Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributos for February 6, 2019

MARVEL COMICS

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Amazon Announces Imprint Focusing on English Translations of Children's Books from Around the World

Amazon Publishing Announces Amazon Crossing Kids, an Imprint for Children’s Books in Translation

Amazon Crossing Kids will publish English-language translations of popular and award-winning picture books from across the globe

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon Publishing announced the launch of Amazon Crossing Kids, a new imprint for children’s picture books in translation. Building on the work of Amazon Crossing, the largest publisher of translated fiction in the United States, and Amazon Publishing’s Two Lions imprint, a leading children’s book publisher, Amazon Crossing Kids aims to increase the diversity of children’s picture books in translation and encourage young reading from a range of cultural perspectives.

    “Publishing and translating children’s books from around the world is an important way to provide young readers with writing, illustration, and storytelling of the most extraordinary range and quality”

Amazon Crossing Kids launches with three picture books and is seeking picture book submissions from all regions of the world. The first titles on the list are:

    Spiky, written and illustrated by Ilaria Guarducci and translated by Laura Watkinson (7/1/2019): First published in Italy in 2016, this is the story of a forest creature named Spiky, who spends his days bullying the other forest creatures and sharpening the spikes on his body. But suddenly, when he begins to lose his spikes, he must learn how to befriend the other creatures of the forest and share his softer side, making meaningful relationships along the way.

    A Tiger Like Me, written by Michael Engler, illustrated by Joëlle Tourlonias and translated by Laura Watkinson (9/1/2019): First published in Germany in 2016, this sweet story follows a little boy who likes to reimagine his world as that of a tiger’s. This “tiger cub” shares with the reader a day in the life of him and his “tiger” family—waking up in the den, eating in his favorite spot, and how a little tiger feels when he’s awake, hungry, or in the mood for an adventure. With splendor and delight, this little boy encourages the reader to get creative with his or her own imagination.

    Along the Tapajós, written and illustrated by Fernando Vilela and translated by Daniel Hahn (10/1/19): First published in Brazil in 2015, this is the story of two children—and their pet tortoise Titi—who live in the region of Jarí, a small community that links the Amazon and Tapajós rivers. Every year, the families living there must relocate when the rainy season starts. When the boy and his sister move with their family, they realize that they have left Titi behind! Eager to rescue him, the pair sneaks back at night on a journey along the river. This story offers a unique look at this way of life.

Two Lions Editorial Director Kelsey Skea will also serve as Editorial Director of Amazon Crossing Kids, working in collaboration with Two Lions Editor Marilyn Brigham and Amazon Crossing Editorial Director Gabriella Page-Fort, to acquire a diverse list of storytellers, illustrators, and translators from across the globe.

“We’re delighted to blend the missions of Amazon Crossing and Two Lions by introducing terrific books from around the globe to readers who are beginning to develop their worldview,” says Mikyla Bruder, Publisher of Amazon Publishing. “Whether a title has a universal theme with regionally-influenced artistry or focuses on an aspect of local culture, our list will encompass a broad range of perspectives, styles, and characters that celebrate what makes us unique as well as what we have in common.”

Award-winning translators, Laura Watkinson and Daniel Hahn, will translate the first titles from Amazon Crossing Kids. Laura Watkinson has translated from Dutch, Italian, and German and is the winner of the Vondel Prize for her Dutch-to-English translation of The Letter for the King as well as a 3-time winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award. Daniel Hahn has translated works from Portuguese, Spanish, and French and is the recipient of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for his translation of The Book of Chameleons and was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize for his translation of A General Theory of Oblivion, which won the International Dublin Literary Award.

“Publishing and translating children’s books from around the world is an important way to provide young readers with writing, illustration, and storytelling of the most extraordinary range and quality,” says Daniel Hahn, translator of the forthcoming Amazon Crossing Kids picture book Along the Tapajós. “Any new attempt to broaden our literary horizons, by making it easier for a greater variety of books to find a greater pool of readers, is to be welcomed enthusiastically!”

