Did anyone read the first issue of this? It came from Boom Studios and is written by Simon Spurrier (X-Men Legacy) and drawn by Jeff Stokely. I'm not familiar with Stokely's work, but it reminds me a bit of Doug TenNaple's art.
I could take the easy way (although I have no idea why this is enough to convince people) by saying "It's got a gorilla with six-guns! Need I say anymore? Buy it!" I always hate that, though. It subtracts from what actually makes things awesome.
The story here is pretty high-concept. It's about a train full of prisoners who are being shipped off to war. We follow one of the soldiers who has had a "psychic tumor" implanted which broadcasts everything he sees back home, where people watch it on TV. And somehow this is all so entertaining. I didn't even realize that there was no gun-toting gorilla until the very last page. Spurrier and Stokely have created a world here that already seems very rich. And the dialog flows out very smoothly.
There is some violence in here, but nothing worse than a Geoff Johns comic.
There is also a cover by Ramon Perez, but I'd say it doesn't need a cover by Ramon Perez. I think the final page shows that Stokely could have sold this comic by his own merits quite nicely.
Highly recommended for anyone looking to experiment with something different. If all you like is super-heroes, this isn't for you.
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Man, is ANYONE reading this? I love it two issues in.
"It's got a gorilla with six-guns!"
Are you SURE this isn't Don Simpson's work? It sure SOUNDS like it! : )
It reads a bit more serious than Don Simpson's works! But the spirit of fun is still there.
Henry R. Kujawa said:
I remember the name of Don Simpson's character now... it was "Cowboy Gorilla" (he was a private eye and wore a stetson), while his girl Friday & sidekick was "The Phantom Jungle Girl" (she wore a bikini-- and a mask).
He did some really fun stuff, though it was much better when he kept it "simple". (When he became obsessed with making fun of "excessively complicated continuity"-- he wound up getting bogged down in his own "excessively complicated continuity", and that just wasn't funny.)