Protector - di Daniel M. Bensen, Simon Roy

[Azrael]

Protector #1
WRITER: Daniel M. Bensen, Simon Roy
ARTIST: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, Artyom Trakhanov, Jason Wordie
COVER A: James Stokoe
JANUARY 29 / 32 pages / FC/ M / $3.99
From SIMON ROY (Prophet), Sideways Award-winning author DANIEL M. BENSEN (Junction), ARTYOM TRAKHANOV, JASON WORDIE (GOD COUNTRY), and HASSAN OTSMANE-ELHAOU (Red Sonja) comes a sci-fi adventure equal parts Conan the Barbarian, Mad Max, and The Expanse. Of all the tribes that dwell in the hot ruins of far-future North America, the Hudsoni reign supreme, but even they fear and obey the godlike Devas. When the Devas warn of an old-world demon in the conquered city of Shikka-Go, Hudsoni war chief First Knife decides to deal with the threat personally.

[HCPunk]

"a sci-fi adventure equal parts Conan the Barbarian, Mad Max, and The Expanse.." Sono a posto così, seguo.

[Azrael]

Protector #1 (Published by Image Comics; Review by David Pepose; 'Rama Rating: 7 out of 10):

Artist Artyom Trakhanov has always had a forcefulness to his exaggerated artwork, and pairing him up with an artist-turned-writer as detailed as Simon Roy feels like a strong match - that said, while the artwork of Protector makes a strong statement, the story itself feels so decompressed that it might be considered an acquired taste. To be fair, as someone who's put in his time at an artist's desk, I get why Roy would give Trakhanov plenty of room to maneuver, with plenty of pages just letting the artwork do the talking. But I'd argue that we've seen a lot of post-apocalyptic societies in comics before, so taking the slow-burn approach might be a little dangerous in terms of showing how this world feels different from dystopias of the past. (By the time we do get to some of the inner politicking, it feels a little too little, too late.) That said, Trakhanov's artwork, colored by Jason Wordie, looks stunning, particularly a page were a discarded war weapon comes back to frightening life. A solid debut, but it's one that will live and die based on whether people are here for the art.

[Arkin Torsen]

Avvio criptico, ma che lascia intuire gli sviluppi futuri. Mi piacciono i disegni e i colori.