author: Kevin Cannon
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.75
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/07/10
date added: 2013/07/10
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
In the sequel to Far Arden, Army Shanks finds himself a hunted, depressed fugitive battling Serbians who may have arrived in Newfoundland to either steal oil or launch a rocket to the moon. There are clueless bureaucrats, deceived astronauts, possibly a long lost love, and a girl named Wendy, who just wants to go to Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter.
If it all sounds madcap and zany, it is. At times it feels like a Marx Brothers comedy with a great deal of swashbuckling and saving the day thrown in for good measure. There's an International summit, and the Canadian Arctic Space Agency, or CASA (a completely made up agency) attempts to launch a rocket to the moon first to beat the Siberians.
The art by Kevin Cannon is fabulous, with lots of great black and white detail and the story is hilarious, and touching and sad. You don't need to read Far Arden first (I didn't), but you will probably want to after meeting the mighty Army Shanks. Highly recommended.
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