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SCORPIUS #3 Review

Another month brings another issue of Farscape: Scorpius from the fine folks at BOOM! Studios, and so far the reviews have been good. Just today, Nathan Wilson at the Broken Frontier blog writes:

“BOOM! Studios’ adaptation of Rockne S. O’Bannon’s Farscape universe, particularly that of the David Alan Mack-written Farscape: Scorpius, has done a spectacular job of taking a television property and successfully transporting it into the comic realm, a feat often attempted but rarely achieved.”

“A case study in character and the mind, Farscape: Scorpius is a compelling and brilliant book.  David Alan Mack has taken audiences into a world crafted by Rockne S. O’Bannon and made it his own.”

That’s a good note on which to go through my day.  For those of you who haven’t checked out Farscape: Scorpius just yet … what the hell are you waiting for? <wink>

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Scorpius #1 a hit w/ The Outhouse

Another new issue of Farscape: Scorpius, and another good review on The Outhouse comic-book forum.

Here is a small taste of the praise:

“[K]udos to O’Bannon and Mack. Once more I can hear Wayne Prygram’s voice in all this perfectly.”

Farscape: Scorpius is … a great look at the series’s greatest villain. … [It] might truly be the best bad-guy book out there.”

Sadly, the reviewer seems less enthused with the art by Mike Ruiz, but to each his own.

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Broken Frontier reviews SCORPIUS #1

My trusty Google news alert has this evening brought to my attention this review by Nathan Wilson at Broken Frontier of Farscape: Scorpius #1.

Among the many nice things Mr. Wilson said about the issue, here are a few of my favorite quotes:

“Mack does an excellent job in this first issue of establishing how events in the villain’s past shaped and molded the “real time” experiences of Scorpius as he engages the Grennij.  Particularly innovative is how Mack juxtaposes previous betrayals and manipulations against Scorpius’ contemporary motives with Grrior.”

“Well-paced, succinct and vivid writing, there is not a single weakness in Mack’s storyline or plot.”

“Mack and O’Bannon succeed with Farscape: Scorpius #1 where a lot of other first issues (although technically a second issue because of #0) fail.  Fans of the television show will see and appreciate both the familiar and the new here.  Fans who read the main series will find the story revelations and interplay between Scorpius and other members of the Farscape universe, both past and present, a strong companion to their other monthly purchase.”

Booyah, my friends.  Booyah.

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