All right guys and gals, it’s all in the reflexes and the best thing I read last week was Big Trouble In Little China by Carpenter, Powell, and Churilla from BOOM! Studios. For those unaware one of my favorite directors John Carpenter has teamed up with Goon powerhouse Eric Powell to continue the unbelievable story of Jack Burton and the Porkchop Express in Big Trouble In Little China the comic book! With beautiful lines by Brian Churilla, colors by Michael Garland, and letters by Ed Dukeshire.
The moment I heard rumor of this book I asked my LCS to add it to my pull list, roughly 3 months later it showed up in previews and now two months after that I hold it in my hot little hands. So much anticipation. And so much pay off.
The most important factor in this book coming out and being what it is as far as I am concerned is the involvement of John Carpenter working on the story with Eric Powell. And you feel that from the first page, great epic Jack Burton dialogue intact and powering you into the world of this new comic. Only second to the powerful prose is the killer lines of Churilla. He brings in just enough likeness of the characters from the cult hit so you automatically know who everyone is without letting strict representation limit his artwork. Great story, amazing art, the return to a world that us fans of the movie have longed for for decades and BOOM! has made it a reality for us lucky kids.
So when the winds start blowing, and the lightning starts crashing, and the trees are getting uprooted by the truckload you just do what Jack Burton would do. You march into your LCS, you look your four color pusher straight in the eye and you tell them that come hell or high water you want Big Trouble In Little China on your pull list and you want it now, with or without the six demon bag and hold the 8 foot tall demon China man. Jack’s back baby!
P.S. If you’ve never seen the original cult classic that this comic is based on do yourself a favor and find it, watch it, and thank me later. It’s currently streaming on Netflix. ;-)
