Story by: J. Michael Straczynski
Illustrated by: Ben Templesmith
Rated: M / Mature
Rated: M / Mature
Joe's Comics
Image Comics
Image Comics
(5/5 ★★★★★)
(Cover B by Bill Sienkiewicz)
"Love is the only thing worth dying for. I should know. I've done it plenty of times." - Joe Fitzgerald
This is the first time I grabbed and bought an american comic. I just discovered Ten Grand thru Budjette Tan's instagram post in which he said interesting comments about it. As I have read from the website of Joe's Comics at www.studiojms.com Ten Grand is said to be the return of Joe's Comics after a long time. So far with the first issue, I could say that this is indeed a great material for the comeback of Joe's Comics.
The story begins with Joe Fitzgerald's memory of Laura. I can say that this scene was the one that I find it really funny, since the scene mentions that he dreams of Laura being beautiful. However, in my opinion she is being portrayed to be a bit different by having a chubby face that goes with a thin arms. I could say Debbie, a character introduced on the 3rd page, looked to be more beautiful than Laura. But it could be anybody's point of view. Well at least they had drawn Laura beautifully somewhere in the middle of the comic. From the looks of the story, I find myself looking at a few comparisons with other comics thru Ten Grand. First, it reminded me of Trese, the comic book created by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo, due to Lenny's that looked a bit liked the Diabolical in some way since the main character mostly stays there. Then, there's the odd jobs that both of them do, in which they usually handle paranormal cases. It is somehow the same, the only difference here is that Alexandra does it as guardian to her city, while Joe does it for him to be able to see Laura once more. The first issue already gave a great intro of how the world of Joe seems to be. It may even feel that Joe's character is the same with John from the movie Constantine. Now with the art, there are a few funny sketches like the previous one that I mentioned regarding Laura. Another one that is still about her is in the preview of a scene / cover of the 2nd issue of the comic. The art shows Joe and Laura hugging each other tightly, in which I find it funny to see Laura being drawn with a huge right hand. In addition to the story and the art, surprisingly the comic also comes with an audio version. It is an interesting and a new experience wherein one can just listen to the audio while reading the story by just looking at the illustrations of the comic.
As much as I would go on narrating different scenes from the comic. I'd rather suggest and encourage you to go on and buy a copy of this comic. With its great story combined by its dark and a bit of strange looking illustrations, I'm pretty sure you'll look forward for the rest of the issues of Ten Grand.
Note: Some of the images were taken from the net, while the others were just a photo from my copy since I couldn't find them uploaded on the internet.
More of Ten Grand can be seen at:
Joe's Comics: www.studiojms.com
Image Comics, Inc.: www.imagecomics.com
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