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Battling Boy Vol. 1 (2013)

by Paul Pope(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

8865431818 (ISBN13: 9788865431818)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Bao Publishing

series

Battling Boy

review 1: Paul Pope makes me want to draw. I love his art, and seeing a new creator owned series pop out of his ridiculous mind is an exciting prospect. Battling Boy is gorgeous, full of disgusting Pope-ian myth, and a wonderfully curious mythology. The theme of the book is close in line with Marvel's Thor character. Battling Boy, son of a warrior god, is sent to an Earth parallel as a champion as part of a coming of age ritual. Armed with an arsenal of twelve magic t-shirts, Boy becomes a superhero in the fight against nightmare-born monsters. The world building is awesome, and the imagination on display here is brilliantly twisted. The universe is great, and the art, as always with Pope, is mind-boggling. The writing isn't perfect, and the characters don't quite ring yet, but the ... moreset-up is incredibly exciting. I can't wait for more.
review 2: it's like a mixture of He-man, Thor, Spidra from Gadget Boy and Saturday morning cartoons. sit yourself down in your ninja turtle pyjamas with some high calorie cereal, it could be a fun start to the day. but even though there's giant monsters and this crazy city and the awesome animal power t-shirts and the weird other world through the lightning cloud and the underground club for evil creatures and the badass teen super girl with her amazing house with secret doors, it didn't seem put together in a way that flowed, it felt like it could have been presented better plot wise. overall though it is pretty to look at, the colours are beautiful and I like Pope's landscape panels especially. less

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