Both Amazon Crossing and Amazon Crossing Kids accept book proposals from any language for translation into English at translation.amazon.com/submissions.


About Amazon Publishing
Amazon Publishing is a leading publisher of trade fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books with a mission to empower outstanding storytellers and connect them with readers worldwide. The Amazon Publishing teams based in Seattle, New York, Grand Haven, Luxembourg, London, Paris, Madrid, Milan and Munich contribute to discovering and publishing emerging, bestselling and critically-acclaimed authors in digital, print and audio formats.

About Amazon
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Review: DAMAGE #1

DAMAGE No. 1
DC COMICS – @DCComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

SCRIPT: Robert Venditti
PENCILS: Tony S. Daniel
INKS: Danny Miki
COLORS: Tomeu Morey
LETTERS: Tom Napolitano
COVER: Tony S. Daniel and Danny Miki with Tomeu Morey
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (March 2018)

Rated “T+” for Teen Plus

Damage created by Robert Venditti and Tony S. Daniel

“Out of Control” (Part 1): “Let Loose”

DC Comics is launching a new superhero comics initiative, “The New Age of DC Heroes.”  This line of comic books will consist of eight new comic book series:  The Curse of Brimstone, The Immortal Men, New Challengers, Sideways, The Silencer, The Terrifics, The Unexpected, and the subject of this review, Damage.

Damage is written by co-creator Robert Venditti; drawn by co-creator Tony S. Daniel (pencils) and Danny Miki; colored by Tomeu Morey; and lettered by Tom Napolitano.  Damage focuses on a U.S. Army soldier who is turned into a monster destined to be a weapon of mass destruction.

Damage #1 (“Let Loose”) finds Ethan “Elvis” Avery in a state of transformation aboard a plane, the “Stork-1.”  Ethan doesn't want this transformation because he knows that it will turn him into a living, breathing, ticking time bomb – a monster of which he retains no control.  Ethan will only be in this monster form for one hour, but that is more than enough time for the monster to more than earn his moniker, “Damage.”

I am cynical about the launch of new comic book lines, especially when the Direct Market comic book sales are in free fall, as they reportedly were in 2017.  On the other hand, “The New Age of DC Heroes” is designed and illustrated by a “murders row” of accomplished and popular comic book artists, referred to as “DC's Master Class.”  They are Jim Lee, Andy Kubert, John Romita, Jr., Ivan Reis, Kenneth Rocafort, Philip Tan, Ryan Sook, and Damage artist, Tony S. Daniel.

It is the art and graphical storytelling in Damage that makes this comic book worth a look.  Tony S. Daniel's time at DC Comics has seen him become a highly polished artist, who can draw superhero, action, and fight comics that are good enough to put him in the upper echelon.  His inker is Danny Miki who is in his own master class; Miki could probably ink the pencils of people who can barely draw and turn those pencils into something decent.

The art in Damage #1 is more than decent.  Daniel and Miki deliver strong compositions, potent figure drawing, and detailed backgrounds that are superhero comic book eye candy art.  Colorist Tomeu Morey is always putting more bumps-in-the-coloring-hump, and his coloring here is gorgeous.  Letterer Tom Napolitano throws fonts and word bubbles/balloons like furious punches, and the result is a graphics package that will make people buy Damage #1

Conceptually, Damage seems like a blending of Marvel's The Incredible Hulk, Dale Keown's The Pitt, and Tony Daniel's 1990s Image Comics series, The Tenth.  Damage is not groundbreaking, but, as I said, the artists, colorist, and letterer deliver a graphics package that is so visually attractive that even my cynical self wants more.

7 out of 10

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


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From Newsarama:  Writer Eve Ewing and artist Joey Vazquez will help Marvel Comics launch "Marvel Team-Up" in April 2019.

From BleedingCool:  DC Comics offered fewer titles in January 2018 than it did in January 2017.

