Comic Review: Money Shot #1

Money Shot #1

Vault Comics

Writers: Tim Seeley & Sarah Beattie

Art: Rebekah Isaacs & Kurt Michael Russell

Imagine that humans are able to make the first contact with an alien species. Imagine also that we’re invited to be part of an advanced and civilized universe. Except the aliens noticed all the war and greed going on down here so they went away. We were left alone. And space travel is not appealing anymore, hence making it very expensive.

This is the context given to the reader on the very first page of Money Shot #1. In that context, we meet the scientist Christine Ocampos, inventor of a teleportation device that allows for interplanetary travel. The only problem is Ocampos got the funding to her research canceled and has to found another way to keep it alive. She opts for a rather eccentric alternative and decides to explore new sexual fetishes among her scientist colleagues and other alien individuals.

Tim Seeley is easily one of my favorite writers nowadays. Not only he has a consistent style and sense of humor throughout his work but he’s got amazing skills with storytelling as well. This comic gets all that plus the experience and strong sexual commentary of comedy writer Sarah Beattie who co-writes what should be a hilarious sci-fi comic book.

This first chapter presents us with the general overview of the comic’s universe and its rules. We get a decent character introduction with snarky comments from each of them. Other than that the title also presents a precise comedic structure that should provide lots of laughs along the line.

The artwork doesn’t fall behind in quality. The drawings are by Rebekah Isaacs who has a notable style without affecting her character designs which are vast and varied. Body types of every kind, especially regarding the alien race we first get to see. Isaacs’ details are equally impressive, down to wrinkles in rubber gloves and tiny dark pores on a shaved head.
Kurt Michael Russell handles the coloring and it is gorgeous! Every environment is set incredibly accurately increasing the immersion factor of this title drastically. This surprised me because of how cartoonish Isaacs’ style is and yet the art team managed to combine forces perfectly.

A talented team of writers, a talented team of artists and an extremely original plot and set of characters. Money Shot is a promising new release by Vault Comics and if you’re into comedy and science fiction, I cannot recommend this comic enough.

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