Tor: A Prehistoric Odyssey by Joe KubertMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Banished by his tribe, Tor roams the world of one million years ago...
Joe Kubert has been a relatively recent favorite of mine and I scored this for cheap a few months ago.
Tor hit all the right buttons for me. Told using only captions, Joe Kubert treats us to a world of hominids, dinosaurs, a giant, and even a tentacled horror. Tor forms a makeshift family with other outcasts, only to see it torn asunder as they fight for survival.
Despite being in his twilight years, Kubert draws the shit out of every fight, every mountainous vista, and every hairy ape man. Hell, every hominid species Kubert draws is distinctive from the rest, from the hairy near humans to the subterreans to the rest. He doesn't skimp on details for the prehistoric animals, either. The sabre tooth tiger gets as much effort as the velociraptor.
Is Tor the last masterpiece of one of comic's master artists? Yes. Five out of five stars.
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