If you are into movies... and how they come together, you may be interested in Ryan's latest venture. He produces and hosts a podcast called 35 Movie Minutes. It brings you the latest Hollywood news, box office, castings and coming soon each week in 35 minutes.
They also have movie discussions just about every week. You can listen right from the site, download the podcasts or subscribe in iTunes. Check it out. You won't be disappointed.
I am proud to say that you can now find Harbor Moon, the full book, as well as all six issues on DriveThru Comics.
They are a great service and are really on top of their game.
Harbor Moon will be in full effect at the NYCC. Come visit us at BOOTH G6!
We will be there all weekend with:
-Signed Books
-Original Artwork
-Prints
-Shirts
-Promo stuff from upcoming books
Swing by and say hi.
Ryan Bridger from Shock Totem offers the following fairly positive review of Harbor Mon.
"Let's make one thing clear: Werewolves are probably the coolest things ever. Monsters who know how to parry under the full moon? That's made of win. They tear stuff to pieces and wake up without a lick of remorse-just a wicked hangover and body parts stuck in their teeth, just like us at Shock Totem. Okay, I'm a liar: My hangovers are mild at worst (cry for help!). I mean, watch this:
Interviewer: If you could be any-
Ryan Bridger: A werewolf!
See that? I don't even know what the QUESTION was! Werewolves rule! So you can picture how excited I was to receive a copy of Harbor Moon, the new graphic novel headed by Ryan Colucci (with the help of writer Dikran Ornekian and artist Pawel Sambor, along with others). Word had it the werewolves populating this tale were different from the wannabes plaguing pop culture for the last decade, so I was geeked to see what lycanthropy Colucci had in store.
Harbor Moon plays our like classic film noir with Vance in the role of a grizzled private eye.
Mash up all the noir tropes you can think of and add a dash of B-horror movie dialogue, and you start to get what this book is going for. And that's not a bad thing. In fact, it's pretty entertaining.
So what about the art? In a word: Awesome. You'll find dynamic coloring, fantastic splash pages, and depending on the page (see below), some solid penciling.
So basically what I'm saying is, Harbor Moon is perfect, right? Well, not really. It has a few problems that combine to make the book a very confusing read.
For starters, most male characters look identical, and throughout the book J found myself flipping back pages and cross-referencing haircuts to make sure who was who in any given scene. Many times panels seem disjointed or completely unrelated, making it difficult to figure out what was going on—especially during the action. A lot of the time, it reads like this:
"Uh oh! He's gonna get in a bar fight! Wasn't he just in a forest? No, I mean now he's-wait… what - Dammit!" (Flips back to make sure who's who.) "Hey, he's not in a bar anymore, now he's in ... a police station? OH GOD HE JUST ROUNDHOUSE KICKED A WEREWOLF IN THE FACE!!!! AWESOME!!!!"
Bottom line is, if you're a big werewolf fan like I am, you're going to dig this book by default, because the werewolves look and act like bad-asses-which is how they're supposed to act. If you're a more casual comic-book fan looking for an easy read, then Harbor Moon might prove frustrating. If you decide to skip it, I can assure you you'll be missing out on a really solid premise that can lead to some great stories in the future.
I just hope if they tackle a sequel they can manage to dean up the page layouts, just so we can keep up with the awesome ideas they're reaching for."
Ryan and Dikran will be signing at the Arcana Studio booth all weekend. Here are the times they will be there for sure:
Thursday: 1:00-1:45pm
Friday: 11:00-11:45pm,
1:00-1:45pm
6:00-6:45pm
Saturday: 1:00-1:45pm
4:00-4:45pm
Ryan will also be sitting on the Arcana Comics Panel on Thursday night. Please see your SD Comic-con schedule for Room # (and I'll post it when I get to San Diego).
Come by and say hello!!!!
