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Resident Mad Scientist (2010)

by Howard Tayler(Favorite Author)

4.55 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0977907473 (ISBN13: 9780977907472)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Hypernode Press

series

Schlock Mercenary

review 1: A few pages in to this collection of Tayler's webcomic there's a note saying that the following strips started on Halloween, and are a bit darker than the usual sci fi hilarity . . . AND THEN HE KILLS A MAJOR CHARACTER. What the actual hell, Howard? So of course I had to keep reading . . . because I love Schlock and Tagon's Toughs and everything Howard writes and draws. What more can be said? If you don't know Schlock Mercenary, don't start here, start with The Tub of Happiness, which is the first collection of the web-comic. But if you have been reading Schlock, this is some excellent stuff. And the bonus story? FANTASTIC.
review 2: Somewhere between The Tub of Happiness and Resident Mad Scientist Howard Taylor learned how to tell a powerful science fiction st... moreory that gets resolved satisfactorily, makes sense, doesn’t have any Deus Ex Machina (except the ones he’s telling a joke about) and will make you laugh even while you are gasping in shock.Having read the online comic I can say that he only gets better from here. His artwork has improved significantly form the first books but if you are looking for the kind of intricate details that modern comic books have then you’re out of luck. This is more of a daily newspaper comic style of artwork rather than the intricate detailed inking of a comic book. That’s about all I can say about the artwork as I’m hardly a critic of such things. The drawings are good enough to not be confusing and not be painful to look at.What I am chiefly interested in is the writing and with this book I am starting to see the power of story telling that Howard Taylor is capable of. Most importantly it is stirred heavily with enough humor and satirism to make a nice fudge swirl of laughter in a carmel ice cream of solemn character moments.If you haven’t read any of Howard Taylor’s Schlock Mercenary comic you really should. All of them are free on his website, but once you start you will long for more. less

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