Indie Friday - Quick Hits

Well it's a little late but it's still an Indie Friday, I've been mixing the articles up a bit so that you get a taste of each one and what it's about so today we have a bunch of Quick Hits on Indie Comics that have come out in the last few weeks... or months in some cases, so enjoy! Also I bought all of these at Comic Factory in Pasadena, CA if live in California and have access to the shop then check it out they have a huge selection of independent comics including stuff that's printed in non comic size and limited to about 100 prints some times. It's a cool place so check it out.

Multiple Warheads #1 - It's not often that I find an Oni Press book that I don't like... but I found one. This book is 1/2 Tank Girl, 1/2 Heavy Metal and 1/2 Manga and yeah I know my math is wrong but I was always better at decimals. It's basically about this girl that hunts for organs off of the dead out in the dead world... then a space ship from the space were-wolf war crashes because they were all on auto return... and frankly I didn't care. I wanted to like the book but it really didn't do anything worth reading. The art was interesting but the character was sexier when she had her clothes on. Yeah... that's all I have to say about it... next book.



Bonds #1 - I missed this Image books release. Even though it's Image not every store will stock it so some times these rare gems get missed or under bought. Bonds is an interesting story, basically the girl on the front, her dad gets killed by someone using a medical company to make a biological weapon that would of course would wreck havoc on the world. The main character goes somewhere else when she's asleep and during one of her visits to the forest her guide which is either her mother or mother nature I'm not sure, tells her that anything she does there will have affects on the real world. If she strikes a spider then something bad will happen to a real person, and if she's the chosen one then she will not be mark with a "Bond." Well she does and she awakens to find a spider "tattoo" growing darker and darker on her skin. There's more to this complicated story that I care not to explain to you just know that even though it starts slow it finishes strong. Quick Pick: Runner Up!

Bushi Tales #1 of 3 - What happens when you mix Japanese and Greek mythology? You get a mess of a story and a main character that cries more times then she speaks. The underlining plot of this comic was lost on me, perhaps I'm just not a "big picture" type when it comes to the structure of this story. The issues plot was this, wolves attack the guards of a fortress (why the guards are on the outside is beyond me) the leaders daughter goes after the wolves because they mauled her lover or boyfriend or hey they didn't really say; she finds a Titan of Greek Mythology cooking the other missing guard and then they get ambushed. The main chick wounds the Titan and he vows they'll meet again while the retreat to the fortress that he could easily break into... but doesn't. But hey the art was okay! Quick Picks: Save You're Money!

White Picket Fences #3 of 3 - This is more of a series review since I read the first two issues as well. Let me first say that I loved the art, and it reminded my of Herobear and the Kid. It has that classic 40's and 50's motif to it and that's when the story also takes place. Basically the Martian's are ready to wage war on us because we didn't disarm or give back all the technology they gave us to defeat... another planet's people I'm sorry I don't remember which one I think it was Venus so Verusians or whatever. These kids that are obsessed with one of those classic space adventurers decide they want to help the army that's in the town protecting the secret weapon that's hidden there. Well as kids often do they end up getting into trouble and they nearly cause the end of the planet. The concept is cool, because they refer to the Martin's as "Reds" which is something we're all familiar with but it adds that extra twist to it. The problem with this story is the dialog, the parents are funny and they work but the government people talk to much, the Martin's are boring and the kids sound stupid. They don't really talk like kids, they talk more like uneducated adults and that's not interesting to read. Stay for the art but skip most of the story and you'll be fine with this book from Ape Entertainment.

Johnny Hiro #1 - I have been trying to get my hands on this book for some time now and so the hype I had given the book myself made me nervous to read it. But let's just say it shall we... Quick Picks: Pick of the Week! Yeah it was that good. Godazilla (Godzilla knock off) comes to New York to extract revenge on the daughter of a Japanese Voltron type group that kicked his ass years ago. That daughter just so happens to be Johnny Hiro's girlfriend. With a book like this you can't really say anything that's not going to ruin the book for you, all I can say is that I loved how it was written. I love the style of jumping into a short tale about something that doesn't really matter to the story but it's fun to read and makes the book more enjoyable. This story is all over the map and the ending is freaking hilarious. The art was tight and the composition put together nicely and reminded me of Jim Mahfood but without some of the BS that comes with his art. I really hope that there's another issue of Johnny Hiro in the works because I just want to read more of it, it doesn't matter what happens or if they even do anything exciting I just want more of the characters and to me that's what any comic should be about but with Indie's I love it when they step out of the box and tell a story in a way that's not common, so again Quick Picks: Pick of the Week!