Smax

by Alan Moore

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Title	Smax
Author Moore, Alan	Alan Moore
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Tags	fantasy, gift from Michael, graphic novel, humour, reviewed, fiction
Your review	Smax, the sneering, antisocial big blue "tank" from Top 10, gets his own book, which falls between volumes 1 and 2 of that series. This is Moore at the comedic end of his mile-long range; you'd never know it was the writer of From Hell and Lost Girls. I'm very fond of Smax, both the character and the book. Moore creates another world, with fairy slums and mystical portents, affirmative action quotas for adventuring parties, and a Death named Dennis. It's whimsical, but Moore gives it a bite. The only thing that doesn't ring quite true are the three or four panels that are a parody of the Harry Potter series. I'm a fan, and even I have to admit there are many good jokes to be made at Harry's expense - but I would have expected Moore to find better ones than these. Still, it's so short it doesn't affect my enjoyment of the rest of the book. Smax' sad story is revealed, and he sets out on a quest to redeem himself. Toy Box, the pretty-in-punk protagonist of the first Top 10 collection accompanies him as "wizard". After some truly gorgeous art and a slam-bang of a climax, we arrive at a deliciously unconventional resolution for our big blue boy. Cannon and Currie produce art that's a little more cartoonish and bright than Top 10's brushed-metal exterior. The panels are wallpapered with pop culture and literary allusions; read it with a friend and try to spot half of them.
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Publication	La Jolla, CA: America's Best Comics, c2004.
Publication date	2004
ISBN	1401203256 / 9781401203252
LC classification	PN6737.M66S63 2004
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Subjects	Graphic novels
Primary language eng	English
Secondary language	(blank)
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Summary 0	Smax / Alan Moore, writer ; Zander Cannon, artist ; Andrew Currie, Richard Friend, inkers ; Ben Dimagmaliw, Wildstorm FX, coloring ; Todd Klein, lettering, logo and design (2004)
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BCID	XXX-
Number of copies	1
Citation	MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, Wikipedia citation

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