IT'S TIME! ONCE AGAIN! FOR EVERYBODY!! TO COME ABOARD THE ZEROOOOOOO-DAY TRAIN!!!!
...so enjoy folks. Cheers.
- A-bit-embaressed-by-that Akshay
Bravest Warriors #1
(Boom Studios)
Story : Joey Comeau
Art : Mike Holmes
(Reviewed by Akshay Dhar)
Well it's safe to say I've never read a
comic quite like this one. (And I picked this out of the 4 inaugural
covers because I'm a huge Star Wars – original
trilogy! – nerd...)
I should start by saying, “FANS OF
ADVENTURE TIME, REJOICE!” For you see, this series is
also created by Pendleton Ward, the brains behind that cult
favourite series. And a pretty entertainingly bizarre creation it is
indeed! We follow a teen-age interstellar/galactic super-group that
is as kooky and quirky as any I've ever seen.
I've never really dabbled in Adventure
Time, so this was a bit of an experiment for me and an exercise in
trying out something out of my regular sphere – a good habit for
anyone to have.
This book definitely first and foremost
has a supremely fun vibe to it and a shameless and good-spirited
sense of humour and enjoyment as a driving force – all of which
makes for a very different read than most comics out there. Even
unlike other “funny book” around, this one has at once a
supremely child-like sensibility in that the innocence and simple fun
being had is something I think both younglings (more Star Wars
referencing! Muahahaha!!) and older readers who are not too jaded can
get a laugh out of it.
For example, during character intro's,
one's says : “He laughs at danger, even when danger hasn't told
a joke yet. He laughs and laughs until he notices that danger looks
hurt. And then he stops laughing because he knows that hurting
feelings isn't brave.”
The style of art seems to be the same
overall as that of Ward's already mentioned cult-series and Holmes
does a good job with it. The plainly cartoony and simplistic style
chosen works well with the kind of book it is and the finishing by
the artist is quality work ask far as I can tell.
Lost somewhere between absurdist
humour, cleverness, extremely childish, surrealism and
warm-fuzzy-fun, I'd say this is a good read when you want something
upbeat to change the vibe in between all the intense stuff out there.
I'm not entirely convinced I'd buy this every month as it's a little
outside my wheel-house, but I enjoyed just this one issue enough that
I'll definitely try a couple more and might even take a peek at
Adventure Time sometime. The cupcake fight and lines like “If a
baby giggles inside you, where does the giggle go?” are enough
reason to give this book a shot.
SCORE : 7 / 10
Deadpool #63 (Final Issue)
(Marvel)
Story : Daniel Way
Art : R
(Reviewed by Anant Sagar)
This is the end my friend.
The last issue of Deadpool before
Marvel decides to reboot itself.
I shall miss ol' Wade until he pops up
again in Marvel Now. Sniff. Anyway, I have a job to do. And that
involves telling you all about this issue. So without further ado...
Final issue of Deadpool: Recap, former FBI special-agent resurrects T-Ray and Slayback to kill Deadpool for
blowing her up during an assignment she was undercover on - the kaboom
caused her to be stuck in a wheelchair. (ouch!)
So this issue Wade catches up to her
and is on her flying ship, planning to destroy whoever is after him.
Slayback jumps off and blows himself up
with a booby trapped parachute (hehe... Booby!) [Grow up.]
Hey the boxes are back! ...sorry going
off on a tangent here...
T-Ray vs Deadpool! Just like the old
days!
[Beware, there be spoilers ahead! ...and this is Akshay/the editor, not another voice in Anant's head. Though he might feel otherwise sometimes... back to the review!]
I was expecting an all out throw-down, sadly turns out Wade just
rigged the barbell to blow up. They fight, T-Ray grabs the detonator
and ties DP up with the barbell.
Just as he’s about to blow him up, we
realise that the detonator was the bomb. (ha! ha! ha!)[Yeah we gots him
good!]
Wade talks agent Kemp out of a kamikaze
style killing of him, only to be faced by... (Wade for it)... Evil
Deadpool, also called Frankenpool... you know cuz he’s made of bits
and pieces. Who then tells him, that the serum was
temporary. And shoots him in the head.
You know for the final issue of
Deadpool before Marvel now, I expected a whole lot more. It was fast,
funny and well done. Like most Deadpool issues are. But it lacked the
bang you would expect from a final issue.
SCORE : 7.5 / 10
Talon #1
(DC)
Story : Scott Snyder and James
Tynion IV
Art : Guillem March
(Reviewed by Anubhav Dasgupta)
Talon #1 is a comicbook devoid of
gimmicks, shocks, and large epic battles set against the Gotham
skyline. But despite all that, it works really well.
Talon is about an ex-Court Of Owls
Assassin, probably the only one to escape the Court’s grasp. He
returns to Gotham thinking that it’s safe now, given the events in
the recent “Court Of Owls” crossover event. However, he finds out
that isn’t the case.
James Tynion IV is the next Scott
Snyder. And he may even surpass the greatness of his mentor and co-writer. Snyder’s bane has always been exposition. His stories demand
much of it but he struggles when time comes to give out his
exposition. But here, the writers seem to have finally put their
fingers on what makes exposition tick. It’s quite a well written
comicbook, sprinkled over with some light amount of tension just to
keep things interesting.
Guillem March seems like an odd choice
for this comicbook, but he makes it all work. It’s not his best
work, but it’s still well done. He brings to this comic his usual
flair for expressions and slick looking action.
While you don’t need to read Talon
#0 to enjoy this comicbook, it’s highly recommended that
you do so as it adds to the character and gives a lot of essential
backstory.
SCORE : 8 / 10
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