Are you looking for
something a little bit different than the normal super hero fanfare from Marvel
and DC. Do you want a graphic novel that
you can interact with an iPhone or iPad.
Well if you are then Anomaly is just the graphic novel you have been waiting
for.
The story takes place in
the year 2717 in what is heralded as The Third Golden Age of Man. Disgraced elite Enforcer Corps member Jon is
looking for a chance to redeem himself and to get out of doing work that they wouldn’t
risk a robot to do. Well he gets his
chance in an exhibition to an unknown planet that is dubbed Anomaly. The problem with Anomaly is that there is a
virus that eats metal and makes electronics worthless. But that isn’t all. Anomaly has an evil force ruling and none of
the tribes on the planet are strong enough to defeat the forces of the evil
Erebos. It’s a tall task and Jon needs
to unite the tribes and lead a force that will free Anomaly from Erebos forces. A task that will be very costly to those
involved.
Anomaly is the brain child
of Skip Brittenham and Brian Haberlin. They
formed Anomaly Productions and this beautiful graphic novel is their first
release. Like I said it is a beautiful
book. The art is so stunning and
breathtaking. I was really amazed at how
awesome the art was in this book. The
art is very detailed and really large scale.
The size of the book really brings out the best in the art. Since it is the size of a coffee table book
it helps bring out the detail and imagery that the artist is trying to convey. This really helps in telling the story as
there is so much imagery to take in and lots of details to pay attention to. When I opened up Anomaly I was blown away by
the art. It was really awesome and
extremely eye catching. I’m sure when
you open this graphic novel up you will be blown away by the art as I was.
The story was rock
solid. For 320 pages of story and art it
was really interesting and fun to read.
I really enjoyed the whole scope of the story. It was an epic sci-fi/ fantasy feel to
it. If you enjoyed Star Wars and Lord of
the Rings then you will enjoy Anomaly. It
had that epic feel of a Lord of the Rings type of adventure. Especially the final battle scenes which
really made me feel like I was watching The Return of the King. It was the
whole good versus evil and trying to get all the tribes to unite against a
common foe was told in a great way. I
really enjoyed this story and was happy to see that it left things open for another
story and a continuation of what happened at the beginning of the story.
What is also cool about
this graphic novel is that you can interact with it from the Anomaly app. You can use the app to get 3d images of some
of the characters and the ships and stuff like that. Plus you can also have the
book read to you by a cast playing the characters like Nana Visitor from Deep
Space Nine, Hudson Leick from Xena to name a few. This is really cool and never done before and
it really adds to the overall enjoyment of reading Anomaly. A pretty cool concept which I believe will be
taking off with other books in the future.
So if you are looking for
something different with a Tolkien feel to it with a Star Wars edge then I
recommend Anomaly. Even without the
interaction app this book has gorgeous art and well-rounded story that is
purely enjoyable to read.
For more on Anomaly visit the official website.
Check out the app with this trailer for Anomaly
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