Bizarre New World Population Explosion
Half a year or so ago I found a new comic published by Ape Entertainment called Bizarre New World. It was a fun mini-series about an ordinary guy, Paul Krutcher, who woke up one day to discover that he could fly. I was quite pleased with the book and gave it a pretty good review.
Well the writer/creator, Skipper Martin, apparently liked what I had to say because last week he sent me a preview copy of his new one shot, Bizarre New World: Population Explosion. My one word review?
Wow!
Now please understand that while I’m quite happy that someone thought enough of my scribblings to send me something of theirs to review, those freebies won’t influence my opinion. If I thought the book was crap I wouldn’t review it. If it was just okay, I’d say so and try to give some constructive criticism. This book wasn’t crap. This book wasn’t just okay. This book was great! In all honesty this was one of the most fun and best written books I’ve read in quite awhile.
At the start of the first mini-series Paul was the only person who could fly, by the time it ended, the whole world was taking to the sky. This story picks up from there. I don’t want to give too much away, because you really should read it for yourself, so I’ll just say that:
- The characters are all very believable.
- The art is well done.
- Paul gets a costume, but it’s not what you think.
- Although he would probably deny that he is one, Paul acts very much like a hero is supposed to.
If you like super-hero comics, if you like fun comics, heck, if you just like good stories, go to your local comic book store now and tell them to get you a copy of this book. It was in the February issue of Previews so it should be on the stands in April.
Order it now.
You won’t be sorry.