on my last quick reviews (now deleted
) i talked about the first book of the Ted McKeever Library (TML), Transit. i read it a while ago, but since the review is no more, i'll try to refresh your memories the best i can.
the TML was released over the last few months and it contains 3 books. they are published by Shadowline (Image Comics) in beautiful, but small, hardcover edition with the same design on all 3 books. the good thing about this series, everything is printed directly on the cover. nobody cares about the stupid dustcovers. i hope more companies would do that. prices are a bit steep, but they are hardcovers and amazon.com have some very sweet deal on the books.
each books contains some bonus materials, some extra stories, unfinished stuff, etc.
they are releasing a slipcase for the 3 books in a few weeks.
synopsis are taken from amazon.comTransit:
Spud, a self-proclaimed urban rebel, finds that when he inadvertently becomes involved in a political nightmare of power and corruption, he's going to need a lot more than half a can of spray-paint and a pair of worn out roller blades to survive. That is, if the entire city itself doesn't self-destruct before it's all over! you can't get more independant than that. the story and the art sweat of independancy. there's some problem here and there, but overall this is a great book to get started in the Ted McKeever's universe. and trust me, you need to be prepared because from now on, it just get weirder.
Eddy Current:
Eddy Current is insane. At least that's what the world deems him to be. The very same world he intends to save. A window of opportunity opens, literally, allowing our hero to escape the asylum he calls home. Bed-check isn't until 6am, giving him 12 hours of freedom to accomplish his hero-given quest. Joined by a massive wall-of-a-woman called Nun, Eddy will live an adventure filled with the depths of humanities darkest crevices, as well as the heights and power of friendship and redemption.the 12 hours comic. no, things does not happen in real time, but each issues is an hour in the night of our dear Eddy. again, this is great stuff. we encounter bizarre characters to help Eddy in his quest (a weird individual himself). the book have a fairly fast pace, but it is never a problem. you just go with the flow. art is about the same. you'll recognize McKeever's art easily. it can be hard at time to tell exactly what's happening, but the events are so weird that you just continue and everything make sense eventually.
Metropol:
an epic tale of good versus evil, set against a modern day industrial landscape. An apocalyptic work in which non-entity Jasper Notochord becomes inadvertently involved in a surreal war between armored angels and mutated demons.ah, the eternal struggle between good and evil, angels and demons. when well written, we can have some really great stories, and this is one of them. i call it his magnum opus (whatever that mean). i might not be familiar with his other work, but just by the size of the book, and the size of what's happening in the book you can feel that it was a huge project for him. some characters are coming back from his previous books. art is still the same. so, if at this point you can't stand it, you'll never like it. i personally like the dirtiness of it all. in all his books, characters are underdogs, bums, dirtbags who have miserable life. just by the art you can tell things are not well for them. things take a long time to start, but when it does, all hell brake loose, literally.
all in all, it's a fine collection to have. personnally i think it's a must to anybody who seek other things than capes and super powers.
