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Friday, June 11, 2021
#IReadsYou Review: THE SCUMBAG #4
THE SCUMBAG #4
IMAGE COMICS/Giant Generator
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Rick Remender
ART: Eric Powell
COLORS: Moreno Dinisio
LETTERS: Rus Wooton
DESIGN: Erika Schnatz
EDITOR: Will Dennis
COVER: Eric Powell
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Roland Boschi with Moreno Dinisio; Duncan Fegredo
28pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S.(January 2021)
Rated “M/ Mature”
“Snowblower Indemnity” Part 4
The Scumbag is a comic book series from writer Rick Remender. Described as a “comedy espionage series” by publisher Image Comics, The Scumbag's tagline reads, “The fate of the world rests in the hands of the worst person on it!” The series features a rotating crew of illustrators. Artist Eric Powell; colorist Moreno Dinisio; and letterer Rus Wooton complete the current creative team.
The Scumbag introduces Ernie Ray Clementine. He is a rundown, raggedy, filthy man. He is a profane, illiterate, drug-addicted biker and ne'er-do-well with a fifth-grade education. However, he meets Sister Mary and “Central Authority” and inadvertently absorbs the power-imbuing serum called “the Formula Maxima.” Now, Ernie is the only thing standing between humanity and total Armageddon... because he has suddenly become the world's most powerful super-spy.
The Scumbag #4 opens in the sky in a flying car with Ernie Ray, Sister Mary, and “A.I. doll,” Pam. They plan to infiltrate a party being thrown at the mansion of “The Prosoma,” leader of the reactionary cabal, Scorpionus. However, “Mr. Prosoma” isn't clueless about his party being crashed, and he has an offer to make.
THE LOWDOWN: I didn't have a lot to say about The Scumbag #1. I had a little more to say about The Scumbag #2. I said that with The Scumbag #3 the series had hit its stride. The Scumbag #4 may offer some of Rick Remender's sharpest political, social, and racial commentary yet.
Remender distillates white privilege, the one percent, reactionary millionaires and billionaires, and the titans of industry, tech, and fossil fuels into one self-promoting asshole. It is scary that there are people similar to Prosoma in the real world, but Remender has turned this type into a most excellent comic book villain.
Artist Eric Powell and colorist Moreno Dinisio have a field day with the orgy scenes; I'm still shocked. And letterer Rus Wooton is quite good at lettering crazy talk, of which there is a lot. We're approaching the end of the first story arc, so this is no time to stop reading The Scumbag.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Rick Remender, of mature comedy, and of reprobate-type anti-hero lead characters will want The Scumbag.
8 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
#IReadsYou Review: UNCANNY INHUMANS #1
UNCANNY INHUMANS #1
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITER: Charles Soule
PENCILS: Steve McNiven; Brandon Peterson
INKS: Jay Leisten; Brandon Peterson
COLORS: Sunny Cho; Nolan Woodard
LETTERS: VC's Clayton Cowles
COVER: Steve McNiven and Jay Leisten with Justin Ponsor
VARIANT COVERS: Jim Cheung with Justin Ponsor; Art Adams with Richard Isanove; Art Adams (Kirby Monster Variant); Skottie Young; Adi Granov; Damien Scott (Hop Hop variant); Kalel Sean costumed by Brian A. Parsley and photographed by Judy Stephens (cosplay variant)
40pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (December 2015)
Rated T+
Inhumans created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
The Inhumans are a race of super-humans in Marvel Comics. Created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, they first appeared in Fantastic Four #45 (cover dated: December 1965). The Inhumans are a strain of humanity that began with genetic manipulation by visitors to Earth from an alien civilization (the Kree), long ago in human prehistory. Exposure to the mutagenic Terrigen Mist (a process known as Terrigenesis) reveals if a person is an Inhuman.
Little more than a B-list character group, the Inhumans are in ascendancy in the Marvel Universe, especially over the last four years. In 2013, Marvel even launched a new comic book series, entitled Inhuman. The launch of the “All-New, All-Different Marvel” sees the Inhumans continuing to rise to prominence. The latest Inhuman comic book series is Uncanny Inhumans. This series is written by Charles Soule; drawn by Steve McNiven (pencils) and Jay Leisten (inks), colored by Sunny Cho; and lettered by Clayton Cowles.
Uncanny Inhumans #1 opens the series with several sub-plots. It is dough boys and dinosaurs when Triton and Reader (and his dog Forey) join Black Bolt in a time-traveling mission. This trip, however, breaks a deal Black Bolt made with Kang the Conqueror, and the latter strikes back. Also, Medusa and a group of new Inhumans (NuHumans) are engaged in a Central Park battle against the Chitauri.
Later, Medusa looks to the X-Man, Beast, to use his scientific knowledge to end the friction between mutants and Inhumans. Plus, a visit from the Human Torch exacerbates marital discord. Plus, in a bonus story, Frank, Flint, and Naja travel to Morocco to recover a lost Inhuman.
For a long time now, first issues of comic books that work on a five or six issue story arc are little more than introductions to the story and characters. They are also often infuriatingly vague. That is not the case with Uncanny Inhumans. Writer Charles Soule has a way of making practically every page not only satisfying to read, but also intriguing enough to encourage the readers to come back for more.
The drama is convincing, and Soule gives the characters interesting personalities and/or engaging individual melodramas. Medusa/Beast: I want more of that. Black Bolt: it's all good. I am not ashamed to say that Soule makes me feel like a fanboy about the titles he writers.
Of course, he has a great art team. Steve McNiven has mastered making style work as high drama. McNiven pencils are a series of flourishes and bells-and-whistles that come together to convey character, setting, plot, and drama. In the back-up story, artist Brandon Peterson does something similar, but I'm not going to play that game of who is better – McNiven or Peterson. I must admit, however, that I prefer Nolan Woodard's beautiful colors for Peterson's art, although I am not slighting Sunny Cho's excellent hues on the main story.
I'm ready for more Uncanny Inhumans, and if you listen to my recommendation and buy Uncanny Inhumans #1, you will be ready for more, also.
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Reviewed by Leroy Douesseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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