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Ezra #1
pp. 28
$2.95
Art by Alfonso Ruiz
Kade #s 1-3
pp. 28
$2.95 ea.
From Arcana/stories by Sean O'Reilly
Tale of Ezra
Ezra is a beautiful female warrior who, like all of her battling sword and sorcery sisters, bares no scars and lots of skin. So what separates her from her competition? Ezra is well drawn and written.
Although her debut is more an event than a story, Ezra talks and acts like a human being with calluses on her soul as well as her fingers. As she thwarts her attempted attackers and fights to escape her captors, Ezra becomes a believable and interesting personality.
I say hurray that she does it without the use of the profanity that debases too many comic book titles today. Dynamic and not overly gory, a second hurray is offered because Ezra is at least drawn less nude than most other gals that hop around this genre.
Ezra #1 is recommended for readers who enjoy super-models with swords.
Tale of Kade
A Sword and Sorcery tale filtered through Japanese Manga, Kade is about a warrior who wears a domino mask to protect an identity known by all.If you are unfamiliar with the terms Sword and Sorcery and Manga, imagine Conan the Barbarian as a warrior in Japan. Kade seeks revenge on an evil Dark Lord and, to accomplish his heroic goal, kills lots of people and monsters with a gigantic sword.
Well drawn by Eduuardo Garcia (issues #s 1 & 2) and Allen Otero (#3), thisseries needs the strong hand of an editor or writer who knows the rules of grammar and visual storytelling. Scene changes are often confusing, dialog is occasionally overblown, and the writer has trouble matching past, present and future tenses in the same sentence.
Quality paper and interesting coloring won't help Kade stand out on crowded newsstands.
Michael Vance
Shudder at Vance's Light's End horror short stories narrated by actor William Windom at www.plan9.org.
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