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Money Shot
Money Shot, Vol. 1
In the near future, space travel is ludicrously expensive and largely ignored. Enter Christine Ocampos, inventor of the Star Shot teleportation device with a big idea: She'll travel to new worlds, engage--intimately--with local aliens, and film her exploits for a jaded earth populace trying to find something new on the internet. Now, Chris and her merry band of scientist-cum-pornstars explore the universe, each other, and the complexities of sex in MONEY SHOT!
A story about scientists having sex with aliens for the glory of mankind--and money.
Collects Issues #1 to #5
A story about scientists having sex with aliens for the glory of mankind--and money.
Collects Issues #1 to #5
124 pages, ebook
First published April 7, 2020
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Tim Seeley
1,646 books609 followersTim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.
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April 14, 2024
Space travel had become prohibitively expensive, so scientist Christine Ocampo comes up with the Money Shot project, where alongside four other scientists they pay for their space travel and experiments by live streaming their sexual relations with alien races. I. Kid. You. Not.
I picked this up hoping for some graphic novel insight into the porn industry, making a presumption around its title; sadly as ever yet another 'mature sexual content' graphic novel that mixes sex, humour and story and this fails on all three counts. Any plusses, some of the human cast interrelations are very good and often funny, and the human art is OK, the aliens not so much. I would recommend reading Tim Seeley's other works... but saying that, I am intrigued/ attached enough to want to read the second volume, as I will admit that this volume was still a fun read! So far a 5 out of 12, Two Star jam.
It took me nearly a year to read, because after reading the awful first issue, it took me 10 months to recover before reading issue two!
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I picked this up hoping for some graphic novel insight into the porn industry, making a presumption around its title; sadly as ever yet another 'mature sexual content' graphic novel that mixes sex, humour and story and this fails on all three counts. Any plusses, some of the human cast interrelations are very good and often funny, and the human art is OK, the aliens not so much. I would recommend reading Tim Seeley's other works... but saying that, I am intrigued/ attached enough to want to read the second volume, as I will admit that this volume was still a fun read! So far a 5 out of 12, Two Star jam.
It took me nearly a year to read, because after reading the awful first issue, it took me 10 months to recover before reading issue two!
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November 2, 2025
By the way: Have you ever, while being penetrated by one of several, (eight to be precise), prehensile, suction bedecked, noodly appendages for manual stimulation, (amongst other survival tasks whomst (?) criteria of fulfillment requires the clearance of bars which are categorically dextrous in nature (eg. tentacles)), found yourself wondering where it all went wrong? You, of the house Carcharhiniformes - who can piss through your skin - and, with your translucent third eyelid, (that can be drawn across the eye from the medial canthus to protect and moisten it while maintaining vision in the murky conditions of which you are, undeniably, the apex predator), rove these blessed sandbars like a giga-chad, now upside down and powerless. Rendered cartoonish in your tonic immobility and told to shove your fancy nictitating membrane deep into your colaca by a crafty cuttlefish who utilized its numerous biological pixels (i.e. chromatophores) to appear as an unassuming rock until it was time give you a bit of the dicky belly with sudden cephalopod-jitsu. Now prodding your toothless orifice and leaving your mineralized bits to fossilize between the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary periods? Was that in the form of a question? I can never tell these days.
I knew I was going to love this based on the synopsis: “A story about scientists having sex with aliens for the glory of mankind - and money.” Sure enough, this tantric space romp stuck a Xen crystal right into my Anti Mass Spectrometer from the first page and didn’t remove it until a resonance cascade was well underway. Now, anyone who is familiar with sample GG-3883 knows it’s no use pulling out once you’ve got the quantum foam sufficiently hot and bothered. I clamped my hand over the mouth of those virtual particles and rode the violent paroxysms of spacetime like a Hitachi Magic Wand, until, at long last, the storm ebbed with a mighty discharge of quark-gluon plasma. Fingers crossed that no rifts appear to disgorge hostile alien life forms this time. Only slight numbness and residual tingling so far. Also drew unwanted attention, yet again, by squealing: “ELLIPSES!” During peak intensity.
Get a load of these stage names: Tesla Coyle, Kneels Bore, Trinity Spheres, Constance Planck, Supermassive Black Hole.
I’m getting ahead of myself.
This book is about a diverse group of scientists who are using a device called the Space Shot (referred to as the Money Shot due to the prohibitive expense of using it) to explore the universe in the hopes of moving the frontiers of research in their respective fields. But the political administration of future-earth has become increasingly hostile towards science, rendering the prospect of receiving sizable grants rather grim. Our intrepid empiricists, not to be thwarted by militant pragmatism, decide to crowd fund their adventures by banging alien life forms (and each other) on camera, hopefully providing truly novel stimuli to porn aficionados who are experiencing diminishing returns with terrestrial smut. Thus creating, in what can only be imagined as a poetic nod to the ultimate act of autofellatio - electromagnetism - a self sustaining phenomena of orgy and adventure.
