Comic Art

When you search a little the mini series casually released by different publishers you will notice that they include different styles, innovative ideas, revolutionary creations, everything we usually miss by the ongoing ones. A perfect example of the previous statement is the 8-issue series currently published by Image, The Pirates of Coney Island, written by Rick Spears and illustrated by Vasilis Lolos.

Vasilis Lolos, a greek comic creator who published most of his previous work in Athens, moved to America ready not to translate his previous work (which is more than notable) but to begin a whole new chapter in his professional history, and it’s obvious that he made it in a very short period. He made the Pirates of Coney Island, which is overflowed by his unique, personal style, he made a Spider-Man story for Marvel in Spider-Man: Family #02, his Last Call is coming this summer by Oni Press, not bad for a European artist in the mayhem of the United States! Rick Spears, the writer of Teenagers from Mars, Dead West and Filler is also the publisher of the Gigantic Graphic Novels, currently publishing two comics, Rotting in Dirtville and Hellcity.

The Pirates is a love story, or maybe it’s a crime story, well I have no idea how to categorize it and frankly, I don’t care to. Two gangs of rebellious teens, the Pirates and the Cherries, fight for domination in Coney Island, they fight violently, they bleed together, they fall in love with each other and at the same time live outside the law, stealing cars and selling them for their parts. It’s as unconventional as it gets, the only way to get it is to read it by yourselves and not leave any synopsis make you judge it as rude (well, that it might be), sick (mmm, that’s ain’t always bad) or too violent (too violent? Is there such a thing?). Europe and America are united in this goth-post modern-romantic-whatever else story, don’t miss it!