Saturday, August 8, 2020

Giantkiller

GiantkillerGiantkiller by Dan Brereton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A wormhole collides with Mt. Diablo, loosing daikaiju, giant monster,s into the Bay Area. Fortunately, the United States have created a man-kaiju hybrid, The Giantkiller!

A couple years ago, I contributed to the Giantkiller anniversary edition hardcover Kickstarter. I finally got it in the mail a few days ago and it is fantastic!

The Giantkiller Anniversary edition is a daikaiju sized tome, oversized and packed with extras. It contains Giantkiller 1-6, Giantkiller A-Z, tons of pinups, a sketchbook section, and a second monster guide detailing the Antarctic monsters hinted at at the end of the tale.

Born out of Dan Brereton's love of Ultraman, Cthulhu, and Godzilla, Giantkiller is the tale of a human-monster hybrid with a samurai sword fighting giant monsters from another dimension. As you can imagine, the story isn't overly complex. Lots of monster killing action, with Jill guiding Jack as he learns about the daikaiju. One thing I really liked is that Jill became a sister figure to Jack instead of immediately getting impaled on his genitals.

The art is gorgeous. Alex Ross is the painter most comic fans adore but I find Dan Brereton's art to be superior. His figures feel fluid and full of life, never stiffly posed, and he has a lot more style than Ross. Brereton's art would not be out of place on the cover or interior of an old pulp magazine, brimming with action. The monster designs are great, as is Jack's, the Giantkiller of the title.

No gripes from me on this other than wanting more Giantkiller. The Giantkiller anniversary hardcover is one gorgeous book of monster-slaying action. Four out of five kaiju.

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