![]() ![]() ![]() Similarly Giannis Milonogiannis exclaims: “I’m beyond excited to have twelve issues to explore the world of RONIN ISLAND. It’s a huge gift, and we’re doing our very best to make the absolute most of it. Now we’ve got the real estate to explore this weird world even more and dig even deeper into the hearts of our heroes. This kind of thing only happens because of you - you’re all our favorite! I’m particularly thrilled because as our brilliant art team started creating this world and making these characters come to life, I just didn’t want to leave. Greg Pak says the following: “I’m over the moon and so grateful to all the readers, retailers, and reviewers who have supported and spread the word about RONIN ISLAND. This is the type of content and representation you got to love to see. Mech Cadet Yu was upgraded from a limited series to a full run as well. Greg Pak’s last venture with BOOM! Studios was the much beloved Mech Cadet Yu which also garnered love from comic book readers. We here at Black Nerd Problems loved the inaugural issue and hearing that we’re getting eleven more is certainly some great news to end March. The current generation of ronin islanders, focusing on Hana and Kenichi, now have to learn to work together and fight a war on multiple fronts, figuring out what’s best for their home. Their tenuous peace is completely upset when General Sato brings soldiers from the mainland, and incidentally a horde of mutants. Nah, we’re going to be spending more time in this wonderful world that writer Greg Pak ( Firefly, Star Wars) and artist Giannis Milonogiannis ( Robotech, Old City Blules) have crafted.įor those of you who may need a refresher, RONIN ISLAND tells the tale of a secret island populated by refugees from Japan, Korea, and China who have secluded themselves from the larger world at war. For everyone else, the news: Greg Pak has blessed the audiences at BOOM! Studios‘s Discover Yours panel with the knowledge that RONIN ISLAND has earned a full series order of twelve issues! Citing overwhelming support from fans and retailers alike, BOOM! Studios has decided that a five-issue limited series is not enough. ![]() Chapter dividers are very simple as shown above.Įxtras include an introduction by Dave Gibbons, an early unused page from issue 1 and the cover to Anything Goes issue 2, and closes with a biography of Miller.įrank Miller’s Ronin Gallery Edition has raised the bar and set a new standard for excellence in the field of original art editions.If you are at WonderCon this lovely Saturday, March 30, you may already be privy to the hype. A brown palette with large panel images used for endpapers, table of contents and indicia pages. Binding is tighter than Batman: Kelley Jones Gallery Edition, with some pages not lying flat when opened and fewer threads visible in the gutters.ĭesign by Brainchild Studios is subdued but very effective. As well detailed notes on indices provide scanning notes, paper quality, and much more. There is a significant attention to detail throughout, but items such as Miller’s vellum overlays shown above showcase that Bob Chapman wants to give the consumer the best product possible. The book came shrinkwrapped in a cardboard case. The organic portion of the story that takes place in Aquarius has very simple inking with no shading, relying on bright colours: unfortunately that doesn’t translate on the original artwork or in this story, but it doesn’t harm the overall reading experience. Copies of panels were used wherever they could, especially when he repeated an image with new captions. It’s an excellent resource into Miller’s production methods. The bulk of the pages come directly from Miller the only pages sold that I could find were all from issue one and comprise the samples at the end of the article. The bulk of the blacks are uniform but there are variations in the pages with large patches of solid black, which are few and far between because of Miller’s heavy use of cross hatching. Scan quality is excellent: clear, clean and highly detailed. All but nine of the pages are scans of the original art, and of those three are covers. The largest in page count and sheer weight and size of any art edition book, it’s a stunning work. As such the book moves from a larger border around the pages to no border, but it wasn’t a detail I noticed under after I’d read the book and poured over the small details. His art style was evolving, moving past his run on Daredevil but not at the heavy square lines of The Dark Knight Returns.Īccording to the notes provided the first two issues of the series were done at 12 x 17 inches and the rest at 13 x 20 inches. Thirty years later, Frank Miller’s Ronin Gallery Edition delivers, completely, in this amazing new book from Graphitti Designs. This is Frank Miller at a point in his career when he was given carte blanche by DC and he chose to do Ronin: write, pencil, ink. ![]()
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