The Bomb
Steve Mannion
Asylum Press
2008
Web: http://www.asylumpress.com
The reprint edition of the Bomb is a
superb collection of issues 1-4 of Steve Mannion’s The Bomb as well as The Bomb
Swimsuit Edition. It is some 176 pages in length and includes a 16 page colour
section. Steve Mannion has created some truly bizarre and outrageous female
characters, each with their own strange and unusual talents and style as well
as their fascinating back stories and lifestyles.
The artistic style of Mannion is very
rather impressive, it has incredibly complex line work and superb detail and is
noted for witty and amusing writing, strange if not perverse plots and some
truly outrageous characters, ranging from Fearless Dawn to Sea Goin' Lil,
Brownhole Jones to Helga Von Krause and
not to forget the good looking but not too bright Jungle Chick. The action
comes think and fast from naughty pirates to Nazis, escaped prisoners and lots
more.
This is a great compilation with some
great full length tales and stories which are truly madcap adventures coupled
with the swimsuit edition which offers some truly awesome one page tales and
illustrations. Of course, we really cannot write a review of Mannion’s work
with mentioning the dark sense of humour that always informs his work and the
beauty of the babes
This review will appear in Volume 2:1
(2009) of the digital and print edition of Synergy Magazine.
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