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A review by ponch22
Wild Blue Yonder by Mike Raicht, Austin Harrison
4.0
Bought this at the suggestion of a shop employee during Free Comic Book Day. I thought it was the graphic novel a friend Kickstarted several years ago, but as I started to read it (and went back to check my Kickstarter history) it doesn't seem like Matt Kelly ever got his Annabelle Avery off the ground (no pun intended). His story was much more steampunk themed, whereas [b:Wild Blue Yonder|22129356|Wild Blue Yonder|Mike Raicht|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1433625576l/22129356._SY75_.jpg|41475653] is more dystopian future (with a steampunk vibe).
The story is simple—humans have polluted the world to be completely unliveable. The only survivors are on airships and there are many battles in the sky for the few precious resources that remain. The lowest class of people (somehow) survive on the radioactive ground, mining fuel for the ships above, and one ship—The Dawn—is rumored to be fully solar-powered, never having to land.
Our heroes live on The Dawn, while the villains are trying to find her and take her over since their fuel reserves are growing ever smaller. The female on the cover is Cola, a young ace pilot whose mother commands The Dawn—the two argue about listening to commands versus following your gut. There's a lot of good dogfight action between planes with additional "guns" who are jetpack-wearing attackers flying around wreaking havoc. The art is a little too busy at times (the coloring might be a little heavy to follow exactly what's happening).
But still, it was a good read with a decent story—a few twists and surprises and again, some really good action. I just wonder exactly what do these people eat, especially on the ship that never has to land...
The story is simple—humans have polluted the world to be completely unliveable. The only survivors are on airships and there are many battles in the sky for the few precious resources that remain. The lowest class of people (somehow) survive on the radioactive ground, mining fuel for the ships above, and one ship—The Dawn—is rumored to be fully solar-powered, never having to land.
Our heroes live on The Dawn, while the villains are trying to find her and take her over since their fuel reserves are growing ever smaller. The female on the cover is Cola, a young ace pilot whose mother commands The Dawn—the two argue about listening to commands versus following your gut. There's a lot of good dogfight action between planes with additional "guns" who are jetpack-wearing attackers flying around wreaking havoc. The art is a little too busy at times (the coloring might be a little heavy to follow exactly what's happening).
But still, it was a good read with a decent story—a few twists and surprises and again, some really good action. I just wonder exactly what do these people eat, especially on the ship that never has to land...