Showing posts with label Apama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apama. Show all posts

Monday, May 12, 2014

Digitally Speaking...#16 "Apama"

Via Hero Tomorrow
Apama #1 (Hero Tomorrow)
From 2013.

The backstory is pretty interesting.  Apparently this comic is based on an indy film, Hero Tomorrow, from the same creators, Ted Sikora and Milo Miller.  And, what the heck is an apama?  It's a ferocious animal that took itself out of history, king of the beasts, unwanted and uninvited but better than all of them.

Anyway, the comic itself reads a lot like a lost Silver Age adventure (minus gratuitous exclamation marks!!!), with this issue a whole origin story in kind.  If you're nostalgic for that kind of thing, that might be reason enough to check out Apama.  If you've never read that kind of thing, this might actually be an excellent way to sample it.

The art is another thing that evokes a previous era.  Benito Gallego, whether intentionally or not, has a style similar to Joe Kubert.  Don't believe me?  Feast a look:
Via Comics Bulletin
(The reviewer in that link compares the art to John Buschema, but I stand by my comparison.)

It's the kind of comic that can feature a cameo from Flaming Carrot.  It's a comic, basically, for comics fans, probably first and foremost, a nostalgia comic (there are certainly plenty of those!), but one that probably stands on its own, too.

Worth a look.