| Neozoic #2 |
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| Posted by Joey Ruff |
02:37 AM Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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 If Medieval knights built their cities to look like feudal Japan and formed picket lines outside the market square where giant video monitors showed ESPN-like highlights of the best warriors and their slaughtering of dinosaurs, well...then you'd have the new book Neozoic. Because essentially, that's issue 2. Yeah. Knights with swords sans armor, giant dinosaurs, Shinto temples, video-playback. Definitely not history. Not even sure that it all meshes well, but well, it's kinda cool.Brought to you by Red 5 Comics, Neozoic is definitely a unique book. And the art's not half bad either. In fact, it's remarkably good, and you may find yourself turning the pages just to see the next few panels. The action in places is a bit difficult to follow, but artist J. Korim is very good with a pencil, delivering a sophisticated cartoony style, very reminiscent of Joe Mad (Ultimates 3) or any Japanese anime. The one thing I will say against Mr. Korim, however, is that almost every adult female character looks exactly the same in issue 2, some with different hair cuts and styles, but every one with the same face. Paul Ens is no slacker in his writing either. The book, with all of its culture-clashing goodness, also has its own unapologetic vocabulary. This works and doesn't at the same time. The downside is that it sounds funny. The characters seem like they're right from some genre fiction every time they open their mouths with things like "Donti Squad," "amido," "nychee." The plus side is that it does not insult the reader, because of course by unapologetic, I mean that it does not take the time to spell out what every word means. This keeps the dialogue realistic (well, as real as it could be if people said words like "Donti Squad," "amido," "nychee"), unlike many comic books where the characters sound like robots in their word choice and over-complicated explanations that sound far too scripted. All in all, the book's a decent read. I have no idea who these characters are after only 1 issue, I have no emotional attachment to them or care why they're doing what they're doing. I also have no idea who the little girl is that is found in the midst of a dino herd, nor do I understand the importance of her being from a seemingly different tribe. But as long as J. Korim plans on bringing his pencil back to these pages, I'm willing to give Paul Ens the benefit of the doubt to get me hooked in to the story. Bottom-line - indie title. Not always the best. This one, however, is definitely worth checking out. Comments (0) |
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