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Kamikaze
1[of 5]/DEC/2003
Publisher: Cliffhanger Comics
Writer: Humberto Ramos, Francisco Herrera &
Olallo Rubio
Pencils: Francisco Herrera
Inks: Carlos Cuevas
Colors: Leonardo Olea
Letters: Jared K. Fletcher
Price: $2.95 US/R31.00 SA
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If the ultra-modern Ameri-manga contortionist styles of Humberto
Ramos and Carlos Herrera mixed in with X-Treme
Sports sounds like you kind of thing, then this could be
the mini-series that you’ve been waiting for.
Local surfing hero, Stone, has just won yet another competition,
but he seeks more in life than fame and the public eye, he’s
looking for the ultimate challenge, Kamikaze. This,
the definitive and most dangerous X-Treme Sport in the world,
may well be just what he’s been searching for…
Humberto Ramos [Crimson, Out There,
Spectacular Spider-Man] and Francisco Herrera
[Peter Parker Spider-Man, Venom]
group together with Olallo Rubio as they debut
their writing talents in mainstream comics with this release. The
fact that three guys are writing, and that two of them are primarily
artists, leaves the book with a weak storyline. There is a lot of
jumping around and confusion as to who is who within this first
issue. It seems like the story has just jumped straight into fourth
gear without any set-up or introduction/explanation.
The artwork is nice with a collaboration of talent that I haven’t
seen much of before. It seems like Kamikaze is the result of a group
of friends getting together and creating something different and
exciting that they have wanted to do for themselves just as much
as for the public. The major strength of this comic book is that
it is trying to tap into something fresh and seemingly untouched
in mainstream comics and I for one am all for it.
So far the story is clumsy and forced in most parts
of this first issue. The art is dynamic and fresh and suits the
topic at hand. It’s nice to see a new genre explored
within the mainstream so let’s hope this book steps up to
the plate in the remaining issues of its five-part run.
Score 4/10
Reviewed By:Iain Duncan
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