Godland: Hello, Cosmic! Volume One, Issues 1-5
by Joe Casey (author), Tom Scioli (artist) & Bill Crabtree (colors)
Godland is a fun, and funny, story about Adam Archer, an astronaut who gains super-heroic powers during a mission to Mars. It's a playful comic, and even though its playfulness is based on a parody of older comics, knowledge of them isn’t essential. To be more specific, the visual style is based on older artists like Jack Kirby, who drew large, solid people with exaggerated perspective. If you aren't familiar with Kirby, you will still be in awe of the artwork.
Basically, the stories are good but forgettable parodies, but the artwork really sets Godland apart from other contemporary comics. It imitates without being derivative; rather, it builds on an older style but adds brilliant colors that were not technologically reproducible at the time of printing of the original source comics. In ... Read More
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