OSCARS - From Newsarama:  Marvel Studios' "Black Panther" film was nominated for seven Oscars at the 2019 / 91st Academy Awards, including in the "best picture" category.

OSCARS - From ComicBook:  "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" was nominated for an Oscar in the "best animated feature" category at the 91st Academy Awards.

From CBR:  CBR's Anthony Gramuglia offers 10 things to know about "Samurai 8," the new manga from Naruto creator, Masashi Kishimoto.

From Newsarama:  The great George Perez has retired from comic book work and private commissions.

From ANN:  The manga "Takane & Hana" will be a live-action series on Japanese television on Fuji TV's on-demand service.

From BlastingNews:  "One Piece" creator, Eiichiro Oda, reveals that the international hit manga is about 80 percent finished.

From ComicBook:  "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" wins the 2019  Producers Guild Award as the top animated film of 2018.

From BleedingCool:  Warren Ellis may be reviving his seminal superhero team, "The Authority," in his current DC Comics' project, "The Wild Storm."

From EW:  Rob Liefeld, creator of Deadpool, will introduce a new "X-Men" character, "Major X," in a new six-issue series for Marvel Comics, entitled "Major X."

From Newsarama:  DC Comics and Target department store chain have made a deal for DC to produce a standalone 100-page anthology, "DC Primal Age," to promote the "DC Primal Age" Funko toy line.

From Newsarama:  Vin Diesel introduces the "Valiant Era" with a photo from his film, "Bloodshot" (from Sony Pictures), based on the Valiant Comics.

From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics go to war in Upper Deck's "Pack Wars."

From THR:  Top selling comic books of 2018 revealed.

From Previews:  Collen Doran is writing and illustrating a graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's story, "Snow, Glass, Apples."

From THR:  This article mentions in passing that writer-director Christopher McQuarrie has turned down multiple offers from Warner Bros. to direct a DC Comics film.

From Variety:  See the first official trailer to Sony/Marvel's "Spider-Man: Far From Home."  Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) make appearances.

From Newsarama:  Michael Avon Oeming and Dan Berman's comic book, "Six," is being developed for TV by Amazon.

From Newsarama:  Less than five years after the last reboot, Paramount Pictures is developing another reboot of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."

From ComicBook:  Rumors abound about who Loki will be in the Disney+ streaming "Loki" series.

From Comicverse:  Seven Seas Entertainment announces it manga and novel releases for Fall 2019.

From BleedingCool:  I did not know that Glenn Fabry has tuberculosis, but he does and it is in remission.

MEMORIAM - From BleedingCool:  Cartoonist, comic book creator and publisher, Batton Lash, has died at the age of 65, Saturday, January 12, 2019.  Lash is best known for his comic book, "Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre."  He also produced a number of cartoon depictions of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama that relied on tired, racist iconography because, he admitted, he was jealous of the praise and adulation that Barack received, and that he (Lash) as a white guy loser did not.

From KJZZ:  The Mexico-based comic book themed restaurant, ComicX, has picked its first U.S. location, and it is Phoenix, Arizona.

From ChicagoSunTimes:  Chicago siblings are joining the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA to produce a digital comic book.

From BleedingCool:  Rumor has it that the proposed "Gambit," "X-Force," and "Multiple Man" films are dead.

From BleedingCool:  New and much talked about U.S. Congresswoman, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, quoted Alan Moore and "Watchmen's" Rorschach.

From Newsarama:  The fourth issue of BOOM! Studios' "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" reboot will introduce a "historic slayer."

From Newsarama:  Gerry Conway, the co-creator of Marvel Comics' "The Punisher" says that police officers should not be embracing and appropriating Punisher iconography - especially The Punisher's skull emblem.

MEMORIAM - From Newsarama:  British comic book artist, Ron Smith, died at the age of 94 or 95.  Smith is considered one of the iconic Judge Dredd artists.

