Floating World Comics 2020
Written by Dave Baker
Illustrated by Alexis Ziritt
Lettered by Robert Negrete
Freedom awaits, enlist today! If you want to live in Gran Caracas you have two options: become a cop or die. Night Hunters tells the tale of two brothers who have to navigate the futuristic cyberpunk world of Venezuela 100 years in the future.
I saw that a new first issue was coming out when I made my review list so I went and checked it out. Floating World Comics has some incredibly interesting titles that they release and this is no exception. Sometimes I thank my lucky stars that I can work with these companies because it's these unexpected books that make the industry more interesting. I feel like these are the new Underground Comix of my teenage years and that alone has a nice appeal in my eyes. A large part of that is from Alexis and the interiors that we see because it has this kind of style that merges street art and comic books to create this amazing sense of storytelling.
I like the way that this is being told. Diving right in with no fanfare about how things got to this point is the right way to have this series start. The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is extremely well presented. The way we see this being structured and how we see it moving forward and even jumping ahead after one catalyst occurs gives this the right kind of feel to it. Everything makes sense and that is so key to what we’re seeing throughout the book. The character development that we see here is really rather quite interesting. From Gramps taking the boys in after their parents die and listening to him talk to them we learn a lot not just about them but about the world they live in. It’s amazing what can be construed this way. The pacing here is fantastic and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists & turns along the way we see such an interesting take on the world.
The way that we see this being structured and how the layers within the story begin to emerge is extremely nice to see. Plus how everything works together to create the story’s ebb & flow is utterly delightful. There is a lot of warmth and compassion mixed into this whole fate business where the brothers find themselves.
The interiors here are actually great. The linework is exceptional and to see how it’s varying weights are being utilised to create the detail work that we see is really something. I wasn’t sure I was going to find it as interesting as I do and to see the towers and areas surrounding them it all comes to life exceptionally well. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a superb eye for storytelling. The colour work is pretty damn nice as well. I mean it’s really solid kind of packed in like a tattoo would be and ya know what it really works.
A future where the cops are in control and they are deviants to put it mildly. That’s the system through if you aren’t one of them you are fair game in their sadistic games. Also all those who are the law seem to have some sort of cybernetic enhancements that makes them even more dangerous than their sick minds were before. Can two brothers who survive a horrific series of events find each other again learn to tely and trust each other in this futuristic world gone mad? There really is a great interesting b ase story here and it is being told in a way that is intelligent and engaging.