wild card: week one: Ronin Dogs by Mark Pearce

I just read Ronin Dogs book 1 by Mark Pearce.


Tom in Page 45 pointed at it and said 'have you read that?' with a mischievous look on his face so i picked it up straight away.


So, as you can see above, our protagonists are Derek (24, skeleton for a head, false beard) and Jennifer (24, likes fighting, drinking, and shoes). skeleton head = check false beard = check hard drinkin' sword wielding badass lady = check. i'm already 100% behind this comic!

also: BOOBS

it is essentially a set up issue, Derek and Jennifer got into trouble one time and now every body wants to punch and kick them. simple.


after this is explained, someone turns up to punch and kick them (or rather try and snipe them from a different planet) 


the first thing that jumps out at me is the art in this comic. it reminds me of Brandon Graham, Jamie Hewlett, Akira Toriyama, Yasuhiro Nightow and James Stokoe. Its far from being derivative,  the panels ooze and bristle and slap you DIRECTLY IN THE EYES!  its like having LSD laced treacle poured into your eyes! (i actually keep picking up the comic and just looking at the pages...its addictive)

if this doesn't scream Akira Toryama then i'm a monkeys fuckin' uncle

a special mention must be made of the two hapless assassins that try and off our heroes. A mysterious flask wielding monk and what i assume is some sort of sentient bush that talks about  wanting to be a chef:


'I always wanted to be a chef. I would cook all day. I'd make....brucgy sticks, cereal, chumpy wongers....roast bugger' 


BLESS!


Ronin Dogs book 1 is a like a shot of whisky. Tasty and i want more of it! 


i heartily recommend this for fans of Trigun, Wonton Soup or looking at and reading things that are awesome.

exactly!