Godzilla: Half-Century War #1 – Review

By: James Stokoe (writer, artist, colorist) & Heather Breckel (color assists)

The Story: Godzilla attacks!

Review: I can’t really comment on the authenticity of the Godzilla story since I’m not much of a Godzilla-fanboy.  I know that he’s a big, green lizard-thing that trundles out of the ocean and attacks Japan sometimes….but that’s about all I know.

The attraction for me is the art of James Stokoe.  Stokoe first popped up a few years ago with his creator-owned series Orc Stain.  In the 2.5 years since, Orc Stain is only up to #7, so a Stokoe sighting is a rare event.  With some artists, you can kinda heckle them for their work ethic and assume they’re probably playing too much Skyrim or on Twitter too much.  Not Stokoe…..you take one peek at his pages and you can tell immediately why it takes a LONG time to draw when you see the intense detail and attention to design.