Collection
Series
Publication
Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, [2015].
Description
"When an exploratory mission goes horribly wrong, scientist Keith Kanga crash lands on Kaptara, a strange planet filled with muscle-bound warriors and cat tanks! With the help of a crew that includes a feline hunter, a nude wizard, and a wisdom-spouting orb, Keith must find the rest of his crew and a way back to Earth ... before it's too late!"--Back cover.
Language
Original language
English
User reviews
LibraryThing member kmajort
OKaaay. "Different"? Yet not - it's classic space-travel-crash. But fabulous characters with twisted reasons for what they do...
"the shithole wizard, Melvon. And a cat-woman and a silver ball, a man with fantastic hair, a skinny dude, and a soldier guy with a nice beard and a duck helmet." - a
"the shithole wizard, Melvon. And a cat-woman and a silver ball, a man with fantastic hair, a skinny dude, and a soldier guy with a nice beard and a duck helmet." - a
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LibraryThing member roses7184
Do you enjoy Science Fiction? Do you feed off of the completely absurd? Well, I have good news for you. Zaptara is a comic series that you're going to love. I should have known that if Chip Zdarsky was involved, this was going to be a surreal read. Experiencing this is one big WTF moment, with
Volume 1 kicks things off by introducing us a ragtag group of space explorers. My favorite thing about this opening was how different the characters all were, and how obviously it was laid out. You've got the brilliant and sarcastic Keith Kanga, who ends up being our main character, surrounded by a whole cadre of personalities that conflict with his. Zdarsky set up Keith as a man who, while definitely intelligent, doesn't exactly have the best survival skills. He picks fights, and tends to charge into situations. Which, of course, comes back to haunt him when his ship crash lands on a mysterious planet. A planet that, as you'd expect, wants to murder him.
Poor Keith, good thing he has someone to protect him. Or does he?
What follows is one of the most absurd and rollicking stories I've read in a long time. It's a ton of fun to read! The planet Kaptara is full of ridiculous characters and equally random encounters. While it took me a few panels to settle in to the illustrations, Kagan McLeod's art soon became the focal point of this whole experience. He brought Kaptara to life. This zany world, brimming with all manner of violent possibilities for death, was generated in vivid color. It was perfection.
Be warned that this comic is highly irreverent about nearly everything. There is vulgar language, there are violent deaths, and occasionally there are very thinly veiled sexual jokes. This is Science Fiction in the loosest of terms, since I've yet to see any actual science involved. The fiction portion, however, abounds!
As it stands, I'm hooked! This will be a series that I'll be eager to keep following.
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ample amounts of random laughter interspersed. The highest compliment I can offer up is that this reminded me a lot of Venture Bros. and I love that show to the ends of the Earth. I think this comic and I are going to get along just fine.Volume 1 kicks things off by introducing us a ragtag group of space explorers. My favorite thing about this opening was how different the characters all were, and how obviously it was laid out. You've got the brilliant and sarcastic Keith Kanga, who ends up being our main character, surrounded by a whole cadre of personalities that conflict with his. Zdarsky set up Keith as a man who, while definitely intelligent, doesn't exactly have the best survival skills. He picks fights, and tends to charge into situations. Which, of course, comes back to haunt him when his ship crash lands on a mysterious planet. A planet that, as you'd expect, wants to murder him.
Poor Keith, good thing he has someone to protect him. Or does he?
What follows is one of the most absurd and rollicking stories I've read in a long time. It's a ton of fun to read! The planet Kaptara is full of ridiculous characters and equally random encounters. While it took me a few panels to settle in to the illustrations, Kagan McLeod's art soon became the focal point of this whole experience. He brought Kaptara to life. This zany world, brimming with all manner of violent possibilities for death, was generated in vivid color. It was perfection.
Be warned that this comic is highly irreverent about nearly everything. There is vulgar language, there are violent deaths, and occasionally there are very thinly veiled sexual jokes. This is Science Fiction in the loosest of terms, since I've yet to see any actual science involved. The fiction portion, however, abounds!
As it stands, I'm hooked! This will be a series that I'll be eager to keep following.
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LibraryThing member TheDivineOomba
I like the concept of this book - but between the art and the superficial characters, I found this book to be rather annoying. I'm glad I read it, and it has merit - but its just not a style I enjoy.
LibraryThing member Briars_Reviews
Kaptara, Volume 1 is one strange science fiction comic.
I picked this up at a book sale, where if you bought so many you would get a whole bunch free. This ended up being one of the extra books I grabbed to take part in the deal (because I'm a crazy book shopper). I didn't really know what I was
Turns out, this book is just NOT for me. My mind felt like it had melted and left me feeling utterly confused. This sort of science fiction is not my cup of tea at all. I can totally appreciate that other people enjoy this, but I'll just sit this series out and let everyone else have their fun.
This felt very 80s/90s alien sci-fi with goofy jokes that just didn't hit with me. There's a group of aliens and people that band together to try to... do something? I Could barely tell you the plot. I can tell you there is a naked wizard who uses his beard as clothing though. That was disturbing.
Overall, not for me. I won't be continuing with this series.
One out of five stars.
I picked this up at a book sale, where if you bought so many you would get a whole bunch free. This ended up being one of the extra books I grabbed to take part in the deal (because I'm a crazy book shopper). I didn't really know what I was
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getting myself into, but I like graphic novels and comics so I figured, why not?Turns out, this book is just NOT for me. My mind felt like it had melted and left me feeling utterly confused. This sort of science fiction is not my cup of tea at all. I can totally appreciate that other people enjoy this, but I'll just sit this series out and let everyone else have their fun.
This felt very 80s/90s alien sci-fi with goofy jokes that just didn't hit with me. There's a group of aliens and people that band together to try to... do something? I Could barely tell you the plot. I can tell you there is a naked wizard who uses his beard as clothing though. That was disturbing.
Overall, not for me. I won't be continuing with this series.
One out of five stars.
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