Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Pulp Dominos...

Its wednesday day and that means as all comics fans know its new comics day and I intend to do a regular posting about something current every wed afternoon or evening.....

Todays post is about something that wont be in your local shop unless they are like Comics Experience and do digital comics sales..... its not deadwood but it is damn damn good, today Monkey Brain Comics released another new title into the digital wild..... Masks andMobsters. The title is a total surprise to me... digital only comics have no previews as of yet so checking out the new releases on new comics day is like heading to the drug store to spin the comic rack hoping for something new, yes I am that old that I knew life before the direct market. Masks and Mobsters is written by and will be drawn by rotating artists and goes back to the formative days of so called masked men and heroes of the pulps before all this superpower crazyness.

The initial offering introduces us to a cast of shady human mobsters and their plightthe arrival of the caped and domini masked avengers. their enterprises aree being slowly thwarted by these new vigilanties and they know there is someone that is tipping the heroes off. Its a familiar story told in a familar way but it is so satisfying to read an old story told so well and in a way that violence is not glorified. The creative team is brillant capturing the by gone era and payinh homage to the founding members of the hero genisis in the early twentith century.

The issue is a meager 99 cents to read and own as are most of Monkey Brains books and even at seventeen pages its a bargin anda fresh look at heroism and the origins of the media. We see the story through the perspective of a thug and one that has reason for everything he does. Its Tarrentino esque in execution and an entertaing read to boot. I have a great fondness for the pulp era and have read both stories from then and pastiche and Masks and Mobsters is a well worthy addition reguardless of price. I havenot enjoyed something this much since DC did away with Secret Six (which may still beavailable for 99c an issue) or the Suicide Squad from the late eighties. Chris Roberson has corraled a great stable of creators and books at Monkey Brain.... I plan to hit all the titles in the pantheon including my favorite over thenext week or so.... and no I wont say which is my favorite till I get to it.

Oh, what you have not checked out this digital only company, hey you may like these books, they are wide ranging in genre and I think at 99cents or 1.99they are a bargin; I know comics have not been this cheep for more then a decade......

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