author: Stuart Moore
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.18
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2019/11/09
date added: 2019/11/09
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Bronze Age Boogie: Volume One: Swords Against Dacron!' by Stuart Moore with art by Alberto Ponticelli and Giulia Brusco is a kind of loving tribute to comics and pop culture of the 1970s, for better or worse.
In a story full of Martians, talking apes, kung-fu master, we follow Brita, a sword-and-sorcery princess who finds herself sucked into a time warp and in 1975 AD. She finds companions in Jackson Li and martial arts master and Lynda Darrk, a street smart fighter. Together they try to piece things together to stop the Martians and get everyone back to their own time.
It's a pretty convoluted and weird story, which adds to the loopiness. The art is pretty decent, and I liked the character designs. What I didn't like is the constant barrage of in-jokes and winking at the reader. It wasn't really breaking the fourth wall, but it kept yanking me completely out of the story. Plus the chunks of narrative pages didn't help the story flow very well.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Ahoy Comics, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
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