Review: Escape from New York # 1

Escape from New York #1 - Boom! Studios

One of my favorite movie characters is back, and starring in a Comic book role that only he can bring to life, Snake Plissken. That’s right Escape from New York continues and our cocky, smart-assed, needs-an attitude-adjustment, hero is back!

Starting out right where the movie left off, Snake screws over the president, switching the all-important tape, that will supposedly stop the next World War with a classic tune, unfortunately because of copyright issues that song, the theme to American Bandstand, never gets named (oops). This all-new story takes Snake on even more imaginative adventures.

Escape from New York # 1 takes Snake on a road-trip to Florida. According to a group of thieves that pick Snake up while hitchhiking, Florida has seceded from the United States and is the only place left on the continent for people like Snake, i.e. rabble rousers, criminals and anyone who refuses to conform. According to these strangers, Florida is ruled by twins who possess powers like "controlling weather, stopping time, and turning a meal for one into a meal for thousands.” Snake makes his way to the Florida border, where he must endure a challenge called "The Crucible" to ensure that he is a worthy citizen of the Sunshine State.

The story written by Christopher Sebela is unique and well-written, especially given the fact that Snake Plissken does not have much to say. He is a man that keeps his thoughts to himself, preferring to observe rather than speak. The artwork by artist Diego Barreto is superb, showing the ever changing emotions on characters faces and giving the comic book a cinematic feel in the action scenes, bringing them vividly to life and making it one of the most eye-popping comics on shelves today!

Fans of John Carpenter, Kurt Russell or Snake Plissken are sure to love this comic book, but I encourage all readers to give this story a shot, I don’t think you will be disappointed!

 - barbie66


http://www.superherocomicbooks.com

Review: Bitch Planet #1

Bitch Planet - Image Comics

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men." - Joseph Conrad

Kelly Sue DeConnick and  Valentine De Landro  bring readers an all-new comic book hit, with one of the coolest titles to come out this year; Bitch Planet #1 comic book.
Watch out ladies, men have a way to get rid of us. Talk back, speak your mind, not a good housekeeper, maybe gain a few pounds, not so good in the sack; well you are Non-Compliant; you’re gone! Or maybe your husband wants a newer, younger wife, then you’re gone, that’s right you are gone, and it is only woman that are sent away for what society calls “non-compliance.” 

Non-Compliant ladies are sent in space to a new world, a prison….Bitch Planet. And they’re not just incarcerated there, everything about Bitch Planet itself is meant to remind the inmates that it’s their fault that they’re here. On their way to Bitch Planet recording  is  played to the new non-compliant ladies on their journey that reminds them in no uncertain terms that they are not only sinners, but are a cancer on society, and that their removal from Earth isn't just a punishment, it’s necessary for the survival of humanity. When the women arrive they are instantly shown what the ideal, compliant woman should look like; a woman with big bust, small waist and a suitably religious demeanor; the ideal of compliance that’s everything they’re not.


In this first issue, you will learn all you need to know about this sick and messed-up society where men rule and women are supposed to be subservient. You’ll learn who to hate and who to root for! And, most of all you will ache to see it all play out! You will be angry and you will be waiting, craving for the woman to break out and tear down this prison, its guards and the men that put them there. Yes, you will burn for bloody, violent, vengeance and I’m sure Kelly Sue DeConnick will deliver in Bitch Planet.

 - barbie66

http://www.superherocomicbooks.com

Review: Tooth & Claw #1

Tooth & Claw #1 - Image Comics

“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
- Fyodor Dostoevsky

Kurt Busiek delivers with his all new comic book, Tooth & Claw. Tooth & Claw #1 is a well-written fantasy about a world run completely on magic, but the magic is in jeopardy and it seems that, if they do not do something soon, their magic will disappear.

The main characters of this story were a complete surprise to me; they were anthropomorphic animals with magical abilities. They live in the floating city of Keneil, “westernmost of the Seventeen Cities Above the Plain” where everything is magic and that magic is dying. Dunstan, a dog-boy – one of several “animal” races – does his duty faithfully, paying homage to his gods, aware that the day will soon come when he has to learn his father’s responsibilities and magic. Unfortunately for him, that day may come sooner than he thinks.

A gathering of Wizard’s determines that their magic is indeed failing them. Fearful and unsure of their ability to survive without magic, they begin down a path that can only lead to disaster. Some of the braver wizards do the unthinkable; they pool their magic together and reach into the past to bring back the supplier of magic “The Great Champion.” Will this end in disaster or be their saving grace?

If you haven’t read the new Tooth & Claw comic book, I highly recommend picking up a copy today.

 - barbie66

http://www.superherocomicbooks.com

Review: Crossed + 100 #1

"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history." - Aldous Huxley

Crossed + 100 # 1 - Avatar Press

Spinning out of Crossed, a top-selling Avatar Press comic book by Garth Ennis, Alan Moore brings readers an all-new horror with Crossed +100 comic book. Art is supplied by Gabriel Andrade who brings to life the Crossed affliction with a uniqueness that is seen on the faces of the characters portrayed in Crossed +100.

The original Crossed comic book series and its successor Crossed: Badlands, chronicle the time of the initial outbreak of the Crossed Plague and the few years immediately following. Crossed +100 comic books are set 100 years after the onset of this terrible plague. Writer Alan Moore builds the Crossed +100 comic book story and makes it come to life with his distinctive writing skills. In a future where there are no schools, laws or common morality how would society evolve? Alan Moore answers that question and more in the Crossed +100 comic book series.

Survivors of the Crossed plague have grown up with no education, no leaders, so to say, and a lack of knowledge as to what exactly happened to the human race. Now 100 years in the future, these survivors are searching for clues, clues to their past, what happened and what brought about this terrible affliction.

Traveling by train from city to city, artist Gabriel Andrade, paints a picture of world that is returning to its original state of vegetation.  With the Crossed dying out over the past 100 years and no one to maintain homes and businesses nature is reclaiming the planet; giving an urgency to our survivors, who are looking for any artifacts or books that can supply them with a glimpse into our past world. 

Thinking that the Crossed plague is all but wiped out, our handful of survivors are in for quite a shock when while scavenging, they run into the Crossed! Will they survive? Will they be able to piece together the past and find out what happened? Find out today in Crossed +100, available at White Dragon Comics. Pick up your copy today

 - barbie66

http://www.superherocomicbooks.com

Series Review: Cutter

Cutter # 1 through 4 - Image Comics

Image comics presents readers with an all-new weekly mini-series that will have fans clenching their fist and biting their lips, while looking over their shoulders in fear. The new comic book series Cutter starts and concludes in October. The four-part terrifying issues of Cutter will leave readers properly satisfied, excellent writing and interior artwork, drawn in black and white add to the realistic and dreary tone of the story.

Cutter #1 starts off with Jeremy, our central character, happily married, expecting his first child; and, when two of his high school friends come up dead, becoming a person of interest. Through flashbacks we see that Jeremy is not quite, the innocent victim, while writer Seamus Fahey and Robert Napton, obscure what he did to provoke this protracted, bloody vengeance.

Right up until the last few pages of the last issue, the beats of the plot are clear. This is a well-structured horror story, quickly setting up a cast of characters and their shared, dark pasts. 

In the end, this is a miniseries peculiarly suited to weekly release; it's the kind of intricate, snowballing story where the feeling of gathering momentum is half the fun.You can find Cutter and many other ImageComics Weekly Series at White Dragon Comics.

 - barbie66

http://www.superherocomicbooks.com