Starburn #1
AAM- Markosia
Written by: Kelly Bender
Art by: Brian Balondo
Inks by: Cristian Docolomansky
Colors by: Laura Lee
Letters by: Nic J. Shaw
Reviewer: Ross Rivers
Summary: "Starburn" is the fastest ship in the Galaxy, its the kind of ship you don't buy you steal! That's exactly what its current owners did. The Motley Crew of space scoundrels and smugglers will take on any job for the right price.
Review: While “Starburn” sort of sounds like an STD you get from sleeping with celebrities, it’s actually a new comic book written by Kelly Bender with art by Brian Balondo. So, it’s very much not an STD. Not that you can’t get strange STD’s from celebrities, of course; Harrison Ford is riddled with them.
Starburn is actually a ship, captained by Captain Aphi. Aphi is a money hungry “Space Scoundrel,” with a likeminded team of fellow scoundrels following his orders.
This team claims to be up for smuggling anything with no questions asked, as long as you have enough cash. And this is the kind of thing that can get you into trouble with the space law, which is why you shouldn’t smuggle in space. Earth smuggling is probably fine, but you’d best avoid that, just in case.
The crew of Starburn are hired to pick up a mysterious package on a small moon. The client has paid triple the usual fee, even paying half upfront, so it’s safe to assume that next day delivery is free. Probably.
It’s a fairly simple set up, with fairly predictable results, but it’s not a boring book. It’s actually quite a bit of fun, with things exploding, aliens getting chopped to bits and other fun space fighting stuff. The action is well paced and never gets boring, easily keeping your attention. While it’s not going to revolutionise the sci-fi genre, it is worth a read.
As long as you don’t read the dialogue.
Starburn has some really terrible dialogue. One of my favourite lines in the whole book occurs when one of our heroes, Gauge, thinks he might have found the package: “Captain, is this package an item or a thing?” And it’s all like that.
It’s lovely to look at, though! Balondo’s art is detailed and colourful, with each character looking fully fleshed out and interesting. The action scenes also look great, with plenty of fun moments involving swords and bullets.
There are a couple of instances where characters look kind of wrong in the distance, but it’s a rare occurrence. For the most part, the art is excellent.
Overall, it’s not a bad book. It has action, aliens, a space ship and all that other stuff you want from a story about space smugglers. As long as you can stand the terrible dialogue, it’s worth picking up.
AAM- Markosia
Written by: Kelly Bender
Art by: Brian Balondo
Inks by: Cristian Docolomansky
Colors by: Laura Lee
Letters by: Nic J. Shaw
Reviewer: Ross Rivers
Summary: "Starburn" is the fastest ship in the Galaxy, its the kind of ship you don't buy you steal! That's exactly what its current owners did. The Motley Crew of space scoundrels and smugglers will take on any job for the right price.
Review: While “Starburn” sort of sounds like an STD you get from sleeping with celebrities, it’s actually a new comic book written by Kelly Bender with art by Brian Balondo. So, it’s very much not an STD. Not that you can’t get strange STD’s from celebrities, of course; Harrison Ford is riddled with them.
Starburn is actually a ship, captained by Captain Aphi. Aphi is a money hungry “Space Scoundrel,” with a likeminded team of fellow scoundrels following his orders.
This team claims to be up for smuggling anything with no questions asked, as long as you have enough cash. And this is the kind of thing that can get you into trouble with the space law, which is why you shouldn’t smuggle in space. Earth smuggling is probably fine, but you’d best avoid that, just in case.
The crew of Starburn are hired to pick up a mysterious package on a small moon. The client has paid triple the usual fee, even paying half upfront, so it’s safe to assume that next day delivery is free. Probably.
It’s a fairly simple set up, with fairly predictable results, but it’s not a boring book. It’s actually quite a bit of fun, with things exploding, aliens getting chopped to bits and other fun space fighting stuff. The action is well paced and never gets boring, easily keeping your attention. While it’s not going to revolutionise the sci-fi genre, it is worth a read.
As long as you don’t read the dialogue.
Starburn has some really terrible dialogue. One of my favourite lines in the whole book occurs when one of our heroes, Gauge, thinks he might have found the package: “Captain, is this package an item or a thing?” And it’s all like that.
It’s lovely to look at, though! Balondo’s art is detailed and colourful, with each character looking fully fleshed out and interesting. The action scenes also look great, with plenty of fun moments involving swords and bullets.
There are a couple of instances where characters look kind of wrong in the distance, but it’s a rare occurrence. For the most part, the art is excellent.
Overall, it’s not a bad book. It has action, aliens, a space ship and all that other stuff you want from a story about space smugglers. As long as you can stand the terrible dialogue, it’s worth picking up.