This was a fun read, within the first 20 or so pages you have an attempted assassination, a bar gun fight with people scattering, and a girl taking down an entire swat team and that is just to get started. This is one of the best action independents I have seen in a while, and it is so worth checking out. The book was written by Lance Stahlberg and Danika Kenn with pencils/inks by Rudolf Montemayor and lettering by Brant Fowler. Needless to say this is going to be a five star comic, that has to be in your comic book collection. They have a distribution deal with Haven Distro, so you might find this smaller paperback in some comic book stores, if not it will be easy enough to ask for it. It is not available online yet, but that should happen sooner rather than later. You can find it at the authors web site right here if you want to read it online first.
This is one sweet action packed thriller in black and white, guns, grenades, the mysterious eye of othenius, wolf men, this simply does not stop page to page, line to line. This is one of the more intense mini-trades I have read in a long time, making it totally unique in the market today. You simply jump in and work your way through it, of course some of it will make you smile, overall though, the story line is simple enough to follow as an entire team of cops, snipers, and swat team type people simply stop moving for various reasons. Most of the stop moving bit is due to bullets or shrapnel. There is even betrayal and mystery as a message is delivered in the middle of the carnage about the eye of othenius without anyone getting hurt.
The story line is well put together and enjoyable. The drawing is well done, the inking is well done, giving an overall consistency. The people in the story line are believable and while the dialog at times sounds like an older James Bond movie, the dialog works throughout the entire book. Lance and Danika have done an awesome job of tying the book together, while inks and lettering are well done and easy to read. Overall, rated five of five on the star scale and should be on your purchase sooner rather than later list.
