Battlestar Galactica #0
With the Sci-Fi Channel series pulling in high ratings and critical praise, there have been a lot of fans awaiting the new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA comic book series. Judging from Dynamite Entertainment’s special “#0″ introductory issue, I’m betting they will be disappointed.
I know there’s not much story one can squeeze into a smaller-than-usual issue (it’s a mere 25 cents for a reason), but this was completely disposable for me. I read it, I didn’t retain it. I read it again, it was gone just as quickly. That fault lies with MARVEL 1602: NEW WORLD scribe Greg Pak, but where this BATTLESTAR really crashes is in the art, by Nigel Raynor. With the exception of panels of robots or spaceships, it looks rushed and ill-defined. Though Raynor succeeds in making Edward James Olmos’ Com. Adama character a great deal less pockmarked, he can’t draw Mary McDonnell to save his life. On the tube, her character is clearly middle-aged and riddled with cancer; here, she looks like she just finished sorority rush.
There is no sneak preview of Dynamite’s upcoming LONE RANGER comic as initially reported; that space has been wasted by a wordless three pages from RED SONJA #11, not to mention ads for that series, but also Dynamite’s XENA, ARMY OF DARKNESS, HIGHLANDER, et al. If they had put as much effort into the presentation as they did the advertising, they might have had something. Even separated from the show, it’s a dud. For once, the zero denotes more than numerical order. –Rod Lott
[...] TUESDAY >> 6.13.06 Despite the price (two bits) and the cover (sexy techno-organic terrorist), Rod still takes issue with BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #0 from Dynamite Entertainment comics, saying frugality and sexuality are no substitutes for plot and professional art. A friend of mine’s brother has worked on licensed comics like this (in his case it was SILENT HILL), and apparently they don’t need to make sense at all, because the license will guarantee a certain amount of sales. Well, that attitude will get you nowhere with me, at least until I can license out REGASM: THE LOST YEARS to some hack and make a mint. [...]
[...] OTHER BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THESE AUTHORS: • BATTLESTAR GALACTICA #0 by Greg Pak and Nigel Raynor • MARVEL 1602: NEW WORLD by Greg Pak and Greg Tocchini • PSI-MAN: DEATHSCAPE by Peter David [...]
[...] After dumping all over Dynamite Entertainment’s flaccid attempt at launching a BATTLESTAR GALACTICA comic book, I was prepared to do the same with HIGHLANDER #0, their 25-cent prequel for an all-new series based on the inexplicably popular film series starring Christopher Lambert. Having never been able to finish a single HIGHLANDER film, I’m certainly no fan. [...]