Image Comics release of Starve
#1 had me in quandary, the title sounded interesting enough and I could not
imagine where this story would go, would it be twisted tale of horror or a
story of people who were starved for god knows what reason? What I found was not what I was thinking, it
was a lot better! Starve is a well-written, intriguing story that is going to
get really messy.
Starve starts off
somewhere in South Asia and our main man here, Gavin Cruikshank, is celebrating
winning a kickboxing event, when he is approached for an autograph and a whole lot
more.
It seems Gavin is the star of a reality cooking show called Starve, the number one show world-wide,
watched by everyone from the poor to the very wealthy. After leaving his show
for a walkabout, the popular Starve
fell into the hands of a rival chef; and his money and possessions in the hands
of a bitter wife.
A representative from the network shows up in Asia and
demands that Cruikshank return to the States to fulfill his television contract.
As soon as the chef returns and realizes what he's left behind is worth
fighting for, he must crawl his way back through the mess he'd made to take
back what is his.
Can a reality television show chef that has to prove he’s
alive and complete an entire season of his own show make it? Find out in Starve #1
Brain Wood is the writer and Danijel ZeZelj along with David
Stewart are the artists. Woods writing is right on target and the artwork
supports Wood’s story. Starve is a great story and left me wanting to go out
and grab issue two, well as soon as it’s released.
- Barbie66
I read a 5 or 6 page preview included in an Image sampler, and this sure looks like a promising title. By the way, I just read your post about The Autumnlands: Tooth & Claw and it was great. You seem to be a bit of an expert in Kurt Busiek. Anyway, I also wrote about Busiek's series in my blog (wich I encourage you to visit):
ReplyDeletewww.artbyarion.blogspot.com
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Cheers,
Arion.