Copperhead, Vol. 1: A New Sheriff in Town

author: Jay Faerber

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.90

book published: 2015

rating: 4

read at: 2015/04/12

date added: 2015/04/12

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'Copperhead' is a cross between a police procedural, a Western, and SF. I think it works great and sets things up for a great series.



Clara Benson is the new sheriff ("two f's!") in Copperhead. She's a single mom with a young son, and arriving here for an unknown reason. Her deputy, Budroxifinicus (or Boo for short), is one of the resident aliens, and also the runner up for Clara's job. That means there's a bit of a relationship to be built there. Before that can happen, the action starts. There's a domestic abuse call, followed by a mass murder. Also Clara's son goes missing looking for the neighbor's dog. Add in a diverse alien population, a bunch of aritifical intelligent robot killing machines, and a greedy mine owner, and the cast is set for what turns out to be a good spin on a somewhat routine plot line.



The main storyline seems to be more of a vehicle to set up the series from here, but I love the characters and the unexpected humor. There was a comic book series I loved called Alien Legion, and this reminds me a bit of that in all the best ways. Jay Faerber has written a good character story here and art by Scott Godlewski and Ron Riley do it justice. I'm looking forward to reading more in this series.



I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Image Comics, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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