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| Batmanuel |
A Bats Eye on Starship Troopers.Starship Troopers #5Bad 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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| CyNic |
Wow... 
That's quite a lot to live up to... Thanks for the vote of confidence. It's greatly appreciated. |
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| Reaper |
Thats high praise, maybe I should be reading this  Did you actually try and read it in the dark?
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| Batmanuel |
CatFang:
Well i sort of turned the light out and then turned it back on again before realizing that what i had just done was not only absurd, but really really stupid 
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| CatFang |
It wasn't me who asked that, it was Reaper!
But Reaper, it does glow, you need to see it on paper to see what Bats means, the preview images on the screen don't get that across. I've looked at it in the dark myself. It has secret messages that only show up in blacklight, or if you have eyes with the powers of a scorpion! Not that gives away my secret identity or anything.... |
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| Batmanuel |
Ah so it was, got side tracked by the shinny pic, now wheres that black light i used to own back in the day. |
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| CatFang |
This review just got mentioned in the Geek Syndicate podcast (number 68 if anyone listens) so that is 500 more people who know about it 
There's a link back to it from their forum - so who know there may be more new friends! Issue 6 (part 2 of the Bad Blood arc) should be out this week as well, we think. |
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| Batmanuel |
Excellent  and while on the subject, we now have more copys for sale 
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| CatFang |
So - the entire first arc is now out.
 Congratulations!
If only they knew what was going to happen in the next one 
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| Batmanuel |
Cat:
Dito old bean
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| CyNic |
Cheers for that!
I just spotted a review for the concluding part of my first Starship Troopers arc over on Comics Village. Here's a link: http://www.comicsvillage.com/review.aspx?reviewID=216 Cheers, Cy. |
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| Batmanuel |
See... now i feel fully justified in giving ST by CD a 9/10.
others obviously agree
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| CatFang |
See, where you lead others follow
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| CatFang |
"Talking Dogs with Lasser guns. Some things you never get used to!"
The next issue of Starship Troopers will be out in December with War Stories: Tasch. A full year before the events of Starship Troopers: Bad Blood, Private Naomi Tasch turns rogue when her Neodog partner goes MIA. As the planet around her falls to Arachnid infestation, Tasch stakes both her career and her life on a ferocious display of the loyalty and strength that will one day make her a Vandal. War Stories: Tasch is an explosive new one-shot from writer Cy Dethan, featuring blistering artwork from the team of Neil Van Antwerpen and Peter-David Douglas. Script: Cy Dethan Pencils, Colours: Neil Van Antwerpen Inker: Peter-David Douglas Letters: Thomas Mauer The War Stories are a series of one-shots, each exploring the background of one of the series' recurrent characters. More info, background and a gallery of internal art at Cy's Website Here is the cover as a taster 
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