Small Press Spotlight: The Clockwork Cavalier, Mahoneys #3, Findlay MacBeth
With everyone self isolating, what better time than to catch up on some excellent small press comics! This month we check out three great British titles, Steve Tanner’s Clockwork Cavalier, Rich Carrington’s Mahoneys and Kev F Sutherland’s Findlay MacBeth.
The Clockwork Cavalier Special (Time Bomb Comics)
Bursting forth from he pages of Time Bomb Comics’ excellent Flintlock comes this tale of London’s finest bow street runner. When an airship begins to rain fire down on London Town and attempt to extort money and land out of the crown the cavalier sneaks aboard the airships and takes on the fearsome Captain Blood, along with the help of he new belle Tilly Quickstep. It’s a glorious slice of steampunk inspired daring-do, mixed with some pirating and pulp adventuring to make a really fun story. The cavalier is a really eye catching character, who feels genuinely unique and original. However the concept is one of those ones where you have to suspend your internal logic as if you think too hard about how a heavy machine can do all these things he does it would make your brain spin. However if you suspend that sense of fun ruining logic, then en you are left with a glorious romp of a read. It has all the classic elements of the best pulp serials, with blackmail intrigue and adventure. The artwork from Francesco Archidiacono, while not quite as polished as Gareth Sleightholme’s work in the original Flintlock stories, still has a dynamism and a sense of style to it. Especially in the scenes on the airship. The addition of colour doesn’t diminish the story at all and makes it even more exciting as a result. For those new to the series it reminded us of the excellent Lady Mechanicka, and if you are a fan of that then you love this – and vice versa. A fantastic spin off from one of small press’s most unique series, that more than justifies getting this extended run. We hope this might be the start of other Flintlock stories getting a full issue, and if you want to know why, then be sure to check out Flintlock book 4 to see what this great series is all about!
Purchase the Clockwork Cavalier for £7.99 from the Time Bomb Comics Store
Mahoney’s #3 (Hardline Comics)
Rich Carrington’s excellent post-modern super villains series Mahoney’s is back with another very strong issue. After issue #2’s award ceremony themed issue, this time it’s a much more personal story for villain Snowstorm – but one that is set against the backdrop of an alien invasion. When Kat finds Snowstorm sleeping off a heavy night after a bank job, the team at Mahoney’s decide to hold an intervention to curb Snowstorm’s drinking. Carrington manages to balance this story of friendship and support against the usual heroic action going on in the background. Mahoney’s greatest strength is that it is able to feel like a sit com combined with a classic Bronze Age comic and manages to balance both perfectly. It evokes memories of Peter helping Harry with his drug use in 70s Spider-Man, or a Claremont/Byrne X-Men with the way it mixes social relevance and action. It does it without slowing down the action, virtue signalling or trying to be too ‘woke’. As such the story stills feel engaging and fun, as well as relevant, but also fun. It’s a reflection of what a great concept Mahoney’s is that this works so well. Carrington’s scripts balances both sides of the story, while the visuals from Brian S Dawson continue to give it a 90s style high energy aesthetic. His approach to the heroes and villains is getting stronger and stronger with every issue and his style increasingly has that Joe Madureira/Chris Bacahlo energy that we loved back in the day, as well is in the work of the team at Reckless Hero. It also has the characterisation and originality of Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon or Michael Oeming in Powers, which both have a lot of personal significance and so are some very high bars to aim for. With an awesome twist that means this story is set to continue, and which fits perfectly with the self aware tone of the series, Mahoney’s continues to get stronger and stronger with each issue and is blossoming into one of small press’ most enjoyable superhero series – which is not easy considering the saturated nature of indie superheroes. Mahoney’s tells the kind of old school superhero and villain stories which the mainstream just don’t seem to be able to do, and as such this is a must read for any jaded capes fans out there looking for something different, but familiar at the same time!
Purchase Mahoney’s #3 from www.hardlinecomics.com
Findlay MacBeth (Kev F Sutherland)
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