Rokkin #1
Originally presented on Comixtreme.com on July 10, 2006.
Quick Rating: Good
Title: The Legend of Rokkin: Adventure Set in Stone
When everything is taken from Arness, a warrior is born.
Writer: Andy Hartness
Pencils: Nick Bradshaw
Digital Inks and Colors: Jim Charalampidis
Letters: Jared K. Fletcher
Editor: Scott Dunbier
Cover Art: Nick Bradshaw & Jim Charalampidis
Publisher: DC Comics/Wildstorm
Wow, another fantasy comic from Wildstorm. They’re really turning ‘em out these days. Not that there’s anything wrong with that - I’m rather happy to see such a push on sword and sorcery comics at the moment, as long as they’re all quality. Is this one? Well, it’s not as good as Claw the Unconquered, but it’s not as disappointing as Skye Runner either.
Rokkin is the story of Arness (don’t ask me why it’s called “Rokkin,” it doesn’t appear anywhere in the first issue), an axeman in a typical medieval fantasy world who wants merely to wed his beloved Dalia and have a good life. Naturally, things don’t go as planned. While the story is executed in a good fashion, the plot itself is really clichéd, especially in this genre, and I find myself scratching my head wondering what they can do in the next installment to help this comic start to stand out and make its own identity.
The comic is improved considerably by some great artwork by Nick Bradshaw and Jim Charalampidis. I’m familiar with Bradshaw from his work on Dynamite’s Army of Darkness comics, and I’m glad to see he’s adjusted his style a bit for this new outing. He still has a very clean style, the sort of thing that looks like it rolled off an animator’s storyboard, but his faces have improved and he does some really good work with fight choreography, layout and camera angles. Charalampidis’s inks and coloring deserves equal credit, he makes this book a lot of fun to took at.
It’s not a great comic, but I’ve seen worse lately, and I’m interested enough to see where it goes from here, at least for the time being.
Rating: 7/10
Quick Rating: Good
Title: The Legend of Rokkin: Adventure Set in Stone
When everything is taken from Arness, a warrior is born.
Writer: Andy Hartness
Pencils: Nick Bradshaw
Digital Inks and Colors: Jim Charalampidis
Letters: Jared K. Fletcher
Editor: Scott Dunbier
Cover Art: Nick Bradshaw & Jim Charalampidis
Publisher: DC Comics/Wildstorm
Wow, another fantasy comic from Wildstorm. They’re really turning ‘em out these days. Not that there’s anything wrong with that - I’m rather happy to see such a push on sword and sorcery comics at the moment, as long as they’re all quality. Is this one? Well, it’s not as good as Claw the Unconquered, but it’s not as disappointing as Skye Runner either.
Rokkin is the story of Arness (don’t ask me why it’s called “Rokkin,” it doesn’t appear anywhere in the first issue), an axeman in a typical medieval fantasy world who wants merely to wed his beloved Dalia and have a good life. Naturally, things don’t go as planned. While the story is executed in a good fashion, the plot itself is really clichéd, especially in this genre, and I find myself scratching my head wondering what they can do in the next installment to help this comic start to stand out and make its own identity.
The comic is improved considerably by some great artwork by Nick Bradshaw and Jim Charalampidis. I’m familiar with Bradshaw from his work on Dynamite’s Army of Darkness comics, and I’m glad to see he’s adjusted his style a bit for this new outing. He still has a very clean style, the sort of thing that looks like it rolled off an animator’s storyboard, but his faces have improved and he does some really good work with fight choreography, layout and camera angles. Charalampidis’s inks and coloring deserves equal credit, he makes this book a lot of fun to took at.
It’s not a great comic, but I’ve seen worse lately, and I’m interested enough to see where it goes from here, at least for the time being.
Rating: 7/10