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Review: ‘The Bounce’ #1
Potheads and superheroes. Why has no one combined these two before? Have you ever seen a superhero on weed? The Bounce #1 lights up and kicks off this new series from Joe Casey and David Messina. It’s almost timely as we see what Bouncing Boy from the Legion of Super-Heroes would be like if he wasn’t chubby and living in the twenty-first century. Hmm, maybe this IS him seeing as the latest incarnation of LSH has recently been cancelled! Is writer Joe Casey that omniscient? He might be…but otherwise, this is a solid introductory issue.
WRITTEN BY: Joe Casey
ART BY: David Messina
PUBLISHER: Image Comics
PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE: 22 May 2013
Pothead Jasper Jenkins seemingly just lives on his couch, smoking up and watching the news. This cover is simple and effective. No one pays attention to what slackers do, right?
The Bounce’s first adversary, The Crunch (is that a candy-bar?), seems like a mash-up of Nightwing’s face mask, Doomsday’s arms, and Colossus’ costume with a sharper wit. Regrettable, yet he serves his purpose of showing readers how The Bounce can adapt and overcome all on-comers. More future nemeses come into the light after The Bounce’s first skirmish. It’s a nice way to lay the groundwork for more intriguing conflicts down the road. I especially like the drug dealer The Fog who is literally the drug itself. Brilliant twist, Mr. Casey.
David Messina’s art is crisp and detailed which is funny considering how fuzzy smoking joints can make a person…so I’ve been told. It reminds me of Terry Dodson’s thick lines and effective use of dark colors and space. Everyone has their own body shape, body language and facial expressions and that helps establish this new world nicely.
Getting high to get an adrenaline high from being a superhero is an interesting take on the genre. Also, waking up in a superhero city is a great tease for next issue. I’m in for another hit.
3.5/5 Skulls
Reviewed by – Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady
IDW Dark and Paramount recently joined forces to launch limited comic book tales set in the worlds of Smile and A Quiet Place, and we’ve learned today that they’ll continue hanging around in those franchise universes with two brand new limited series tales.
Entertainment Weekly has exclusively revealed this afternoon that IDW Dark’s Any Given Smile debuts in September, while A Quiet Place: Rising Tides arrives in November.
First up, from writer Stephanie Williams and artist Pablo Collar, Any Given Smile puts a football-themed twist on Parker Finn’s successful Smile movie franchise.
The five-part limited series is “set in January 1995, during the American Arena League football championship game in St. Augustine, Florida. The rising superstar of the Sharks, backup quarterback Dupree, is feeling the pressure from his teammates, the fans, and also the city’s gambling underworld, to whom he owes a considerable debt. Meanwhile, a sports journalist investigates a string of suicides that may be connected to the big game. At the very least, they are connected to a sinister entity that preys on the minds of its victims.”
From writer Declan Shalvey and artist Luke Sparrow, A Quiet Place: Rising Tides will also be a five-issue limited story. The comic book tale “brings the creatures to the Florida Keys, where a father-daughter duo attempt to survive on water in a houseboat.”
EW further details, “This tense family reunion coincides with the arrival of the vicious creatures that hunt through sound. Grace and her dad find safety on the open ocean, but she’ll have to make landfall sooner or later; the father’s oxygen tank and their supplies are running low, while a hurricane swiftly approaches.”
Learn more about both comic books over on Entertainment Weekly.
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