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dantastic's review against another edition
4.0
When his family falls to the forces of Two Tank Omen, Meric swears revenge and wages war on his enemies as... The American Barbarian!
My wife grabbed this for me for my birthday. I was a fan of Scioli's Fantastic Four: Grand Design so I figured I'd backtrack into his back catalog.
Scioli flies his Kirby flag high on American Barbarian, an homage to Thundarr, Kamandi, Devil Dinosaur, and the Fourth World, among other things. Scioli's art is heavily influenced, as is his writing, for better or for worse. This feels like a lost Kirby work, complete with character names containing puns, like Two Tank Omen, the Pharaoh with tanks for feet.
The story is s a post apocalyptic barbarian revenge story infused with as much Kirbyness as it can hold. There are cosmic aspects, dinosaurs, robots, cursing, bloodshed, time travel, and lots of barbarian action. 'Nuff said.
American Barbarian is bursting with bombastic Kirbytude. Four out of five star swords.
My wife grabbed this for me for my birthday. I was a fan of Scioli's Fantastic Four: Grand Design so I figured I'd backtrack into his back catalog.
Scioli flies his Kirby flag high on American Barbarian, an homage to Thundarr, Kamandi, Devil Dinosaur, and the Fourth World, among other things. Scioli's art is heavily influenced, as is his writing, for better or for worse. This feels like a lost Kirby work, complete with character names containing puns, like Two Tank Omen, the Pharaoh with tanks for feet.
The story is s a post apocalyptic barbarian revenge story infused with as much Kirbyness as it can hold. There are cosmic aspects, dinosaurs, robots, cursing, bloodshed, time travel, and lots of barbarian action. 'Nuff said.
American Barbarian is bursting with bombastic Kirbytude. Four out of five star swords.
grneggsngoetta's review against another edition
5.0
Fun, silly storyline and super enjoyable art and color.
andystehr's review against another edition
4.0
Good stuff. Visually interesting. Very He-Man. I liked the retro designs and weird stuff in it. And the page layouts were really cool.
blacksentai's review against another edition
4.0
Tom Scioli's American Barbarian is about as good a sword and sorcery book that has come out in the past ten to fifteen years.
philipf's review against another edition
4.0
What a blast! Action-packed goofiness. Kirby-esque without slavishly copying the King's style. Lots of fun.
sgharsch's review against another edition
4.0
Completely ridiculous and over-the-top story, but an awful fun read!
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