From Newsarama:  Noted comic book writer and author, Brad Meltzer, has released a new book, "The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington."

From Deadline:  Grant Morrison's talks about his and Liam Sharp's "Green Lantern" revamp comic book, "The Green Lantern."

From Newsarama:  IDW has borrowed $28 million from its chairman and majority owner, Howard Jonas, to fund its TV and film division, IDW Entertainment.

From Newsarama: DC Comics is joining "comiXology Unlimited," "Kindle Unlimited," and "Amazon Prime."

From Newsarama:  DC Comics is developing the new "Amethyst" comic book series.  Some may remember the 1980s series.

From THR:  "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" wins "Best Animated Feature" at the 2019 Golden Globes.

From GoFundMe:  This is a campaign for a burial fund for late cartoonist, Barbara Shermund.

From Previews:  In late December 2018, CBS News spoke to comic book painter, Alex Ross.

From Newsarama:  Diamond Comics Distributors names its 2018 Diamond Gem Awards nominees.

From Vice:   January 1st, 2019 saw several works published in 1923 to fall into the public domain.

From BlastingNews:  Japan's "Weekly Shonen Jump" says that pirate manga, "One Piece," has reached 950 chapters.

From BleedingCool:  It's Alive to publish its first new comic book series, "Red Range: Pirates of Fireworld," a sequel to the graphic novel, "Red Range" by Joe. R. Lansdale.  Joe's son, Keith, is writing the new comic book.

From Newsarama: Black Panther's Letitia Wright has been nominated for the EE British Academy Film Awards' (BAFTA) EE Rising Star Award.

From TheOuterHaven:  Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of the manga, "Naruto," has a new manga, "Samurai 8: Hachimaruden," which will begin this Spring in "Weekly Shonen Jump."  He will write the series with Okuba Akira drawing it.

From ComicBook:  "Attack on Titan" creator, Hajime Isayama, has announced that he was married in 2018, but is keeping the name of his spouse private.

From ANN:  Japanese publishers reveal some print counts for manga and light-novel series.

From BleedingCool:  Rob Liefeld says he has a project at Marvel Comics due this year...

From BleedingCool:  Comic book writers Charles Soule and Scott Snyder are working on a creator-owned comic book together.

From Newsarama:  "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" crossess the $200 million dollar mark in global box office.

From FlickeringMyth:  DC Universe teases 2019 line-up with sizzle reel trailer

From MiamiHerald:  Leonard Pitts, Jr. offers this history of "Comicsgate."

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BEST COMICS OF 2018 Lists:

From EW:  "Entertainment Weekly's" best comics of 2018

From NPR:  Best books of 2018 (with a comic books and graphic novels section)

From PasteMagazine:  The 15 best sci-fi and fantasy comics of 2018

From TheVerge:   The 10 bests comics of 2018
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JANUARY 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Action Lab for Jan. 2019 
From BleedingCool:  Aspen Comics for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool:  Black Mask for Jan. 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM Studios for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for 2019
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for Jan. 2019
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for Jan. 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool:  Papercutz for Jan. 2019
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for Jan. 2019

FEBRUARY 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Full DC Comics catalog
From BleedingCool:  AfterShock for Feb. 2019
From Newsarama:   BOOM! Studios for Feb. 2019
From AdventuresinPoorTaste:  Dark Horse Comics for February 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics solicitations for Feb. 2019
From Newsarama:  Dynamite Entertainment for Feb. 2019
From BleedingCool:  First Second for Feb. 2019
From Seibertron:  IDW Publishing for Feb. 2019
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for Feb. 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for Feb. 2019

