Penny for Your Soul #1
Reviewed by Liam Bradley
Publisher Name:
Big Dog Ink
Writer: Tom Hutchison
Art: J.B. Neto (Pencils), Oren Kramek (Colors)
$3.00, 24 pages, Color
Safety Content Label: T+ TEENS AND UP - Appropriate for most readers 13 and up, parents are advised that they might want to read before or with younger children.
Publishers Blurb:
Setting up shop in Las Vegas, Nevada, Danica publicly offers to purchase anyone's soul for the sum of ten thousand dollars. Of course it doesn't take long before Heaven and Hell start to take notice of daily absentee's on their manifests and both sides start to push in on Danica's territory which leads to the trumpeting in of the first sign of the Apocalypse...War.
Danica, the daughter of Lucifer's first born son Damien, is mucking up the system. With the help of Mary Magdalene, among others, she is out to make a name for herself in the millenia old poker tournament between Heaven and Hell.
Reviewer Comments:
I recently had the pleasure of reading Thomas J Huthison's comic
"Penny for your Soul".
This is a somewhat controversial title that bends genres (mainly religion) like
nobody's business. By no means is this a bad thing, in fact it's an incredibly
good thing. It's very refreshing to see a new take on things, and to see
something so original be birthed from something so widespread. While reading
this I couldn't help but think to myself "Tom is gonna get some hate mail for
this". The fact of the matter is, there's some narrow minded people out there
who are unwilling to open their minds and see a good fictional story for what it
really is...a good FICTIONAL story.
This first issue wastes no time setting up the series, already by the end of the
issue you can tell it's ready to delve deep into the action in the second issue.
The issue made up for in great storytelling and visualisations for what it
lacked in action. It explores various biblical characters and perfectly twists
and turns them and applies them into the modern world. The writing is
intelligent, well paced and maintains great dialogue throughout.
The visuals in this issue are just FANTASTIC for the lack of a better word, from
everything to the character design, to the visual storytelling, to the set
design. It all just fits perfectly. The pencils are just phenomenal and give
this great story an enthusiastic sweep across the pages with such refinement. I
love artwork that drops you into the story, making you feel like you are right
among the action; this doesn't fail to do so.
My favourite aspect on the artistic side of things has to be the colours. They
are just phenomenal, seriously! They take this book to a whole new level. They
are vivid, detailed and surreal while maintaining a realistic feel to it. They
capture the magic of this story perfectly while also capturing the magic of the
city its set in.
You can purchase Penny for your Soul through Indy Planet or through the
creator's own website
www.bigdogink.com. Penny is also going to be available through haven
Distributors. So if you guys want to get Penny or Critter into your local shops
have them call Haven and order some copies!
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Reviewer Bio
Liam Bradley / Creator and Writer
My name's Liam Bradley and I live in Glasgow, Scotland. I've been a major comic fan since I was six years old and since then I've always wanted to create my own comics. I've recently been converted from a Marvel Zombie to an Indy Snob. I still love Marvel and DC stuff but most recently I've been picking up a lot of Indy titles. I'm currently scripting two projects right now, and toying with some ideas for a third and fourth project. I also do Indy reviews over at projectfanboy.
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