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COMIC REVIEW - Fathom (free issues on iBooks)
1998 and is still going strong a dozen years later with three subsequent volumes and a number of popular mini-series!. Dawn of War – Blue prisoners are taken to a secret military base in the mountains, where they are tortured & interrogated by a cold, brutal commander; meanwhile their underwater brethren mount a daring rescue mission Dawn of War Beginnings – all out guerilla war between the Blue and humans Fathom Vol. 2 – This time it is humans held prisoner at the bottom of the sea by the Blue, as the military on the surface plans a full-on assault I cannot stress enough how much I love the artwork of Fathom – it’s beautiful. Turner certainly had some complex visions of his underwater world, and they are articulated beautifully in the pages of Fathom. The storylines and story arc are great, and complicated nature of the Blue society and its rich mix of ethnic segregations are well defined – why would we suppose that any race of beings under the sea would be any less diverse than ourselves? I was moved to research Turner, and his passing in 2008 is certainly something to be mourned… there’s great talent in these pages… I strongly suggest you investigate them…
The Review:
Available on the Apple iTunes store now, the Fathom series of comics by the late, great Michael Turner, the comic genius who helped give us WitchBlade, and who died so tragically from cancer aged only thirty-six. Fathom’s premise is that an underwater Atlantis style civilization exists beneath the waves, undiscovered by humans until such time as our technology allows us to go deeper. As with all meetings between civilizations, we descend into a secret war. The stories centre around the young girl Aspen – her origins as a foster child found alone at sea and her affinity with the ocean: is she human – or something more? Various first issues are all available free on iBooks: Fathom – We first meet adult Aspen, as she graduates from marine college and gets her dream job aboard an undersea expedition, just as the underwater dwellers (the Blue) attack a sea-bed research base. Fathom Beginnings - we see the origin of Aspen, found alone at sea by the ship captain who later adopts her
Writer: Various Artist: Various Publisher: Aspen Comics
The Blurb:
Created By Michael Turner Aspen Matthews grew up tied to the water. It is in her blood. Adopted by Captain Matthews on the Paradise ocean liner, she flirted with Olympic Gold as a swimmer before becoming an experienced diver with several degrees in Marine Biology. With one fateful experience below the water’s surface, she became the only true link between the world above and the world below. However, the link was broken, and war between the Humans and the underwater race of the Blue threatens all of humanity—with only Aspen Matthews powerful enough to stop it! Michael Turner’s Fathom debuted as the best-selling comic book of
Ronald Singh
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