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Shaolin Cowboy #1
Writer: Geoff Darrow
Artist: Geoff Darrow
Publisher: Burlyman Entertainment
5.00 out of 5 Stars
Reviewed by John L. Daniels Jr.
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What do a talking horse and a shaolin priest have in common? Each other. Add to this strange pair a band of assassins (including a talking monkey with a gun) and you get Shaolin Cowboy, printed by Burlyman Entertainment and the Wachowski brothers.
Shaolin Cowboy was written, drawn, and created by Geoff Darrow who was the conceptual artist of the Matrix trilogy. Darrow delivers this visual story of unimaginable proportions and leaves readers wondering why this little priest is being bombarded with the dregs of society, ready to kill him for what he is carrying.
This is a spectacular display of artful but brutal fighting, held together in an array of visual symmetry and motion. This is truly the Matrix meets the Wild West, with the gritty feel of a desolate futuristic world.
The artwork is amazing and so detailed it will take your breath away. The earth tone colors that are used to accommodate the pencils are superbly done. The 6-panel spread of the renegades is amazing and so diversely drawn it will take you an hour or two to notice every penciled detail of this story.
As for the story itself, I would like to read more of a story and less visual gratuitous violence. The dialogue is really non-existent and the ranting by the head honcho is just rambling. The back page is so funny it catches the reader off guard. I wondered to myself how this little man could take out the whole army of derelicts; he looks like a weekend gardener.
Synopsis: never judge a book by its cover, and do not mess with a balding middle-aged monk with a talking horse.
Warning: this is a graphic, bloody and detailed depiction of violence.
I give this comic book a 5.0 for the amazing artwork alone.
—CCdC— Cover image used without explicit permission in accordance with the "Fair Use" provision of US copyright law.
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