Review of Archibald Saves ChristmasWritten by Dwight L. MacPherson Art by Grant Bond 32 Black, White…
Review of Archibald Saves Christmas
Written by Dwight L. MacPherson
Art by Grant Bond
32 Black, White and Blood Red Pages for $3.50
On sale November 29, 2007 from Image Comics
In a world populated by cartoon characters, Archibald Aardvark, a former movie star, has recently been released from a mental hospital 5 years after being accused of his brother's savage murder. On the lot of a new film, Archibald wakes up to find out that another murder has taken place, and he's the prime suspect...
In this one-shot, Dwight MacPherson fleshes out a full cast of characters (including backstories), stages a murder, provides some darkly comic relief, and wraps everything up with a twist ending that doesn't feel contrived or contradict the rest of the story. Readers frustrated with comics “written for the trade” should enjoy should enjoy this comic, although I wish it were a little longer. This is as much a compliment as it is a criticism.
Grant Bond's animation-inspired art, in black and white with splashes of blood-red, can be both dark enough to convey the darkest parts of the story, and light enough to sell MacPherson's punch lines. Every page is illustrated with detailed, almost 3-dimensional backgrounds and expressive faces. Anyone familiar with Grant's art on Revere (from A.S.P.) or Gene Simmons' House of Horrors #1 (from IDW), needs no further explanation. For those who aren’t familiar, there are some preview pages available at http://www.myspace.com/archibaldaardvark
Like the bastard lovechild of Sin City and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Archibald Saves Christmas is an irreverent one-shot that's sometimes funny, sometimes dark, always entertaining, and definitely not for kids.
4.5 out of 5 Psychopathic Aardvarks
Written by Dwight L. MacPherson
Art by Grant Bond
32 Black, White and Blood Red Pages for $3.50
On sale November 29, 2007 from Image Comics
In a world populated by cartoon characters, Archibald Aardvark, a former movie star, has recently been released from a mental hospital 5 years after being accused of his brother's savage murder. On the lot of a new film, Archibald wakes up to find out that another murder has taken place, and he's the prime suspect...
In this one-shot, Dwight MacPherson fleshes out a full cast of characters (including backstories), stages a murder, provides some darkly comic relief, and wraps everything up with a twist ending that doesn't feel contrived or contradict the rest of the story. Readers frustrated with comics “written for the trade” should enjoy should enjoy this comic, although I wish it were a little longer. This is as much a compliment as it is a criticism.
Grant Bond's animation-inspired art, in black and white with splashes of blood-red, can be both dark enough to convey the darkest parts of the story, and light enough to sell MacPherson's punch lines. Every page is illustrated with detailed, almost 3-dimensional backgrounds and expressive faces. Anyone familiar with Grant's art on Revere (from A.S.P.) or Gene Simmons' House of Horrors #1 (from IDW), needs no further explanation. For those who aren’t familiar, there are some preview pages available at http://www.myspace.com/archibaldaardvark
Like the bastard lovechild of Sin City and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Archibald Saves Christmas is an irreverent one-shot that's sometimes funny, sometimes dark, always entertaining, and definitely not for kids.
4.5 out of 5 Psychopathic Aardvarks
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