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Monkeybrain Thinks Comics Can Be For Kids Again
David Nieves writes for Bleeding Cool:
Comics for children should be able to be shared with children, a simple notion right? That isn't always the case in our dark and broody landscape of modern comics. With some great exceptions like Reed Gunther and the Aw Yeah team, there just aren't enough funny books to sit and read with your kids. Middle aged comic book collectors with families now, take heart, because independent publishers have your back. Recently, a new book created by popular comic book news shovelers Joey Esposito and Ben Bailey aims to put the wonder and innocence back into the medium.
Published by the independent spirits over at Monkeybrain Comics, Captain Ultimate is a story about childlike faith. In a world full of dark role model heroes, a young boy named Milo finds himself isolated in his affirmation that real heroes should be something more than dark, and encompass the best parts of all of us. The object of his whimsical hero worship is the world's greatest forgotten hero the Superman like, Captain Ultimate. A man who's saved the world countless times but suddenly found himself a relic amongst a field of corruptible would be heroes. Not being able to tolerate people's new found love affair with inadequate role models, Captain Ultimate disappeared never to be seen again.
But when the world faces the cusp of its darkest hour; the world may find that it should have never let the Captain go. Now Milo's has to be enough for Captain Ultimate to come back to us or the world may be destroyed.
The combination of heartfelt story alongside Dutch artist Boykoesh breathing Pixar style life into the characters has already landed Captain Ultimate in the Comixology top 100. Monkeybrain's latest ongoing series proves the audience for stories of all ages is out there; we've just been waiting for great book to capture our imaginations.
If you're looking for a story to read and then read to your child as you tuck them in to bed tonight, head over to Comixology and check out Captain Ultimate.