Vault Comics 2019
Written by Tim Seeley & Sarah Beattie
Illustrated by Rebekah Isaacs
Coloured by Kurt Michael Russell
Lettered by Crank!
While half of the XXX-plorers search for the big-balled seer whose orgasm could power their teleporter forever, Chris and Omar must seduce the malevolent warlord of planet Dry Reef in time for the livestream. But are they ready to trade the hottest tag-team in the universe for the fate of a world? Plus, the secret origin of Team Money Shot comes to a close!
While I really do like this book and it unconventional approach to space travel I can do with less of the F word and that little flying robot camcorder thing responding to the word is getting old. Other than that I am extremely happy with this book and how it's going and finally we see a penis in these pages. For a book that focuses on sex and science we are certainly seeing a lot of sex if not in the science department. Still I thing what we see and what it represents to each individual is what's important.
The way that this is being told is fantastic. The story & plot development that we are seeing through the sequence of events unfolding and through how the reader learns information is extremely nice to see. Also the layering in the story that we see and the unexpected results of the threesome is something that captures the readers' imagination as well as engages them in the story. The character development is awesome and the flashbacks to like a week ago when they were all getting their experiments on it really went a long way to fleshing out who they are as people more. The pacing is strong and as it weaves a path for us through the pages bringing us the twists and turns it helps to create a very intriguing and interesting ebb & flow to the book.
I really like a few moments in this book that actually take not only the reader but the other characters by surprise as well. I loved the other reaction to what they were seeing and to what they were streaming and the viewers reactions mirrored their own. If these guys could think that about what's happening it's almost a shame we didn't get to see it happen, but then again our imagination is a powerful tool in it's own right and to become engaged in that manner yeah.
The interiors here are stunning to me. The linework that we see is strong, confident and show a great sure, steady hand. How we see the linework and it's varying weights utilised to bring out the attention to detail is incredibly well done. The creativity and imagination that we see and how the sea life had evolved to take on a humanoid form that's impressive. The composition in the panels, which still could use more backgrounds, are able to show us depth perception, scale and bring a nice sense of size and scope to the book. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show such a great eye for storytelling. The colour work is extraordinary to see and how the hues and tones within any given colour are utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadows shows exemplary skill, talent and knowledge of colour.
While I wouldn't be adverse to seeing some more science in these pages, last issue's bit with the kiss and the spit was a start we need to see more of, what we do see is pretty much horny travellers screwing their way through the universe trying to rack up the views and the money that comes with them to fund this little expedition. Still the more we learn the more I want to learn and this really is something utterly delightful to behold.