There’s great humor and art. Witty repartee. Interesting relationship dynamics. Tentacles. Horny radially symmetrical beings. Meditative fish men with ball sacks the size of beanbags. Orgasm induced fission reactions. And so on. The comparisons to Sex Criminals are pretty apt, and if you like that series, then I encourage you to check this one out as well. If you end up not liking it, I can personally guarantee you that I’ll be both shocked and disappointed, and where we go from there is a difficult question, since having taste that bad would preclude the possibility of civil conversation. Maybe we can take turns paddling each other’s inner thighs with wiffle ball bats until some agreement is reached.
I knew I was going to love this based on the synopsis: “A story about scientists having sex with aliens for the glory of mankind - and money.” Sure enough, this tantric space romp stuck a Xen crystal right into my Anti Mass Spectrometer from the first page and didn’t remove it until a resonance cascade was well underway. Now, anyone who is familiar with sample GG-3883 knows it’s no use pulling out once you’ve got the quantum foam sufficiently hot and bothered. I clamped my hand over the mouth of those virtual particles and rode the violent paroxysms of spacetime like a Hitachi Magic Wand, until, at long last, the storm ebbed with a mighty discharge of quark-gluon plasma. Fingers crossed that no rifts appear to disgorge hostile alien life forms this time. Only slight numbness and residual tingling so far. Also drew unwanted attention, yet again, by squealing: “ELLIPSES!” During peak intensity.
Get a load of these stage names: Tesla Coyle, Kneels Bore, Trinity Spheres, Constance Planck, Supermassive Black Hole.
I’m getting ahead of myself.
This book is about a diverse group of scientists who are using a device called the Space Shot (referred to as the Money Shot due to the prohibitive expense of using it) to explore the universe in the hopes of moving the frontiers of research in their respective fields. But the political administration of future-earth has become increasingly hostile towards science, rendering the prospect of receiving sizable grants rather grim. Our intrepid empiricists, not to be thwarted by militant pragmatism, decide to crowd fund their adventures by banging alien life forms (and each other) on camera, hopefully providing truly novel stimuli to porn aficionados who are experiencing diminishing returns with terrestrial smut. Thus creating, in what can only be imagined as a poetic nod to the ultimate act of autofellatio - electromagnetism - a self sustaining phenomena of orgy and adventure.
There’s great humor and art. Witty repartee. Interesting relationship dynamics. Tentacles. Horny radially symmetrical beings. Meditative fish men with ball sacks the size of beanbags. Orgasm induced fission reactions. And so on. The comparisons to Sex Criminals are pretty apt, and if you like that series, then I encourage you to check this one out as well. If you end up not liking it, I can personally guarantee you that I’ll be both shocked and disappointed, and where we go from there is a difficult question, since having taste that bad would preclude the possibility of civil conversation. Maybe we can take turns paddling each other’s inner thighs with wiffle ball bats until some agreement is reached.
February 24, 2021
A scientist develops a teleportation device to other planets but it's so expensive to use it's labeled the Money Shot. So she comes up with a plan to enlist some fellow scientists and film themselves having sex with aliens to pay for their trips to alien worlds. This first volume revolves around them being trapped on a Mad Max type world full of fish people.
Due to this being a funny, sex romp in comic book form this is drawing a lot of comparisons to Sex Criminals and there are some similarities. In tone, it reminds me of a cross between something like American Pie and Star Trek. I thought it was very funny. It's very sex positive, so if you are offended by nudity or polyamory, this is not the book for you.
Rebekah Isaacs art is fantastic. Her work has really grown since I last saw her drawing Buffy the Vampire Slayer for Dark Horse. The colors pop. The alien world designs look great. She really knocked the art out of the park.
Received a review copy from Vault and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
Due to this being a funny, sex romp in comic book form this is drawing a lot of comparisons to Sex Criminals and there are some similarities. In tone, it reminds me of a cross between something like American Pie and Star Trek. I thought it was very funny. It's very sex positive, so if you are offended by nudity or polyamory, this is not the book for you.
Rebekah Isaacs art is fantastic. Her work has really grown since I last saw her drawing Buffy the Vampire Slayer for Dark Horse. The colors pop. The alien world designs look great. She really knocked the art out of the park.
Received a review copy from Vault and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
November 15, 2020
Well, I knew what I was getting into when I saw the title of this comic. I've read one other work by Tim Seeley and enjoyed it so I thought I would check this out. Please note that this is sexually explicit and is definitely not meant for kids to read
Money Shot is a new comic book series that focuses on the adventure of 5 scientist as they attempt to improve the worlds in the galaxy through sex. They have a teleportation device that allows them to visit worlds, but in order to finance their trips and have the opportunity to study life on other planets they decide to have sex with aliens and record themselves doing it through a paid subscription service. Naturally, when they actually get to their first planet Dry Reef they end up discovering that they are without a much needed resource --- water. With a ruthless leader and a guru who has lost his ability to create cataclysmic power through an orgasm, the group of scientist have a lot cut out for them.
