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Summary: The most fun I've had reading a comic in a long, long time!
Review: A great read that loves to make fun of itself as well as everything else. There's something interesting and witty on every page!
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Summary: Quirky and Brilliant; More Science for your Buck
Review: I was lucky enough to read an advance copy of this book, and I was quite impressed. Where else, after all, could I read about Teddy Roosevelt traveling through time with the ghost of Thomas Edison? The book had me laughing out loud almost constantly, and when I reached the end, I was ready to embark with Teddy and Edison on their next adventure (let's hope that there will be one soon).Cereno's writing is fresh and funny, and provides what is simultaneously an embrace and send-up of old pulp sci-fi novels. Graeme MacDonald's art complements Cereno's style perfectly, and helps to give the book its vintage feel. Colors by Ron Riley are, quite frankly, impressive, and provide the icing on the cake--but good icing, like that cream cheese kind on carrot cake, not the crap kind on cakes you buy at the grocery store. So, if you've ever wondered what would happen if Teddy Roosevelt traveled through time with the ghost of Thomas Edison to fight future evildoers on Mars, then you'll find all the answers you need on August 18, 2004.
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Summary: It's pretty good
Review: The book is funny and the art isn't bad. You're already reading the review so you've probably already made up your mind. Just get it.
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Summary: More fun than Chuck E. Cheese on a viagra binge.
Review: This book transcends the title of just "comic book". That label does nothing for the sheer wonder that is held within the covers of this incredible creation by writer Benito Cereno and artist Graeme Macdonald.
I can't exactly place the last time I've read a piece of comic lore and had such a good time reading it. I think it also helps that you can tell the creators of this project had just as much fun writing it.
This story documents the travels of the full time adventurer and part time president Teddy Roosevelt and the ghost of Thomas Edison through time and space. In this first (and hopefully not last) installment, we join them on their first adventure as partners, taking on the kin of Adolf Hitler in South America, and then on Mars. I don't want to give away too much, because there's plenty that happens that'll make you question as to what kind of medications the creative team was on when writing it, but I will tell you this...
Abe Lincoln + Dragon Punch = Comedy Gold.
Every turn in this book will have you laughing outloud and wondering where it can go next. Both Benito and Graeme are relative new comers to the comics field, and I don't think they could have made a better entrance. Benito's painstaking dialog (in some parts mixing german and spanish) and plotting, and Graeme's bold cartoonish lines, with a splash of color from one of the most talented colorists in comics today (Ron Riley), deliver an incredible book everyone is sure to enjoy.
So, if you too enjoy adventure, sci-fi, time travel, outerspace, aliens, history, science, and laughing 'till it hurts, definitly pick this book up.
And pick up an extra copy for your neighbor. And one for his kids. And one for your local library....
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