When I saw the solicitation for Jimmy Broxton's new comic, "Fully Loaded," it sounded pretty fun. Set in the year 2065 with a 100-year-old former special forces operator-turned-mobster-turned-retired fellow getting caught up in trouble, I figured it was worth a read. Set to be four big issues, I greatly enjoyed the debut featuring Broxton's writing, art, and letters (he did basically everything)! Carson Blake is the, "Hero's," name in this grim cyberpunk future. He's not someone to be trifled with, but one of his only friends has had their family abducted specifically to get Blake's attention, so now he's going to (hopefully) save the day.
Broxton beautifully illustrates everything from barren deserts to jam-packed cities. His comic has the snarky tone you'd expect someone fed-up with the World's bullshit to have (Blake is narrating evertying that happens), but that dash of sincere despair mixed into the proceeding keeps everything from feeling overly cynical and sarcastic. Watching Blake tell us how the World fell apart but then managed to keep chugging along due to how us humans refuse to quit--for better or worse--and then witnessing the surreal future with all its strange tech is disorienting and disturbing--but all in a good way. I want to give extra plaudits to Broxton for the hilarious little faux-advertisements and historical excerpts at the end of the comic that help ground us further in this desperately awful future.
The first issue of, "Fully Loaded," is harsh, edgy, and just plain fun. I had a great time reading it and look forward to future issues from Brotxon and his publisher, Scratch Comics. I wasn't especially familiar with Scratch Comics before now, but if they put out stuff such as, "Fully Loaded," I'm going to explore them more, too!
5 out of 5 Stars.
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