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brendalaI've been eagerly anticipating this release and it was well worth the wait. I HIGHLY reccommend picking this up if you loved Darkwing, the Disney Afternoon, or just love good clean fun superhero stories (which are sadly rare now that "dark and gritty" is all the rage).
This comic picks up about a year after Drake Mallard hangs up his Darkwing costume, gets a civilian job, and cuts ties with Launchpad (we don't find out why he did all that in issue one, but I assume that's what the other 3 issues are for). The writing is very good and the art is attractive and true to the designs in the cartoon. One of my main worries was that transplanting a very 90s show like Darkwing into 2010 would be jarring (since so much of the show's humor relied on pop culture gags and references to the campy superheros that still existed back then). But, aside from some jokes about Starbucks (or "Starducks") and illegally downloading music, the comic maintains a timeless feeling overall.
I like the idea of kicking this series off with a dramatic storyline instead of just picking up where the original left off. It gives the comic a strong start and it gives readers an incentive to keep buying to see what happens next (I know I'm DYING to find out why the hell Drake would cut Launchpad out of his and Gosalyn's lives when he was part of their family!).
I really hope this series sells tons of copies and convinces Disney to let Boom Comics adapt other Disney Afternoon shows (mainly the totally awesome and woefully underrated Talespin) or even pick up the Gargoyles series that SLG didn't know what to do with.
This comic picks up about a year after Drake Mallard hangs up his Darkwing costume, gets a civilian job, and cuts ties with Launchpad (we don't find out why he did all that in issue one, but I assume that's what the other 3 issues are for). The writing is very good and the art is attractive and true to the designs in the cartoon. One of my main worries was that transplanting a very 90s show like Darkwing into 2010 would be jarring (since so much of the show's humor relied on pop culture gags and references to the campy superheros that still existed back then). But, aside from some jokes about Starbucks (or "Starducks") and illegally downloading music, the comic maintains a timeless feeling overall.
I like the idea of kicking this series off with a dramatic storyline instead of just picking up where the original left off. It gives the comic a strong start and it gives readers an incentive to keep buying to see what happens next (I know I'm DYING to find out why the hell Drake would cut Launchpad out of his and Gosalyn's lives when he was part of their family!).
I really hope this series sells tons of copies and convinces Disney to let Boom Comics adapt other Disney Afternoon shows (mainly the totally awesome and woefully underrated Talespin) or even pick up the Gargoyles series that SLG didn't know what to do with.
