold out) but only Image is able to pull it off (Marvel and even DC's Vertigo wouldn't be too likely to touch this stuff).
Mike Norton's art sells the story even better, and this is unlike anything else on the comic shelves this side of Mike Mignola so I can understand
why everyone's excited. Fantastic Worlds! Pulp heroics! Sexy Frog strippers!
That said, I hesitate to jump in line with the rest of the five star reviews. Like old time sci fi, there's something lacking for my modern eyes. You can't just give me Tatooine. You have to give me Han Solo to draw my interest. I prefer the charismatic protagonist leading the story than an interesting world with the characters in the background.
Inevitably, that's why I am not onboard. There's no character to pull me in. Yes, it's similar to Mignola, but there's no Hellboy or Abe Sapien.
Which is fine of course, people who like pulp science fiction from the 30s may really enjoy this comic. it just doesn't do much of a job of character development in issue 1.
Protectors Inc (Image/Joe's Comics) by J Michael Straczynski- When Joe's Comics initially launched circa 1999, JMS blew us away with two dynamic tales- Midnight Nation and Rising Stars. JMS's comic reputation has been all downhill from there. I really enjoyed his Spiderman run in the early 2000s, though it's legacy seems to be that silly Spider totem. In recent years, he's made promises that don't seem to pan out. he was supposed to be the writer for Superman, but after much hoopla found himself sidelined with other projects. He did take Thor to the top of the sales rankings, but that run was short lived- ,maybe two story arcs. The less said about his work on Before Watchmen the better. I did enjoy those stories, but know I am in the minority.
I have heard good and back things about Remender but the buzz around Black Science has pretty much been all good. A pulp sci-fi tale that takes a story similar to the Fantastic Four origin story and makes it as told by Edgar Rice Burroughs. There's an audience for this (The first printing sold out) but only Image is able to pull it off (Marvel and even DC's Vertigo wouldn't be too likely to touch this stuff).
Mike Norton's art sells the story even better, and this is unlike anything else on the comic shelves this side of Mike Mignola so I can understand
why everyone's excited. Fantastic Worlds! Pulp heroics! Sexy Frog strippers!
That said, I hesitate to jump in line with the rest of the five star reviews. Like old time sci fi, there's something lacking for my modern eyes. You can't just give me Tatooine. You have to give me Han Solo to draw my interest. I prefer the charismatic protagonist leading the story than an interesting world with the characters in the background.
Inevitably, that's why I am not onboard. There's no character to pull me in. Yes, it's similar to Mignola, but there's no Hellboy or Abe Sapien.
Which is fine of course, people who like pulp science fiction from the 30s may really enjoy this comic. it just doesn't do much of a job of character development in issue 1.
Protectors Inc (Image/Joe's Comics) by J Michael Straczynski- When Joe's Comics initially launched circa 1999, JMS blew us away with two dynamic tales- Midnight Nation and Rising Stars. JMS's comic reputation has been all downhill from there. I really enjoyed his Spiderman run in the early 2000s, though it's legacy seems to be that silly Spider totem. In recent years, he's made promises that don't seem to pan out. he was supposed to be the writer for Superman, but after much hoopla found himself sidelined with other projects. He did take Thor to the top of the sales rankings, but that run was short lived- ,maybe two story arcs. The less said about his work on Before Watchmen the better. I did enjoy those stories, but know I am in the minority.
