Laughing Ogre Pick of the Week – Ballistic from Black Mask Studios

The folks from Laughing Ogre Comics (4258 North High Street, Columbus, OH) are back with a brand new comic book pick of the week, and this time it comes from Black Mask Studios.

Each week the good folks at Columbus, Ohio’s top comic book shop give our readers at The Nerdcore Movement something to check out.

This week their pick is Ballistic from Black Mask Studios. Check out the description of the book from the makers:

Perhaps you recall a certain futuristic, sci-fi, completely insane series back in the 90′s called Transmetropolitan? The series was written superbly by Warren Ellis and inked in a brilliant, hyper detailed style by an artist named Darick Robertson. The intensity and balls-to-the-wall attitude of that story has not been matched yet in comics, in my opinion, but a new series with artwork by Robertson and writer Adam Egypt Mortimer appears to be taking a stab at something close to it.

Ballistic is the tale of a failed bank robber in a post apocalyptic world where all technology is alive and has an attitude. Butch is an air conditioning repairman with big dreams of the criminal kind and he’s working to get there with the help of his genetically modified and foul-mouthed gun. They call Repo City State, a reclaimed trash island, home and the place provides plenty of opportunity for Butch and Gun to raise hell.

Matt Pizzolo of Black Mask Studios says “Mortimer’s mix of speculative science, pulpy noire, and drug-addled adventure cooks up a strange brew of Lethal Weapon by way of Cronenberg meets Dr. Who if written by Odd Future.” This promises to be an impressive and wild series with tons of talent behind it. I’m very excited to have the chance to review issue #1 on July 10 and I highly recommend you all check this one out.

And here is the Laughing Ogre review — Blastastic

So there you have it folks, head to your local store or if you’re in Columbus head on over to Laughing Ogre and check out this series.