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Review: REDNECK #1

REDNECK No. 1
IMAGE COMICS – @ImageComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

WRITER: Donny Cates
ARTIST: Lisandro Estherren
COLORS: Dee Cunniffe
LETTERS: Joe Sabino
COVER: Lisandro Estherren with Dee Cunniffe
28pp, Color, $3.99 print/$1.99 digital U.S. (April 2017)

Rated M / Mature

Redneck is a new comic book series written by Donny Cates (God Country) and drawn by Lisandro Estherren.  The series is set in modern day East Texas and follows a family of vampires who have been living peacefully until it all ends.  Dee Cunniffe provides color and Joe Sabino provides lettering for the first issue.

Redneck #1 opens in Sulphur Springs, East Texas on Christmas Eve.  We are introduced to the Bowman family via Uncle Bartlett Bowman.  They live in peace and in secret, sustained on cow's blood.  On this night, his nephews are heading into downtown Sulphur Springs for some fun.  Bartlett follows them and has to step in when the boys run into trouble that takes a worse turn than expected.  Now, the Bowman family honcho, J.V., prepares to start a war.

I think I first learned of Redneck #1 through a listing by Diamond Comics Distributors, but I paid more attention when a friend of mine who manages a comic book store told me that it had sold out.  He mentioned there was a small race to obtain copies as a result of the sell out.  The week that Redneck #2 came out was also the week that the second printing of Redneck #1 arrived.  Why not...

I like Redneck #1 because it promises to be fun and violent.  It reminds me of Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso's recent Moonshine (also from Image Comics) and Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher (DC Comics), almost as if elements of the two had intermingled.  What writer Donny Coates offers in this first issue is basically him making the story show its ass and dare anyone not to recognize that it is a sweet, sweet badass.

The art is a little too raggedy for me.  It is as if artist Lisandro Estherren is doing a scratchy impressionistic take on the already-impressionist Ben Templesmith.  In spite of my reservations, I think that Estherren's style might be just right for this comic book.  We'll see...

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Review: LUKE CAGE #1

LUKE CAGE No. 1 (2017)
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

WRITER: David Walker
ARTIST: Nelson Blake II
COLORS: Marcio Menyz
LETTERS: VC's Joe Sabino
COVER: Rahzzah
VARIANT COVERS: Mike Deodato, Jr. with Frank Martin; Andre Leroy Davis; Tim Bradstreet; Neal Adams with Dave McCaig
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (July 2017)

Rated T+

Luck Cage created by Archie Goodwin and John Romita, Sr.

Luke Cage, also known as “Power Man,” is a Marvel Comics superhero.  Cage was created by writer Archie Goodwin and artist John Romita, Sr., and first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 (cover dated: June 1972).  Cage was imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, but he eventually gained superpowers in the form of durability, unbreakable skin, and superhuman strength.

As Power Man, Cage has been most associated with another superhero, his partner, Iron Fist (Daniel “Danny” Rand), and the duo was featured in the long-running Power Man & Iron Fist comic book series in the 1980s (with a new version being launched last year).  Cage is now also featured in a new solo comic book, Luke Cage.  It is written by David Walker; drawn by Nelson Blake II; colored by Marcio Menyz; and lettered by Joe Sabino.

Luke Cage #1 opens with our titular hero rescuing a very stupid young woman from a really gullible criminal.  Then, Luke gets some awful news.  Dr. Noah Burnstein, the man responsible for giving Luke his powers, has committed suicide, so he travels to New Orleans for Burnstein's funeral.  There, he meets Burnstein's colleague, the sexy Dr. Lenore Mornay, who tells Luke that there is more to Burnstein's death and to his scientific experiments than he may realize.

After the fun of Genndy Tartakovsky's recent four-issue miniseries, Cage!, the darker Luke Cage is a nice follow-up.  The mood is sinister in this comic book, and the threats of adversaries seem to surround the narrative.  Once again, David Walker shows his chops when it comes to writing dark, moody, but intense comic books featuring African-American characters.

Artist Nelson Blake II and colorist Marcio Menyz produced art that is too clean and brightly colored for what promises to be an edgy series.  This is not low quality storytelling by any means, but it does not work for David Walker's storytelling.  We'll see what the second issue looks like.

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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