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Nexus of the World
Empowered is a comic that came out this week (or the week before) from Dark Horse Comics. It's written and pencilled by Adam Warren (he did Dirty Pair, Livewires, Iron Man: Hypervelocity, and Gen13). It's not inked or coloured, but that doesn't matter. It's not a collection of comics in trade, it's a small manga-sized comic of over 200 pages and it has lots of incidental episodes of the main character, Empowered, and her supporting cast.
Empowered is a superheroine with a skintight costume that makes her superstrong, bullet-proof, and able to shoot energy blasts... if it's in one piece. If it tears slightly, she loses all her powers. And y'know - rose bushes tear her costume. As a result, she ends up getting bound and gagged whilst half-naked - a lot. This gives her self-esteem issues since she's regarded as the lamest superhero ever.
It is hysterically funny. It's sweet and endearing, and a complete joy to read. The chapter breaks (of which there are many) usually involve Empowered talking directly to us, including explaining how Adam Warren came up with her. It's one of my most favourite comics ever. I will not be surprised if this turns out to be the best comic I read this year.
I will point out though, it has a parental advisory. Not because of swearing (there's lots, but it's always blacked out), and not because of violence (there's lots, but it's rather cartoony and tame) - but because of consensual sex (the horror! People! Physically displaying! Love! That's not suitable for children! Murder, yes! But love!?!?) - the consensual sex acts in the comic are as graphic as the swearing or the violence (i.e. not at ALL) - but it is risque. I say this because some of our younger members may have parents who would not appreciate them buying this comic. If you do have parents like that, buy Empowered, and when they say, "Ooo! What's all this sex?!" show them the Punisher comics you buy and point out all the incredibly graphic swearing and violence it has, and point out the hypocracy as you are banned from your local comic shop forever. To sum up - there is sex in this comic, but this comic has all its swear words blacked out, so there's no graphic depictions of it. It isn't hentai.
It is however, a fantastic comedy and I can't recommend it enough. It also seems there will be at least one other volume.
Also, the characters in the comic are amazing. My favourite is Demonwulf. A slayer of worlds, an apocalyptic demon from Hell who is trapped in a belt and sits on Empowered's coffee table watching dvds and yelling at his human hosts, whilst dispensing advice as only a hell demon with a revulsion for humans can.
So yes, Empowered. I adore this comic. I hope someone else has given it a try. It's damn funny.
Empowered is a superheroine with a skintight costume that makes her superstrong, bullet-proof, and able to shoot energy blasts... if it's in one piece. If it tears slightly, she loses all her powers. And y'know - rose bushes tear her costume. As a result, she ends up getting bound and gagged whilst half-naked - a lot. This gives her self-esteem issues since she's regarded as the lamest superhero ever.
It is hysterically funny. It's sweet and endearing, and a complete joy to read. The chapter breaks (of which there are many) usually involve Empowered talking directly to us, including explaining how Adam Warren came up with her. It's one of my most favourite comics ever. I will not be surprised if this turns out to be the best comic I read this year.
I will point out though, it has a parental advisory. Not because of swearing (there's lots, but it's always blacked out), and not because of violence (there's lots, but it's rather cartoony and tame) - but because of consensual sex (the horror! People! Physically displaying! Love! That's not suitable for children! Murder, yes! But love!?!?) - the consensual sex acts in the comic are as graphic as the swearing or the violence (i.e. not at ALL) - but it is risque. I say this because some of our younger members may have parents who would not appreciate them buying this comic. If you do have parents like that, buy Empowered, and when they say, "Ooo! What's all this sex?!" show them the Punisher comics you buy and point out all the incredibly graphic swearing and violence it has, and point out the hypocracy as you are banned from your local comic shop forever. To sum up - there is sex in this comic, but this comic has all its swear words blacked out, so there's no graphic depictions of it. It isn't hentai.
It is however, a fantastic comedy and I can't recommend it enough. It also seems there will be at least one other volume.
Also, the characters in the comic are amazing. My favourite is Demonwulf. A slayer of worlds, an apocalyptic demon from Hell who is trapped in a belt and sits on Empowered's coffee table watching dvds and yelling at his human hosts, whilst dispensing advice as only a hell demon with a revulsion for humans can.
So yes, Empowered. I adore this comic. I hope someone else has given it a try. It's damn funny.
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