 | | ▪ | RELEASED BY: | | TOKYOPOP | | | ▪ | AUTHOR / ART: | | JAMES FARR / ALFA ROBBI | | | ▪ | FORMAT: | | WESTERN / B&W | | | ▪ | PAGES: | | 192 | | | ▪ | RATING: | | T | | | ▪ | RELEASE DATE: | | 03/11/2008 | | | ▪ | REVIEW DATE: | | 05/07/2008 | | | ▪ | REVIEWED BY: | | SCOTT CAMPBELL |
Twenty minutes from now, visitors from a far-off world will fall into Earth's orbit and issue a most unexpected request... These "Emissaries" invite a single human being to be selected as a representative for all of Earth in an intergalactic parliament. Mankind is given five years in which to prepare this volunteer for the rigors of space travel and the intricacies of alien diplomacy. Scientist Dr. Richard Wymond devises the ZETTA serum—a nano-biological cocktail that will augment its recipient with nearly superhuman abilities. But when Wymond's daughter Evie is mortally injured in a freak accident, he makes a fateful decision, and rather than let her die, injects Evie with the ZETTA serum. Now the fate of the world rests upon the shoulders of one 17-year-old girl. How will Evie cope with this awesome responsibility? Will she survive the strange political intrigues of the parliament? And more importantly, are the Emissaries' intentions as honorable as they have led us to believe...? EV is an inventive story from North American creators with a flare for mimicking the goodness of Japanese manga. The visuals really shine when it comes to the alien creatures and the structures and ships they inhabit – a lot of the designs for said things are really quite unique and will catch any reader’s eye without a problem. There is a lot of detail put into the visuals, and they can be very serious at times, but they don’t lack zaniness in the least. Everything from alien rabbits to giant tentacle monsters inhabit the pages of this book – some being funny, and the latter being downright scary and destructive. The back of this book has a truly awesome amount of extras covering some extensive character design art and background information on many of the characters. There are also many more drawings of the alien creatures and an afterword by Roger Mincheff, President and CEO of Spacedog Entertainment. The story was written by James Farr, who also wrote a very interesting forward for the first volume that can really give us some good insight into the creation of EV and how this book came about. This is what James had to say: “This all started with a phone call. And not unlike the phone call featured in the opening pages of this book, it would entail a tremendous amount of work. EV was a concept created by Roger Mincheff, and later pitched to me as an open-ended franchise. Cute girl. Outer space. Earth’s sole political representative. It was up to me to fill in the blanks and deliver what would become this very book. As a rabid disciple of science fiction, comic books and cute girls, I was an easy sell. And so began the process of building -- what would eventually be -- EV’s densely populated universe. Up until then, my writing career had been largely confined to the web, where zombies, mummies, and giant prehistoric crustaceans delivered my lines without complaint. At the time, the leap to print was an impossible dream -- one of those goals that float in the ether, just a little to improbable to reach for. Fortunately, it reached for me instead. Over the next two years, I set about creating a cast of personalities to inhabit these pages, refining them little by little, and carving away anything that didn’t feel -- in a word -- awesome. Thanks to a brilliant editing staff, and the top shelf creature designs of Alfa Robbi, I’d say we’ve produced a pretty insanely great bunch of characters. After all, when you’re writing, your characters are your co-workers. So they may as well be a blast to hang out with, right? That said, it’s been a pleasure to spend some time with Evie and her friends. She’s evolved gradually along the way, defying her inexperience, mastering her fears, and finally gaining the confidence to conquer a strange new world.”
IN SUMMARY:
EV is an inventive new series with a North American twist on the awesome art form that is Japanese manga. Science fiction buffs will eat this up, and others will like it just because it has such an interesting story and the promise of more upcoming!
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