Debris #1 – Review

By: Kurtis J. Wiebe (writer), Riley Rossmo (art), Owen Gieni (colors), Ed Brisson (letters)

The Story: Hundreds of years after the fall of humanity, a young woman defends the last outpost of humans from mechanical monstrosities.

Review: This was a little disappointing on a couple of fronts.  As I mentioned in my “Picks of the Week“, the primary attraction on this issue was the art of Riley Rossmo.  I loved him on Proof and loved him in Cowboy Ninja Viking.  I even liked the art in Green Wake a lot, but found the narrative in that story to be really boring.  So, despite my reluctance to read another comic written by Wiebe (he also wrote The Intrepids which I ended up not caring for much and I didn’t enjoy Peter Panzerfaust as much as everyone else), I wanted to give this a try.  Surely Rossmo drawing post-apocalypse stuff would really take advantage of his scratchy and vital style.

Previews – May 2012

Maybe we’ll start this as a new feature?  I’ll flip through Previews, tell you what I think is worthwhile and you can tell me I’m a moron.  Sound like fun?

DARK HORSE

– Axe Cop: President of the World #1 – At some point, this odd comic that is written by 8 year old Malachai Nicolle and illustrated by his brother, 31 year old Ethan, will lose it’s magic.  Someday Malachai will probably “grow up” too much or become too self-aware, but until that happens we should enjoy the ride.  Here’s a link to my review of last Spring’s Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth #1.

– Early issues where you can hop on before it’s too late.  Fatima: The Blood Spinners #2 by Gilbert Hernandez, Mind Mgmt #3 by Matt Kindt and The Massive #2 by Brian Wood.

– Eerie Comics #1 brings back the beloved old Warren Publishing title.  It’s really hard to go wrong with a horror anthology in black and white.  Of course, don’t miss the big brother: Creepy Comics #9.