Moonshine Bigfoot #2 // Review
There’s a Sasquatch with a headache behind the wheel. He’s hungover, but he’ll be fine once he gets home. Things are going to get a bit more difficult for him, though in Moonshine Bigfoot #2. Writer Mike Marlow continues his journey into retro-crypto-zoological action with artist Steve Ellis, inker Zach Howard and colorist Nelson Danile.
The hungover Bigfoot behind the wheel is not well. Periodically he started getting visitations from a ghost…perfectly nice guy that he doesn’t necessarily believe in named Dennis. Dennis is there to talk to Moonshine…but his girlfriend is those only one in the vicinity t who seems receptive to him and SHE can’t see or hear him. So it’s a bit complicated.
Marlow exports rural American adventure found in popular culture in the early 1980s. It’s kind of interesting. seeing the way he’s developing things. Certain aspects of the story seem to be a bit predictable. The most interesting aspect of the story ends up being the fact that, the villain turns out to be a lot more interesting than the hero. The new head of the hyper secretive, big level organization of evil turns out to be actually a pretty nice guy who is just treated badly and so he’s kind of bureaucratic. It’s kind of a fun personality for a villain. And he ends up being a lot more interesting than any of them characters who are meant to be more likable. Of course, the complicated relationship between the ghost, and the Sasquatch and the girl is a lot of fun to get into. But none of the characters in question seem genuine we all that interesting next to the villain.
This visual reality of the story works quite well. It has a distinct feel about it but feels very authentic to the error. Not that there’s specifically trying to do a retro early 1980s comic book or anything like that. But it certainly feels like it would fit in on a comic book rack back then although the writing is a little bit more sophisticated than much of what would’ve had the comic book, recommend early 1980s for a general audience. the impact of the images on the page feel pretty remarkable. It would feel like a Hidden. We have a little bit more of a punch if there was a little bit less detail in the rendering. The color does a remarkable job of feeling lending a kind of death to the page on the panel. It’s a very atmospheric sort of thing. Not quite as impressive as the first issue but still really enjoyable from cover to cover.
The follow-up to the opening issue feels like it’s lumping a little bit. This should be an opportunity to expand the mythology of the world of moonshine Bigfoot. It doesn’t really work, though. This really feel all that interesting. Instead is a close-up on a couple of characters who aren’t as interesting as the villain. And a villain is really worth the cover price. He’s a really genuinely interesting guy. And it is an interesting spoof on the traditional idea of the arch villain. So it works quite well with respect to that. But so much of it feels like a lost opportunity.
