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Starship Troopers #5
Bad Blood Part 1
By Cy Dethan, Paul Green & Thomas Mauer.
“Shame me, and I will piss bullets down your throats until you are very, very sorry”
And with dialogue like this you sure as hell know you are in for a ride.
Apparently this is not only the first published work for Cy Dethan but
also for artist Paul Green, and this effort is something that they
should both be very proud of, I know I would be.
The writers dialogue seems to have a really nice flow to it and at no
time did I find myself flipping back a couple of pages to see if I had
somehow missed something, it tells the story with the minimum of fuss
but also with a certain flair that makes me wonder “ if this is what he
is capable of while working within the tight perimeters of a licence
then what is he capable of given a complete free hand” time will tell,
and from what I have seen so far the future is bright, and we may well
have another Miller, Brubaker, Bendis, Ellis on our hands.
On to the art.
The first thing that strikes me about Paul’s art is how shinny it
is, it as if its lit up with hidden lights, I could have sworn that it
would glow in the dark, but it doesn’t, I tried it, the art is very
cool, and doesn’t seem to lend anything from anyone else, although I am
sure others will be lending from Paul before long.
As a sum up, the whole comic comes across as a labour of love
rather than a page rate grind, and the only gripe I had was the it all
ended to soon, I want more damm it, more.
Now on to a score, bearing in mind that this is a first published
work, and that it is working within the perimeters of a licence I am
going to give it a solid…
9/10
Starship Troopers #5
Bad Blood Part 1
By Cy Dethan, Paul Green & Thomas Mauer.
“Shame me, and I will piss bullets down your throats until you are very, very sorry”
And with dialogue like this you sure as hell know you are in for a ride.
Apparently this is not only the first published work for Cy Dethan but
also for artist Paul Green, and this effort is something that they
should both be very proud of, I know I would be.
The writers dialogue seems to have a really nice flow to it and at no
time did I find myself flipping back a couple of pages to see if I had
somehow missed something, it tells the story with the minimum of fuss
but also with a certain flair that makes me wonder “ if this is what he
is capable of while working within the tight perimeters of a licence
then what is he capable of given a complete free hand” time will tell,
and from what I have seen so far the future is bright, and we may well
have another Miller, Brubaker, Bendis, Ellis on our hands.
On to the art.
The first thing that strikes me about Paul’s art is how shinny it
is, it as if its lit up with hidden lights, I could have sworn that it
would glow in the dark, but it doesn’t, I tried it, the art is very
cool, and doesn’t seem to lend anything from anyone else, although I am
sure others will be lending from Paul before long.
As a sum up, the whole comic comes across as a labour of love
rather than a page rate grind, and the only gripe I had was the it all
ended to soon, I want more damm it, more.
Now on to a score, bearing in mind that this is a first published
work, and that it is working within the perimeters of a licence I am
going to give it a solid…
9/10
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