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suzene (suzene) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-03-16 14:25:00

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char: sub-mariner/namor mckenzie, creator: ross campbell, medium: fanart, nsfw: gore, publisher: minx, title: water baby

Water Baby and Namor fanart
Title: Water Baby (DC/Minx, b&w, 156 pages, $9.99)
Art/Writing: Ross Campbell

Hmph.

Well, I wanted to do a "Namor is a woobie" post, but I can't find my old Alpha Flight issues.

I'm settling for fanart and reposting messed-up sharks for now, but then I'm off on a longbox hunt.

So, Water Baby. Short version, it's about a surfer-girl named Brody who loses her leg to a shark. While the book does deal with her coping with the aftermath of the accident, it's not the focus of things. Problem is, I don't think the story ever really finds a focus, and the characters are a little too oblivious and obnoxious for me to really get invested in them (which means they're probably pretty accurate portrayals of teenagers). But damn, the art is fantastic and the dream sequences creepy enough to be worth the cover price.

The actual incident. The dark-haired girl is Brody's best friend/should-be-love-interest Louisa.

And then things start getting weird...

And then just plain fucked up.

And some Namor fanart by Mel Uran:

Namor with iPod.
Dangling Namor
More dangling Namor

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philippos42
2009-03-17 01:03 am UTC (link)

Oh good grief, Water Baby. I thought enough of the Minx line that I asked the local library to get it for me. Afterward, I considered writing a, "What crap is this?" post but never got around to it.

The author seems to have a hit a point where he thought, "Yay! I've hit my target page count!" & just worked toward a half-assed stopping point.

I don't know, maybe I watch too many police procedurals, but I would have preferred the car thief to be caught.

Heck, Brody actually developing shark powers would have been interesting, but then I read too many superhero comix as a kid.

The sad thing is, I can totally imagine me writing a story that way, where it just sort of stops on what in a different genre would be a minor beat, but as a reader it was annoying.

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