Top Cow’s new science-fiction series is some serious fun! Turning the pages you can feel shades of Star Wars and Farscape in this new imaginary landscape. But beyond that, artist Kenneth Rockafort brings his own flavor. A distinct master craftsman, Rockafort’s style evokes Conan artist Cary Nord, a sense of video games aesthetics seen in games like Metroid and most surprisingly of all; a ghost of European graphic artists like Phillipe Drulet whose works helped pave the way for Heavy Metal magazine. Any fan of Lone Sloane couldn’t help but acknowledge the similarity in style to the Core’s characters and abstract design with a knowing smile.
The first issue starts a story of a Chamberlain’s son who passes an initiation into a special team of black ops military. He begins to learn the interstellar politics of the alien federation with which Earth has allied itself, while on a covert mission to rescue a trade dignitary from negotiations gone awry. Teamed with a motley crew of different species he hopes he can survive long enough to prove his usefulness. While seemingly simple in terms of plot, the story is riddled with facts and details from this world that help to flesh it out. Writer Jonathan Hickman (Nightly news, Pax Romana) is the newest name in cutting edge comics, cutting a path through other bland titles and is quickly earning a name for himself alongside people like Warren Ellis for unique visions, varied material and sheer volume of output.
I hope the Core continues as strongly as it has started because it’s still early in the game and if Hickman and Rockafort can maintain it, this book promises to be out of this world.
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