Comics: Mythspace: Lift Off ~ Part 2

Story by: Paolo Chikiamco

Illustrated by: Koi Carreon

Mythspace

(4/5 ★★★★☆)

"Picking up right where Mythspace #0 left off;

After years of thinking his Lola was a loon,

Ambrosio "Bros" Magkalas has been abducted by...

a mecha driving Nuno and a gun-toting

Manananggal?! Faced with the realization

that his Lola's tale of what happened to his parents

may not be a delusion, Bros is determined to seek

the truth... but outside Earth, humans have no rights,

And Bros is about to learn this the hard way..."

The Plot:

Aboard the Battleship of Akkatizatizamon, Grand Aegis of the Ymos City Protectorate, a presentation of three rarities are being held. This is done in order to get the entitlement of Free Trade Licenses that aims to give exemptions from planetary taxes and licensing fees for life. Thus, the galaxy's finest bounty hunters have searched the universe for unique items. This has led to Bros capture by Qu, a mecha driving Nuno, and Va-Lis-Ya, a gun-totting manananggal.

The Good:

It continues to amaze us in this story telling of the world of mythspace. The illustrations really help a lot in describing this universe that goes beyond earth.

The cover is still impressive as it maintains that sophisticated futuristic artistic look for a comic book.

The Bad:

Bros is already out in space with Winter-Ice-Thawing, a tyho or a shapeshifter, who gives a quick orientation of the world of mythspace. Despite of the new found information from Winter-Ice-Thawing, there are still lots of questions that remain unanswered as more surfaces.

The Verdict:

Amidst those questions that pile up due to the limited number of pages in the comic book format, the mythspace universe is still an awesome series.

Chikiamco and Koi takes us to new worlds as the universe of mythspace is slowly unveiled in part 2 of Mythspace: Lift Off. This is one comic series that is highly recommended to be read.

This could be purchased at:
Gumroad: Mythspace: Lift Off #2
Storylark.ph: Mythspace: Lift Off #2: Lift Off 2

More of Mythspace can be seen at:

Facebook Page: "Mythspace"

Twitter: @mythspace

The creators can be seen at:

Paolo Chikiamco

http://www.rocketkapre.com

Twitter: @anitero

Koi Carreon

http://www.eclectic-lights.blogspot.com

Comics: School Run ~ Parts 1-5

Illustrated and Story by: Macoy
(5/5 ★★★★★)

  

 

"In the post-zombie apocalypse, just getting to school in the morning can be a real killer. Welcome to the worst day in the lives of a school bus full of children" - Macoy

This is how Macoy introduces the first part of School Run on his blog. Creatively done even though the artwork is simple, a style that can be seen among his other works, I guess it fits the story since the main characters in the story are kids. With that style it gives the impression that this is just a simple comic book with a simple story, but just read further and you'll see that despite the simplicity of the illustration, its the story conveyed that gives the most impact. One might just wonder it to be a typical zombie apocalypse thing in which they had taken over the world, well you're right. But there's a slight difference, this is due to the Filipino culture that has been infused in the story. Quoting from Part 1, Maki (the main character) goes on sighing, "Signal #1 laaang? Sayang!". This is a common reaction most of us had when we were kids. This we really can relate since when we were kids, the only time we would constantly watch the news or listen to the radio, is for announcements of suspension of classes. Another thing, well one of my favorite lines from the series so far is from Part 3, wherein Popy said "Ganito naman parati sa pelikula, eh. Laging unang namamatay... "ubo" .... yung MATABA." Hehe.

Overall, i'd say this is one of the great goodies that I had gotten by chancing upon my luck on finding a good work of an artist by randomly buying comics during Komikon 2011. Can't wait for the next installment of School Run and other works that will be released by Macoy.

Info: Operasyon, Taal Volcano Monster vs. Evil Space Paru-paro and Ang Maskot are some of his other works.

Note: Images were taken from the artist's webpages

He can be seen on:
Facebook Page: "Komiks Ni Macoy"
Twitter: @komiksnimacoy
www.mcoy.blogspot.com
www.mc0y.deviantart.com