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A review by iffer
Copperhead Volume 1: A New Sheriff in Town by Jay Faerber
4.0
In a short few pages, Faerber, Godlewski, Riley and Mauer manage to lay the foundation for an intriguing space western with interesting, complex characters. I love the strong female main character of Sheriff Clara Bronson, her convincingly irritating but endearing son Zeke, and the smart-mouthed alien deputy sheriff Boo (short for Budroxifonicus) who was passed over as sheriff. The creators of Copperhead manage to set up a believable space western setting in one issue, and I've kept reading not only for the suspense of the police procedural aspects, but because I'm attached to the characters and curious about their pasts, as well as the setting. I absolutely love Ron Riley's coloring on this series. It's nuanced and subtle, and his choices of color palate are indispensable in establishing the series as a space western; I've never seen such a masterful balance of Southwest-mimicking (I should know since I live in New Mexico) oranges, browns, and azul skies with the grays, blues and greens that evoke science fiction/technology.
Merged review:
In the few short few pages of the first issue, Faerber, Godlewski, Riley and Mauer manage to lay the foundation for an intriguing space western with interesting, complex characters. I love the strong female main character of Sheriff Clara Bronson, her convincingly irritating but endearing son Zeke, and the smart-mouthed alien deputy sheriff Boo (short for Budroxifonicus) who was passed over as sheriff. The creators of Copperhead manage to set up a believable space western setting, and I've kept reading not only for the suspense of the police procedural aspects, but because I'm attached to the characters and curious about their pasts, as well as the setting. I absolutely love Ron Riley's coloring on this series. It's nuanced and subtle, and his choices of color palate are indispensable in establishing the series as a space western; I've never seen such a masterful balance of Southwest-mimicking (I should know since I live in New Mexico) oranges, browns, and azul skies with the grays, blues and greens that evoke science fiction/technology.
This series should be more popular than it is. I'm not quite sure why it's not, considering Brian K. Vaughan's glowing praise of it and his huge following by male *and* female readers. I don't want to state it, but it just occurred to me that BKV is kind of like Joss Whedon insofar as writing strong, complex, believable female characters and capturing a wider audience than comics and sci-fi traditionally do.
Merged review:
In the few short few pages of the first issue, Faerber, Godlewski, Riley and Mauer manage to lay the foundation for an intriguing space western with interesting, complex characters. I love the strong female main character of Sheriff Clara Bronson, her convincingly irritating but endearing son Zeke, and the smart-mouthed alien deputy sheriff Boo (short for Budroxifonicus) who was passed over as sheriff. The creators of Copperhead manage to set up a believable space western setting, and I've kept reading not only for the suspense of the police procedural aspects, but because I'm attached to the characters and curious about their pasts, as well as the setting. I absolutely love Ron Riley's coloring on this series. It's nuanced and subtle, and his choices of color palate are indispensable in establishing the series as a space western; I've never seen such a masterful balance of Southwest-mimicking (I should know since I live in New Mexico) oranges, browns, and azul skies with the grays, blues and greens that evoke science fiction/technology.
This series should be more popular than it is. I'm not quite sure why it's not, considering Brian K. Vaughan's glowing praise of it and his huge following by male *and* female readers. I don't want to state it, but it just occurred to me that BKV is kind of like Joss Whedon insofar as writing strong, complex, believable female characters and capturing a wider audience than comics and sci-fi traditionally do.