MARCH 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama: 01 First Second for March 2019
From Newsarama: Adhouse Books for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Alterna Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Antarctic Press for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Aspen Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Avatar Press for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Avery Hill for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Black Mask Studios for March 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for March 2019
From BleedingCool:  Cave Pictures Publishing for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Dark Horse Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Devil's Due/1First Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Dynamite Entertaiment for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Fantagraphics Books for March 2019
From BleedingCool:  First Second for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Graphix for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Humanoids for March 2019
From BleedingCool:  IDW Publishing for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Impact Theory for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Force for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Mad Cave Studios for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama: Oni Press for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Rebellion for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertainment for March 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for March 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for March 2019
From BleedingCool:  Zenescope Entertainment for March 2019

APRIL 2019 COMIC SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  AC Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Aftershock Comics for 2019
From Newsarama:  Amigo Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Antarctic Press for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Aspen Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Black Mask Studios for April 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Dark Horse Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Dynamite Entertainment for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Hero Tomorrow for April 2019
From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Mad Cave Studios for April 2019
From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Titan Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertainment for April 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for April 2019
From Newsarama: Yen Press for April 2019

Review: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, Volume 16: Chasing Phantoms

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, VOL. 16 CHASING PHANTOMS
IDW PUBLISHING – @IDWPublishing

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow, and Tom Waltz
SCRIPT: Tom Waltz
ART: Dave Wachter; Mateus Santolouco
COLORS: Ronda Pattison
LETTERS: Shawn Lee
EDITORS: Justin Eisinger and Alonzo Simon
COVER: Dave Wachter
MISC. ART: Dave Hammond; Dave Wachter; Kevin Eastman; Carlos D'Anda; Kevin Eastman with Tomi Varga; Goran Sudzuka with Miroslav Mrva; Alex Kotkin; Rod Thornton; Eric Jones; Edwin Huang; Mateus Santolouco; Garry Brown
ISBN: 978-1-63140-859-5; paperback; 6 5/8 x 10 3/16 (April 2017)
120pp, Color, $19.99 U.S., $25.99 CAN

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (also known as TMNT; Ninja Turtles, or “the Turtles”) are a media empire that began with characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird for the comic book, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (cover dated: May 1984).  Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael are four teenage anthropomorphic turtles who walk and talk like humans.

An anthropomorphic rat, Master Splinter, adopts them and becomes their sensei.  He trains them in the art of ninjutsu.  The Turtles live in the sewers of New York City and battle every bad guy, from petty criminals and overlord-mastermind types to alien invaders and mutated creatures.  Many of their adventures have been chronicled in comic books, with IDW Publishing current holding the license to produced Turtles comic books since 2011.  IDW'S Ninja Turtles comic books have essentially rebooted the TMNT franchise.

The trade paperback, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Volume 16: Chasing Phantoms, reprints IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #61-65.  Issue #61 opens in the wake of the surprise attack that exposed the weaknesses in the Turtles and Splinter's defenses.  Now, an ambitious crime lord, Darius Dun, and his technologically-equipped gang, the “Street Phantoms,” move against them.  To maintain his advantage, Dun has Harold Lilja, the inventor who equips the Turtles and Splinter, kidnapped and demands that Lilja serve him.

Meanwhile, the Turtles and their allies prepare to fight back with the help of familiar allies, including Casey Jones.  However, the Turtles discover that Master Splinter considers this dispute with Dun to be a war, and they are shocked to learn just how far Splinter is willing to go to win... or just how many secrets he is keeping to himself.

Prior to reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Volume 16: Chasing Phantoms, I think that I had read only two TMNT comic books in well over a decade.  I was surprised that I enjoyed Chasing Phantoms, although I was not looking forward to reading it after IDW sent me a copy for review last year or so.

The conflict between the Turtles and their Master Splinter is quite potent, but I don't know how long the secrets and lies have been happening.  Perhaps, it is less of a big deal for regular Turtle fans if this is a long-simmering plot thread.  That said, I found myself shocked, titillated, and all-around entertained.  In fact, all the conflicts, especially the Darius Dun-Harold Lilja-Dr Libby Meitner (“The Inventor”) dynamic, are particularly engaging.

