"Dirty Deeds" is a 16-page comic book vignette in the recently released Rippazine #3, a variety magazine from Rippaverse Comics. Dirty Deeds was written by Carrow Brown, illustrated by Evan Scale, colored by Marco Lekso, lettered by Invisible Art Studio, and edited by Andrew Rodriguez.
I ordered Rippazine #3 from a collection campaign on the Rippaverse.com, and it arrived in a sturdy mailer, in immaculate condition, with delivery by Fed Ex. The version I ordered was $8.00. It includes Dirty Deeds as the anchor story, along with excerpts of Rippaverse graphic novels including Bloodruth #1, Yaiara #2, The Great War of Separation #1, and Isom #3. The collection campaign sold a total of 4,123 copies of the book.
Dirty Deeds
"Scrap" is a reoccurring expletive used by the Dirty Deeds crew.
The Dirty Deeds story packs in a lot of action into 16-pages, and the exposition is minimal - leaning heavily on "show don't tell". It is a classic sci-fi adventures, and the from what is shown falls somewhere in between Guardians of the Galaxy and Firefly. The Dirty Deeds crew appears to be some amalgamation of a mercenary and smuggler group. As the story opens half of the crew is making a getaway from the a settlement with either a pilfered or illegal cargo - when the settlement is attacked by a group of insectile aliens named the "Lumiax." At least two of the crew "Arad" and "Sullia" appear to be former soldiers of some sort. The narrator and mission coordinator and enigmatic and striking indigo-skinned alien informs readers, that the ground crew will fight to protect the settlement against the Lumiax- who will either kill the settlers or "use them for forced embryo insertion." There is some honor amongst these thieves. While the ground fighting is underway the ships mechanic "Spingy" a multi-armed alien with a hint of an arachnid aspect is struggling to get the ship in shape to fight against the Lumiax. The action scenes here are pleasantly evocative of the Firefly series.
We will truncate the review here to avoid spoiling a relatively short story. Narration and pacing was fast, and Carrow's dialogue is snappy and well differentiated. Though we get just a brief glimpse of each character, their personalities emerge quickly. Evan Scale's linework with Marco Lesko's colors worked very well together. I'd rate Dirty Deeds 8.5 out of 10, and would definitely purchase a full length graphic novel. I want to know more about the characters, and what happens next. Rippazine #3 can be ordered from the Rippaverse at https://rippaverse.com/comics/rippazine-3/.
Carrow Brown is a writer across several genres and you can see more of her work at https://carrowbrown.com/
Learn more about the artist Evan Scale at - https://evanscaleart.com/
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