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 "Exotic locations, earth-shattering stakes, dialogue you wish you'd written, heroic bad-assery, and a macguffin to die for. Larger than life villains versus equally outsized heroes. This is the stuff we're talking about when we talk about action-adventure." - DWAYNE MCDUFFIE (JLU, BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE, MILESTONE) "Good story, Great Art, Here's my money." - MARK WAID (Every Comic You've Ever Read)  A hidden monastery. A group of chanting monks. A pack of kill crazy ninjas. A secret, powerful prize worth killing any number of men for. And a pair of heroes on the case. All elements that would go into making the perfect action flick. Or what you experience in the first eight pages of Prodigal, written by Geoffrey Thorne, drawn by Todd Harris, and coming soon from Ape Entertainment. Pae Mai Jacinto and Byron Lennox are retrieval specialists, persons who recover lost and stolen objects for those willing to pay their prices. When Ms. Jacinto is contracted by representatives of The Order Of First Light, a mysterious, interfaith spiritual order, she and her brawn-to-her brains partner in crime Byron Lennox are launched into a new adventure, just as a previous adventure is coming a climactic finish before our very eyes. To go any further into describing the tale would ruin the readers’ opportunity to discover this world and these new heroes for themselves. What can be said is that the writer and artist presented a thrilling ride in the opening 24 pages of a double sized first issue that left this reviewer wanting more. Our heroine and hero bring to this reviewer’s mind such classic pairs as Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy or Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in the easy way writer Thorne turns the dialogue between Ms. Jacinto and Mr. Lennox in a cross between a ballet and a fifteen round bout worth of Ali and Frazier. Mr. Thorne, writer that may be best known for a number of short stories and novels set in the Star Trek universe, uses the comics medium to its fullest. His script shows he knows when to let his words do the work and when to let the pictures do the talking. What comes to mind are a few great pages where the visual transitions and dialogue interplay nicely, giving the impression of being both cinematic and novelistic. Pages 13 and 19 particularly come to this reviewer’s mind. The artwork by Mr. Harris is just what readers want in a comic: dynamic and powerful. The designs for the main characters make them individuals that fit into their surroundings perfectly. The various environments the reader sees are also just as well designed and drawn. This reviewer has only one complaint: the coloring. This reviewer is not a fan of the current vogue in anime style coloring. But it is all the rage with the young folks and it does not take anything away from the story and art. Overall, the opening chapter of PRODIGAL was excellent, providing the right mix of action and characterization to encourage this reviewer to want to read more. Check it out when it comes up for order. VINCENT S. MOORE - COMICS WAITING ROOM.COM  Todd Harris knows how to tell stories with pictures. PRODIGAL is an adrenaline rush of babes, bullets and blood. A blast to look at and read. - SCOTT STEWART (director of PRIEST and LEGION)  Geoffrey Thorne is a sci-fi writer who also dabbles in comics. Us Star Trek fans know him for some of the Trek novels and short stories he’s written, the most recent one being Star Trek Titan: Sword of Damocles, so I can attest to his skill as a writer. The link takes you to a preview of the entire book, and from what I can tell, it’s not bad. Light action-adventure, lively dialogue, very good art. Pretty straightforward. Let’s see how it does. RICH WATSON - POP CULTURE SHOCK. COM FLAT OUT GREAT. I love it. Wish most of the books I paid for this week were that good. - REGINALD HUDLIN - (Black Panther, Boomerang) See for yourself what all the fuss is about! PRINTABLE ORDER FORM ON THE LAST PAGE!! |
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