I am recommending this trade paperback to readers familiar with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  If you want to read a good Turtles comic book, I recommend Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Volume 16: Chasing Phantoms.  Also, issue #65 is a Christmas issue, so...

7 out of 10

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


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Review: THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE #12

THE KAMANDI CHALLENGE No. 12 (OF 12)
DC COMICS – @DCComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Gail Simone
ART: Jill Thompson; Ryan Sook
COLORS: Trish Mulvihill; Laura Martin; Andrew Crossley
LETTERS: Clem Robins
MISC ART: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Joe Prado with Mark Chiarello; Adam Kubert
COVER: Frank Miller with Alex Sinclair
VARIANT COVERS: Ryan Sook; Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and Joe Prado with Trish Mulvihill
40pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (February 2018)

Rated “T” for Teen

Kamandi created by Jack Kirby

[Afterword by Paul Levitz]

“The Boundless Realm”

Created by Jack Kirby, Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth was a comic book series published by DC Comics in the 1970s.  Running from 1972 to 1978, the series starred Kamandi, a teenaged boy in a post-apocalyptic future.  In this time, humans have been reduced back to savagery in a world ruled by intelligent, highly evolved animals.

Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth #1 (cover dated: October 1972) opens some time after a huge event called “The Great Disaster,” which wiped out human civilization.  In “Earth A.D.” (After Disaster), many animals have become humanoid, bipedal, and sentient, and also possess the power of speech. These newly intelligent animal species have equipped themselves with weapons and technology salvaged from the ruins of human civilization and are constantly at war in a struggle for territory.

The world of Kamandi returned in the DC Comics miniseries, The Kamandi Challenge.  Ostensibly a tribute to the 100th anniversary of Jack Kirby's birth (1917), The Kamandi Challenge brought together 14 teams of writers and artists.  Each team produced a single issue (or worked on a single issue) of The Kamandi Challenge, which ended in an cliffhanger.  The following issue's creative team would resolve that cliffhanger left behind by the previous creative team however it wanted.  That team would craft its own story, which also ended in a cliffhanger, which the next creative team would have to resolve... and so on.

The Kamandi Challenge came to an end with the recently published twelfth issue, featuring two creative teams.  The first team is writer Gail Simone; artists Jill Thompson and Ryan Sook; colorists Trish Mulvihill; Laura Martin; and Andrew Crossley; and letterer Clem Robins.  The second creative team is comprised of writer Paul Levitz; artist José Luis García-López (pencils) and Joe Prado (inks); colorist Trish Mulvihill; and letterer Clem Robins.

The Kamandi Challenge #12 opens with the story “The Boundless Realm” (by the Simone-Thompson/Sook team), which introduces “Kamanda: The Last Girl on Earth.”  Who is she and what does she have to tell Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth as he enters his final battle with “The Misfit?”

The second story is “Epilogue the First: The Answers” by Levitz- García-López.  Kamandi meets his creator Jack Kirby and gets some answers.  But what kind of answers are they?

Let us make no mistake, Jack Kirby is a great artist, worthy of being a comic book icon (or the comic book icon) and being in the hallowed halls of museums and academia.  The problem with tributes to great artist is that those tributes are sometimes offered by people who, while they are influenced by great artists, are not themselves great artists.  In fact, sometimes the people who offer tributes are hacks, in spite of the greatness they admire.

And The Kamandi Challenge is the creation of some who are middling talents, some who are hacks, some exceptional talents that produced middling work in this series.  In this final issue, from the ugly Frank Miller front cover to the “it was all a dream” type ending, The Kamandi Challenge #12, like the earlier issues, is a tribute in name only to Jack Kirby.  Yes, there are some good moments and good issues in this twelve issue maxi-series, but The Kamandi Challenge is a cynical attempt to make money using Jack Kirby's name and legacy.

The best thing about The Kamandi Challenge #12 is Paul Levitz's afterword, which is a true and loving tribute to someone who was obviously a friend, the truly talented and late Len Wein.

5 out of 10

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


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