Rasl #1

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Comic Summary: by Jeff Smith Jeff Smith, the visionary writer and artist behind the epic fantasy Bone and Shazam: Monster Society of Evil, unveils his newest series, the stark sci-fi series, Rasl! Meet Rasl, an art thief searching for his next big score - and trying to escape his past! Where other thieves plan their heists with breathtaking precision, Rasl has an ace up his sleeve - he can travel through the light between dimensions, affording him access to museums that no ordinary thief could access! In this issue Rasl faces an assassin's bullet and stumbles across a mystery that not only threatens to expose his own illicit activities, but could also uncover one of the world's most dangerous and sought after secrets. Smith's first major independent work since the critically acclaimed and award-winning Bone will be 32 pages long.

Codes: 809752100118 DEC073519 MAY083724 DEC073520

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Jeff Smith
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Jeff Smith
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Jeff Smith
Release Date:
February 27, 2008
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by Matt at 05:17 PM March 25, 2008    (all reviews by Matt)

For me, the best aspect of RASL #1 is the tactile, visceral way in which Jeff Smith depicts his lead character’s sci-fi adventures. This process of hopping between alternate dimensions–it hurts like hell. It takes a toll. RASL straps on these outlandish rocket-like tubes, along with a mask that makes his face look like a manhole cover, and he slams his way through these unseen metagalactic barriers; on the page, it feels like using a hammer to execute quantum physics, and it’s enormously powerful. I’m very excited to see where this story goes but even moreso, I’m excited to explore RASL’s life and world, and to see this dynamic of excruciating fantastical science fiction taken to whatever its logical extreme might be.

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