I’m on vacation.  And, my editor totally decided I needed to write a review anyway.  So, here I am jet-skiing, drinking beer, shooting off fireworks (‘Merica!), and otherwise red-necking it up in my hometown, and I was forced to not only read a comic, but to review it.  And, I have like 300 comics to catch up on (and planned to read during my vacation), and now I’m suffering through writing a review.  For you.  I hope you’re happy.

So anyway, Raymond Fields (writer), Marc Olivent (art/letters), and Rachel Ward (colors) should be afraid, because I have a beer buzz and a white trash attitude (Staying with my parents.).  This review is gonna DRAW BLOOD.

But, first, I had a thought.  So, I read this comic, Earth Alliance, as referenced by the title and my introduction above. (Please re-read at your leisure.)  The comic is all “thoughty.”  Meaning it wasn’t all about bashing and lasers and bombs and shizzle, which I usually think of as wonderful distractions.  Instead, it opens to a complex political situation wherein aliens and Earth (NOT united) are facing off regarding the ownership of power/energy-rich planets.


So, what happens when Putin, Obama, and all of the other world leaders are facing a global threat?  Do they cooperate or implode? 

Can Earth stand against a united alien?

What does a completely alien people use to blow us up?

Do they have a different way of strategizing? Is that an advantage?

Yeah . . . it’s like that.  This comic isn’t about blowing shizzle up and meeting hot leaders wearing tight spandex.  Instead, it’s about thinking and role-playing what it would actually be like when faced with the potentially impossible decision of entering a galactic war (with two-faced bad guys on both sides).  This sucks if you’re on vacation.  Which I am.

But, I’m also addicted.  This is a hell of a great story, with cool art, and an IMMERSIVE world, where you can truly imagine the beauty and ugliness of man when faced with a horrible dilemma.  So, when you’re done with the Fraggles and Popeye and want a real comic . . . read this one.  It’s solid.



Good talk.