I’m betting that most people have not latched onto these
books and all three are worth reading.
First up is The Tower
Chronicles #1 by Matt Wagner and Simon Bisley from Legendary Comics.
The new company is a spinoff of Legendary Pictures and the idea is to make some
great comics and I’m sure they hope that a few of them develop into movies and
make everyone rich. Hey if you tell a good story and have good art, why the
book was created is interesting but I’m more concerned with getting the bang
for the buck with my entertainment.
This was not from this week, but I read it this week so it
is in the review.
It is by Matt Wagner and Simon Bisley, it can’t be anything
less than at least good. It was a very entertaining book. It has plenty of
action, an interesting concept and some fantastic art. Now I admit Bisley can
often be over the top and he is highly stylized, but this is some of his best
work. Simon’s portrayal of the monsters and things that go bump in the night
that Tower chases was awesome. John Tower is mercenary that costs a lot of
money to hire and he hunts down the supernatural. This issue he teams with a hot
FBI agent and we also get a peek into the back story that looms dangerously for
John Tower. The eight dollar entry cost will cause many a comic fan to
hesitate, but the package and page count make this a book you should try out.
Matt Wagner is an excellent writer and Simon Bisley made the series come to life.
The heavy prestige like format makes the book more like a trade then a comic.
The actual comic is over 60 pages long which allows for a couple of stories to
be told and gives us a lot of background and setting up for the series as it
continues.
Next up is Point of
Impact #1 (of 4) by Jay Faeber and Koray Kuranel. The book starts with
a woman’s body falling on a car of a young couple about to kiss. She is dead
and the story expands from there. Jay layers in three main characters and a few
ancillary characters. Fabeber slowly unfolds what looks maybe to be a suicide
into a murder. He then adds levels of mystery and intrigue into the murder and
mixes it all with some personal relationship problems. It is a lot of story in
a regular size issue, but Jay makes it read very smoothly and it is a story
that grabs you right from the start. I also like that I know it is a four issue
series that should tell a complete story. The art by Koray Kuranel is at times
brilliant and at times is an artist trying too hard to be David Mazzucchelli
from his run on Daredevil with Frank Miller. Unless I’m wrong Koray is still
young as he has a lot of things to work out with his art, but he appears to
have the potential to become one of the hottest artists around. My guess is
that as the series progresses the art will get better and Marvel and or DC may
already be calling.
Finally is Think Tank
#3 by Matt
Hawkins and Rahsan Ekedal. This book maybe on the radar, but
should be on everyone’s radar. It is fast paced, fun, intellectually
stimulating and Hawkins gives us references for all the cool science things he
throws in the book. The book could use a nice little what happened before and
needs to emphasize the main characters name more often as I have to look
through the book to find out he is Dr. Loren. Ekedel art is amateurish in spots
and he still has a lot to learn, but he conveys a good story and the characters
are unique. So many weak artists make all the characters indistinguishable and
any hope of a book being good is dashed, Ekedal does not have that problem. His
art is a work in progress. In the end the book is well written, highly
entertaining, throws in some cool science and Dr. Loren is a smart ass to the
nth degree, which keeps humor in the script.
Part 4 coming soon.
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