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| Comic PDF eBook, n. pag. Published 2019 (contents: 2018-19) Acquired and read June 2019 |
Writer: Michael Jan Friedman
Pencils and inks / Colors: Calo Cacau
Colors: Marcos Martins
Letters: Jim Campbell and Zaak Saam
This is the collected edition of an indie comic miniseries funded through Kickstarter, which I backed since it was written by Michael Jan Friedman, longtime writer of space opera in comics and prose (mostly Star Trek, of course, but also The Darkstars!). The series is about a ship's captain who wakes up to find out he died and was brought back to life as a weapon of war. The final result is fine. Friedman's heyday as a comics writer was the 1990s, and it shows here: the narration is repetitive and details are spelled out when they don't need to be. It's decent space adventure stuff, but the character work is thin, which is a shame because I feel like characterization was Friedman's strength as a writer: more could have been made of being an "Empty" but it's mostly a background element, and most of the side characters are pretty generic. Calo Cacau's art is solid and well done; I hope he goes places.
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