Atomic Avenue has some nice things to say about One Last Song #1
The future One Last Song paints is bleak, though perhaps not completely unrealistic given the current political climate of the United States, and the interesting artistic choices by creators CJ Hurtt and Shawn Richter, especially in the way of panel layout and scene juxtaposition (they like to cross-cut a lot), really sell the paranoia and general unease that make this book compelling.
The struggle for freedom continues in One Last Song issue two! The tension rises as the DHS steps up their efforts to bring Amanda and Brian down. The battle for the future will be fought between the lines!You can also grab One Last Song #1 over at Wowio as well in case you missed it.
Publishing comic books for me is both business and pleasure. The business side is tough, getting books into people's hands can be quite an undertaking. The pleasure side is seeing those books in people's hands and having them (GASP!) enjoy them. I had a personal note to myself for quite some time after hearing about Wowio starting. The note just said "Contact Wowio", and it took me WAY too long to get to them. But I'm glad I did. For those of you who don't know, Wowio offers books and comics on their website for free. Yes I know it sounds like magic, but it's that simple. You download, myself and the creators we represent get paid. Which is a wonderful thing. No this isn't Brain Scan's attempt to thumb our noses at the hard working retailers out there who tirelessly sell our books and the books of our competitors. We just see it as opening the field to folks who might not ever have thought to pick up a comic or walk into a comic shop. And we feel really good about that. Listing of all our books on Wowio Civil Wardrobe on Wowio Touch of Death #1 on Wowio Touch of Death #2 on Wowio Touch of Death #3 on Wowio Fiendish Fables on Wowio One Last Song #1 on Wowio
Yes it's been a long time coming, One Last Song #1 is finally in stores! Drop what your doing and pick it up at your local comic shop!
The concept of One Last Song is fascinating, and I can see the potential for this book. The first issue deals with an American government who controls the mass media. Only by going underground do some media attempt to get the truth out there. Amanda Casey is one of the so called "rebels." She is a musician who tries to get a message across to her audience, a hidden message about the government wrapped in a love song.Check out the full review.
Edwyn Collins snuck the line "Too Many Protest Singers/Not Enough Protest Songs" into his biggest hit. He always was the clever one. So if there's going to be One Last Song, make it a protest one. Raw, uncut and furious, this won't get played on the radio.Kieron Gillen, author of "Phonogram"
I got the opportunity to check out this book early, and as I’m always up for a good indy read, I jumped at that chance. This is one of those myriad of self published or small publisher books that gets overlooked in Previews, and really shouldn’t. CJ and Shawn have put together a compelling tale of a not-to-distant future. The Department of Homeland Security is now actively patrolling our streets, and in a caricature of our current state of affairs, Free Speech has gone the way of the dodo as the DHS can arrest, detain, and even execute at their sole discretion.Read the whole review over at Newsarama (scroll down for the review)
Yes I know, One Last Song #1 is not even out yet. But the fine folks over at The Forbidden Planet got a sneak peak at OLS and had a whole lot of kind things to say about it.
After a few fallow years following 9-11 and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan there was, especially in the US, a real reluctance to be seen criticising government policy for fear of being seen to be unpatriotic; One Last Song pushes this sort of behaviour and the attendant harsh new laws and restrictions on freedoms which came with them to an extreme, joining recent comics such as Brian Wood’s excellent DMZ or Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman’s Shooting War in a growing field of comics which aren’t afraid to comment about current events. This first issue certainly got me hooked and I want to see where this is going to go; given the set-up I don’t think readers can assume there will be a happy ending and that is part of the appeal, not knowing.Check out the whole review.
Brian Kirsten is an entrepreneur, software engineer, writer and publisher. He currently owns Brain Scan Studios, a digital media company focused on publishing comic books and graphic novels. He’s recently launched FictFact with his wife, Christine Kirsten.
