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If, like me, you enjoy the Decoder Ring Theater's podcasts, then you'll love this graphic novel. If you haven't experienced the podcasts, get moving cuz they're great.
Hot chocolate was this ever good!
So it reads like a podcast episode with pics. I had hoped for a bit more from the graphic novel.The art underwhelmed too.The podcasts far better.
Having never heard the Red Panda Adventures podcast that this is based on, I didn't get as much out of this as a previous fan of the show would have gotten. It's a pretty flimsy trade containing only three issues of the comic. I would've liked one more issue with some backstory on the characters or the setting. I wasn't aware this took place in Toronto until I googled it. The only clue that the story even takes place in Canada is when the Red Panda asks if he should've gotten something from Eato...
Bringing a radio hero to graphic novels!The Red Panda is a hero much like others of the pulp era. His costume is limited to a suit and hat with a bright red domino mask and matching red gauntlets. He has great skill with unarmed combat styles (especially judo) and uses a variety of devices, most of his own devising, to fight injustice. These include Static Shoes to cling to sheer surfaces, and to propel him great distances during rooftop patrol. He is a master of hypnotism, allowing him to strik...
The Mask of the Red Panda is based on the audio drama podcast written by Gregg Taylor. In this three issue comic story, the Red Panda and Kit Baxter (aka the Flying Squirrel) investigate a series of strange murders that lead them into a battle with forces of supernatural evil and Nazis, because the story's set in the pulp fiction era, so of course Nazis.The book captures the flow and spirit of the podcast adventures fairly well bringing our heroes on to the page into the visual media. It moves a...
2.5 maybe. A retro story about the Red Panda, a Green Hornet like crimefighter aided by his chauffeur Kit, AKA Flying Squirrel. Except rather than straight supervillains, they fight magic.I'm not quite sure why this didn't work for me. Partly that their abilities against magic just seem to give them too much of an upper hand. Partly that I'd have liked Kit being more an equal instead of clearly being a sidekick (I'd expected more of a Kato type character). Not horrible, just not terribly grippin...
Wir leben in einer großen Zeit - zumindest, wenn man die Pulp-Helden und Comics des Golden Age liebt (eine weiß Gott marginale Einschränkung). THE RED PANDA ist ein solcher Held, der im Toronto der 30er Jahre für Ordnung sorgt. Unterstützt wird Red Panda, der ein wenig an den Spirit erinnert, dabei von seinem Sidekick The Flying Squirrel, seiner so attraktiven wie schlagkräftigen Chauffeurin Kit Baxter. Ein ganz klein wenig sind die beiden ein Duo wie Batman & Robin, wenn... ja, wenn Robin eine
I've been listening to Greg Taylor's Red Panda and Black Jack Justice podcasts for years. He has a great gift to bringing the pulp style of yesteryear to today. His stories feel simultaneously modern and classic. I am very happy to find that he successfully jumped from audio drama to comic book. This was a great Red Panda story of the kind I am used to loving. I can't wait for more!
Bit short as far as I'm used to for trades and definitely a strange place to enter the Red Panda universe for those unfamiliar with the podcasts (a group of which I am definitely not a part of), but a solid first trade. The dialogue is written perfectly (and with Gregg Taylor doing the writing, how could it not be?) and the art is great for giving the story a more realistic feel.
Gregg Taylor knows how to tell a fun pulp/superhero story. And he knows his characters perfectly. And Dean Kotz reminds me of Gene Colan stylistically. His art fits so well with Greg's words. If you love fun comics buy this book. Good times.
Read the digital version, not the dead tree version. Not withstanding, Dean Kotz's illustrations are great and Gregg Taylor has managed to keep true to his story telling in this concise medium as he does in his podcasts and novels! Hot Chocolate!
