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Bro-D Can’t Be Broken – Band of Bards
Published by Band of Barfs, Bro-D Can’t Be Broken is a graphic novella transporting just before the turn of the 22nd Century. Where the world is ultra polluted. No surprises there. There’s mass panic. No surprises there. There’s a one world government design to help escalating tensions. Okay sort of surprised there. And a cult of Demi-Gods have risen up to destroy what’s left.
*cue vinyl turntable skip sound*
Bro-D Can’t Be Broken spends its 60 odd pages being a (sort of) Akira knock off if the characters in Akira looked and read like the characters in Ben 10. Not a bad thing necessarily but it certainly reveals the tone for a bleedingly obvious indie comic release.
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Created in full by Ben Humeniuk – and by in full I mean the illustration, the coloring, the ink, the lettering. The whole goddamn enchilada.
Ben has managed to create a graphic novella with a lot of heart. A lot of sacrifice. A lot of turmoil. A lot of ridiculousness. Although, with the target audience seeming firmly set on that Young Adult crowd (fucking Gen-Zer) , I still can’t help but feel that the art isn’t my thing. It could’ve been bloodier.
It lacked that certain spunk that could’ve made this a standout hit. While I appreciate the need and want to finish everything “in house” you’ve got to wonder what the end product would’ve been like had Ben diversified the roles a little.
The story is fucking bonkers, it’s got style but it spends too much time embedded in the overall socialistic message. You be the judge on whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
While it’s close, at least it’s not another trivial pursuit of indie superhero storytelling.
Verdict: It screams ‘FUCK CAPITALISM.’
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