By: Alan Moore, Zander Cannon Publisher: Wildstorm Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Label: Wildstorm Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 128 Publication Date: October 01, 2004 Release Date: October 01, 2004
Another Great Read! If you haven't read any Alan Moore, start! This book is a follow up to Top Ten Book 2. I won't include spoilers, and you don't need to have read Top Ten to appreciate this novel. Watch the panels closely - there are so many nods to pop culture that it would be hard to start a list! It's funny and sad and worth every penny.
For me, this is Lord of The Rings parody Or maybe I should say Conan parody? Or Narnia parody? Or cry of despair because million writers are publishing their epic fantasy novels as seven tome 600 pages books and there is no stop?
This one let me down because I expected a story to be no nonsense just like Smax is non nonsense character, but if I had approached it more open minded I would have liked it better I guess...
Graphic SF Reader A knight off to kill the Dragon, and sleep with his sister, or a knight off to sleep with his sister and kill the Dragon. The knight, however, is Officer Jeff Smax of the Neopolis police force. There are some secrets about his family and his past he does not want his co-workers to know about, and of course, his partner is pissed.
it's not Top Ten i picked up Smax as a continuation of Top Ten. it does pick up from the end of volume two. one of the great pleasures of Top Ten was all the visual humor in the backgrounds. perhaps it's that the fantasy setting of Smax's home is less rich, but the sight gags are flat and repetitive. i miss Gene Ha's touch here, and i don't feel the same desire to reread and take in all of the details. the book pokes fun at high fantasy and is much more of a comedy than an adventure story. because it was a short run, the pace feels rushed. i was glad to know what happened next to Smax and Toybox, but i was disappointed in the development of the characters and failed to get emotionally involved. recommended if you are a completist.
great moore work... jeff (jaafs) smax was first introduced in top 10, which this is an offshoot of. i didn't really care too much for top 10, maybe i just don't like the setting. but smax is great. it's funny and the story is very good. i'd recommend this to all comics and alan moore fans.
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