Writer/Artist: Greg Broadmore
Publisher: Dark Horse, $19.95
Victory is a nice oversized hardcover package that’s part raygun catalog, part sci-fi serial, and part colonial uchroniae. Follow Lord Cockswain as he explores the galaxy and discovers new life with his rayguns and generally does horrible things in the name of adventure. There are a couple of full stories crammed in here as well as a great series of shorts, and then you have the awesome catalog of rayguns and tanks and some great propaganda posters as well.
The entire book is beautifully painted, and to give you an idea of the style inside keep in mind that Broadmore was the lead designer of District 9 so it’s a great mix of crazy detail, futuristic sci-fi gadgetry, and horrible ugly beasties. The stories are a great combination of space pulp with a modern flair of Heavy Metal type violence and maiming. Victory finds a pretty good balance between putting the worst of sci-fi fiction up on a pedestal and mocking it horribly. If you appreciate a healthy mix of satire, dark humor, and a love of gratuitous violence then you’ll probably love every bit of this book. It has a lot of good cross appeal, but I would definitely recommend it to fans of the Goon or Atomic Robo.
The book itself is a nice 8 ½" x 12" trim and published on thick cardstock paper. It’s only 64 pages, but every page is densely packed with material and the overall design of the entire book is great. Twenty bucks is a pretty decent price and this makes for a great gift.
If you like this then try: Doctor Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory, The Goon, Atomic Robo
Related Links: Dr. Grordbort
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