Writer Ron Fortier's Captain Jain Marlee, Space Smuggler presents a feisty, young heroine cut from the same, intrepid cloth as Stella Star and Han Solo, packaged with striking, cover artwork by the one and only, Rob Davis!
This Redbud Studio curation actually features five, Fortier adventures, with astonishing imagery from today's top, comic artists.
The initial tale is the uber-crafty "The Smuggler's Lament," which sports stunning illustrations by Brian Level, with Chris McQuaid lettering. The chilling second, "A Cold Demise," features ornate panels by Luis Rivera (who gives Fortier a swell cameo as the efficient Constable Glick), with shading and lettering by Warren Montgomery. The third entry, "The Fugitive Prince," flaunts cyberpunk-ish, RanXerox-spun graphics by Richard Jun, with Elisa St. John lettering; and for "Cats' Ears," Fortier's Mr. Jigsaw collaborator, Gary Kato, bestows ebullient art and lettering for what acts as a raucous but breezy chapter. And last but not least, Shane Alden (penciler) and Ariel Aquire (inker) bring the epic "Ghost World" to grand, haunting life, with lettering by James Gaubatz, in a fable that invokes the dark, exploratory depths of Alien, 65 and Event Horizon.
The individualized, artistic styling for this volume is fascinating to behold (done in the varying vein of Batman: Gotham Knight and The Animatrix), but the developmental strand is steady throughout, making Marlee a credible, in-depth character per the assemblage. She's not only appealing on the outside, but cool and calculating within.
Because of this release, Marlee has become one of my favorite, astral adventurers. I only wish I had been astute enough to have embraced her fine saga sooner!
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