Aric Mitchell
09-17-2007, 09:46 PM
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Redball 6 #1
From: Atomic Pop Art Entertainment
Written by: Ian & Jason Miller
Art: Jok
Reviewed by Tim Janson
Atomic Pop Art Entertainment is a new comic publisher who is set to make a splash on the scene with several upcoming titles. Redball 6 is the debut title that is influenced in style and somewhat in art by Hellboy. The city of Near Dis isn’t quite Hell or heaven although it’s close to both and we can think of it as a kind of middle ground between good and evil and law and chaos. In life, Wayne Hambler was a Memphis cop. Now in death he’s still going to be a cop but with comrades far different than he’s used to. Wayne’s been recruited…or perhaps shanghaied is a better term, by Lieutenant N’Gash of the Near Dis Police Department. N’gash is a rather burly demon with two large horns. He heads up the special unit who takes on the worst crimes.
N’Gash wants Wayne’s help to solve a spate of murders known as spiricides. For residents of Near Dis, death means the ultimate end, no up or down, just the void of darkness and there is nothing worse than that. These murders have been extremely gruesome and brutal, hence Wayne’s arriving in Near Dis, even if he didn’t deserve to be there! Wayne’s partners, Proctor and Slam, are on the trail of a lunatic who talks in jumbled sentences and he leads them on a merry chase through New Dis’ traffic-laden streets.
Redball 6 is a police procedural drama with liberal doses of humor. For a first issue, it does a fairly good job of introducing a number of characters although it was strange that the primary character, Wayne, is more or less a supporting character in the opening issue. The mix of characters is quite diverse and it will be interesting to see how they all work together in upcoming issues. The best thing about the story was the dialog. It was fresh and funny and darkly sarcastic. The art is also reminiscent of Hellboy although it is less abstract, and a bit more cartoony than Mignola’s work.
Atomic Pop Art Entertainment will be adding five additional titles that will be coming out in November and December. Keep your eye on these guys!
Check out this hot free preview of REDBALL 6 from Atomic Pop Art Entertainment:
http://www.atomicpopart.net/reviews/RB6_02_rev.pdf
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?...ont%20size=%222
Redball 6 #1
From: Atomic Pop Art Entertainment
Written by: Ian & Jason Miller
Art: Jok
Reviewed by Tim Janson
Atomic Pop Art Entertainment is a new comic publisher who is set to make a splash on the scene with several upcoming titles. Redball 6 is the debut title that is influenced in style and somewhat in art by Hellboy. The city of Near Dis isn’t quite Hell or heaven although it’s close to both and we can think of it as a kind of middle ground between good and evil and law and chaos. In life, Wayne Hambler was a Memphis cop. Now in death he’s still going to be a cop but with comrades far different than he’s used to. Wayne’s been recruited…or perhaps shanghaied is a better term, by Lieutenant N’Gash of the Near Dis Police Department. N’gash is a rather burly demon with two large horns. He heads up the special unit who takes on the worst crimes.
N’Gash wants Wayne’s help to solve a spate of murders known as spiricides. For residents of Near Dis, death means the ultimate end, no up or down, just the void of darkness and there is nothing worse than that. These murders have been extremely gruesome and brutal, hence Wayne’s arriving in Near Dis, even if he didn’t deserve to be there! Wayne’s partners, Proctor and Slam, are on the trail of a lunatic who talks in jumbled sentences and he leads them on a merry chase through New Dis’ traffic-laden streets.
Redball 6 is a police procedural drama with liberal doses of humor. For a first issue, it does a fairly good job of introducing a number of characters although it was strange that the primary character, Wayne, is more or less a supporting character in the opening issue. The mix of characters is quite diverse and it will be interesting to see how they all work together in upcoming issues. The best thing about the story was the dialog. It was fresh and funny and darkly sarcastic. The art is also reminiscent of Hellboy although it is less abstract, and a bit more cartoony than Mignola’s work.
Atomic Pop Art Entertainment will be adding five additional titles that will be coming out in November and December. Keep your eye on these guys!
Check out this hot free preview of REDBALL 6 from Atomic Pop Art Entertainment:
http://www.atomicpopart.net/reviews/RB6_02_rev.pdf