Adam Chapman
January 7th 2005, 06:39 AM
Reviewer: Adam Chapman adam.chapman@sympatico.ca
Quick Rating: Excellent
Title: Testing Times
Brodie enlists the help of his kidnap victim to find out what's on the disk he stole.
<a href="http://www.comixtreme.com/gallery/data/media/792/brodieslaw3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixtreme.com/gallery/data/thumbnails/792/brodieslaw3.jpg"align="left" border="0"> </a>Writer: Alan Grant
Artist: David Bircham
Letters: Debo
Story: Daley Osiyemi and David Bircham
Cover: David Bircham
Publisher: Pulp Theatre Entertainment
Review: For those coming late to the party, Brodie's Law is about Jack Brodie, a man who recently stole a computer disk from a company, P-Fact, and now finds himself a wanted man, and his son kidnapped. He then kidnapped an old employee of P-Fact, recently terminated, and that's where this issue begins.
The dialogue between Brodie and Tomokai is a big highlight of this issue, with rapid-fire dialogue and a good deal of wit and intelligence. Most of the series has had Brodie on his own narrating, and so its a pleasant surprise when he has more dialogue, apart from the prerequisite fight chatter. This issue is also important because it reveals the main premise behind the series, that of the ability to morph from one likeness to another under mental control. That is the secret hidden on the disc that Brodie stole, and the set-up justified the interesting idea, and the action henceforth promises to be quite the ride.
The way in which Tomokai and Brodie get along with each other, and almost begin to start trusting each other, is some really interesting writing. It doesn't feel forced or artificial, but on the contrary feels very fluid and natural for these characters, given their odd circumstances and situation. As Brodie works on a plan from his own cramped quarters, its interesting to see how the bad guys of the piece judge Brodie, and how far they're willing to go to apprehend him and protect their own secrets. Whatever comes next promises to be a wild ride.
The art gets better and better in this series. It has a very noirish, dark feel, with a deeply cinematic style which conveys the fluidity of human movement quite well. It's rough at times, but it works with the script and the general ambience of the book, to mesh together into a cohesive whole which is extremely entertaining and fun to read.
Check out this book, and this series, and find out why this issue made it on my Best of 2004 List.
Ratings:
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Quick Rating: Excellent
Title: Testing Times
Brodie enlists the help of his kidnap victim to find out what's on the disk he stole.
<a href="http://www.comixtreme.com/gallery/data/media/792/brodieslaw3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixtreme.com/gallery/data/thumbnails/792/brodieslaw3.jpg"align="left" border="0"> </a>Writer: Alan Grant
Artist: David Bircham
Letters: Debo
Story: Daley Osiyemi and David Bircham
Cover: David Bircham
Publisher: Pulp Theatre Entertainment
Review: For those coming late to the party, Brodie's Law is about Jack Brodie, a man who recently stole a computer disk from a company, P-Fact, and now finds himself a wanted man, and his son kidnapped. He then kidnapped an old employee of P-Fact, recently terminated, and that's where this issue begins.
The dialogue between Brodie and Tomokai is a big highlight of this issue, with rapid-fire dialogue and a good deal of wit and intelligence. Most of the series has had Brodie on his own narrating, and so its a pleasant surprise when he has more dialogue, apart from the prerequisite fight chatter. This issue is also important because it reveals the main premise behind the series, that of the ability to morph from one likeness to another under mental control. That is the secret hidden on the disc that Brodie stole, and the set-up justified the interesting idea, and the action henceforth promises to be quite the ride.
The way in which Tomokai and Brodie get along with each other, and almost begin to start trusting each other, is some really interesting writing. It doesn't feel forced or artificial, but on the contrary feels very fluid and natural for these characters, given their odd circumstances and situation. As Brodie works on a plan from his own cramped quarters, its interesting to see how the bad guys of the piece judge Brodie, and how far they're willing to go to apprehend him and protect their own secrets. Whatever comes next promises to be a wild ride.
The art gets better and better in this series. It has a very noirish, dark feel, with a deeply cinematic style which conveys the fluidity of human movement quite well. It's rough at times, but it works with the script and the general ambience of the book, to mesh together into a cohesive whole which is extremely entertaining and fun to read.
Check out this book, and this series, and find out why this issue made it on my Best of 2004 List.
Ratings:
Story: http://www.comixtreme.com/reviews/full.jpg http://www.comixtreme.com/reviews/full.jpg http://www.comixtreme.com/reviews/full.jpg http://www.comixtreme.com/reviews/full.jpg http://www.comixtreme.com/reviews/half.jpg
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