Gear
by Doug Tennapel
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Author: Doug TennapelArtist: Doug Tennapel
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-13
ISBN: 1582406804
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Image Comics
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Book Review: TenNapel's Trademark Ingredients Blend For Delirious FUN!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love Doug TenNapel. I think the guy is fricken brilliant. And, although I've read various comics growing up, a lesser amount in the 80's and 90's, and a few more in the 21st century, this guy stands out as sui generis.
You read something by him and you know, you recognize the "voice."
He's nuts. But in a very wonderful way.
What would I call his trademarks?
1. a zany imagination not afraid to mix together elements that make the averge person (and maybe even the above-average one) go, "Huh?"
2. Action-packed storytelling that nevertheless connects with a compassionate thread for people in need and in trouble.
3. Humor. It's a really wacky sense of humor that is evident in both the artwork and the text. (In Gear, I just about died at the internal monologue from Heaven, that whole guppies thing, and the catacomb paintings. GUFFAW!)
4. Christian content. Let's face it, it's hip to be anti-Christian, to be blasphemous, to shove it in the face of those Jesus Freaks. Culturally, Christianity is not cool. But Doug doesn't shy away from faith content, and instead makes it an important part of the story. Whether it was that amazing panel in CREATURE TECH with the Jesusfied creature thing, or the Jonah story retold in EARTHBOY JACOBUS, or the redemption in IRON WEST, or the unexpected Jesus figure in GEAR (not to mention that hilarious glimpes of cat/mantis/guppie heaven.) Doug is not afraid to pour Christian reality into his zany stories. And that's very, very cool.
GEAR has a sort of manic quality that verges on incoherence in spots. I kinda liked it. And the artwork is different from what I'd seen in the other graphic novels by him. I read the afterword, and I understand he was using a different tool/technique. It hyperkinetic and a just plain enjoyable. Too bad it's such a quick read.
But what's it' about, Mir? you ask. It's a story of war, various factions from different points (North, South) in a fantasy land populated by giant mantises (one showed up in CREATURE TECH, huh?), cats, dogs, and guardian robots, big ones. The alliances, the battles, the cult that formed around a gear thing, the forbidden mechanism, that will be instrumental in putting an end to this bloodshed.
I think that glimpse of Heaven says a lot about that warring land, because it says a lot about US and our warring lands. We're gonna look back or down or whatever some day and go, "Sheesh, that sucked. What were we thinking. It's much nicer to get along and eat..er"...well, maybe not live rabbits and raw fish, but you get my drift. But Doug is realist enough to portray the need to fight against evil and to protect the innocent, even if you'd rather just watch guppies swim in a pond.
I'm ready for the next TenNapel.
Doug, get cracking, man.
Mir of Mirathon blog
Summary of Gear
Four incompetent cats high-jack a Giant Killer Robot! The plans are made, the cats lay in wait, the Robot comes and everything goes el stinko. This book's got everything: robots, harpoon guns, talking cats, gun shots to the head - the whole sha-bang!Graphic Novels Books
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