What's so interesting about this comic is that it's actually a little more tame in the sex department than I think a lot people are going to expect. While the plot does revolve somewhat around the discussion of sex, it was still engaging and suspenseful in some areas. There is some conversation about being comfortable with yourself and with sex which I actually enjoyed. The five characters have to spend time getting emotionally and physically comfortable with each other and that strength and connection is resonated and extremely important to the development of the story. Unfortunately, all of the characters weren't that great. While Chris seems to be the main focus, it was frustrating to get a lackluster characterization of the other scientists. We see the connection between them on page, but their personalities are a little on the dry side. And while we see some distinctive traits awarded to each character, it wasn't enough to save some narratives from bleeding into each other.
The artwork was great. I enjoyed the variation in colors and the designs considered for the creatures on Dry Reef. While they are their own independent species, it was interesting to see a blend between Earth-like sea creatures and aliens. This definitely is an interesting comic. For anyone that is concerned, the sex scenes are done nicely so that the reader doesn't feel like they are simply looking at porn. There is an important story that does occur within the volume as a whole. There are even romantic/relationship explorations that occur between characters. I don't won't people to make unfair assumptions about the comic as a whole. Overall, I thought it was good and I'll be picking up the next volume.
Money Shot is a new comic book series that focuses on the adventure of 5 scientist as they attempt to improve the worlds in the galaxy through sex. They have a teleportation device that allows them to visit worlds, but in order to finance their trips and have the opportunity to study life on other planets they decide to have sex with aliens and record themselves doing it through a paid subscription service. Naturally, when they actually get to their first planet Dry Reef they end up discovering that they are without a much needed resource --- water. With a ruthless leader and a guru who has lost his ability to create cataclysmic power through an orgasm, the group of scientist have a lot cut out for them.
What's so interesting about this comic is that it's actually a little more tame in the sex department than I think a lot people are going to expect. While the plot does revolve somewhat around the discussion of sex, it was still engaging and suspenseful in some areas. There is some conversation about being comfortable with yourself and with sex which I actually enjoyed. The five characters have to spend time getting emotionally and physically comfortable with each other and that strength and connection is resonated and extremely important to the development of the story. Unfortunately, all of the characters weren't that great. While Chris seems to be the main focus, it was frustrating to get a lackluster characterization of the other scientists. We see the connection between them on page, but their personalities are a little on the dry side. And while we see some distinctive traits awarded to each character, it wasn't enough to save some narratives from bleeding into each other.
The artwork was great. I enjoyed the variation in colors and the designs considered for the creatures on Dry Reef. While they are their own independent species, it was interesting to see a blend between Earth-like sea creatures and aliens. This definitely is an interesting comic. For anyone that is concerned, the sex scenes are done nicely so that the reader doesn't feel like they are simply looking at porn. There is an important story that does occur within the volume as a whole. There are even romantic/relationship explorations that occur between characters. I don't won't people to make unfair assumptions about the comic as a whole. Overall, I thought it was good and I'll be picking up the next volume.
February 18, 2021
Money Shot is about a group of scientists exploring the galaxy while trying to figure out how to make earth better. To fund this space trip they are streaming their self made pornography. While this is clearly over the top, it’s also extremely enjoyable in a campy yet heartfelt way. The art is STUNNING. A blessing to my eyeballs. I also sort of like that there is a love story subplot that is subtle and grows over this first volume. There is sexually explicit art and dialogue in this story. So it’s definitely meant for readers 18+. If you’re looking for something quick, campy, with sexy space vibes, then Money Shot is it.
February 12, 2021
For a book so concerned with sex, it’s suprising how little sex there actually is in it, and how conventional its idea of sex is.
I think I've said it before when reviewing Sex Criminals; sex in and of itself isn't a very interesting subject, it doesn't seem to lend itself very well to generating stories - relationships do.
So here we have a group of Earth scientists, who start to do porn to make money to subsidise their science projects. Aliens are a thing, so the idea is to have sex with aliens - the people of Earth are bored with existing porn, the more outlandish the porn, the better.
The group of scientists is ethnically diverse, but not body type diverse - they look like conventional pornstars, along conventional beauty lines. So far, so conventional.
Ah, but there is the alien wildcard! Just imagine what you could do with this idea. Alien sex! How do aliens have sex? Do they even have something resembling sex? How do their genitals work, and more importantly, how does inter-species sex even work? How do you even broach the subject suggesting to have sex with them..?
Or you could just do what this comic does, and Star Trek it up - make the aliens have human anatomy except for their heads. So yes, the aliens have human genitals, which seems bizarre. (And even the aliens have conventionially beautiful body types.)
The book has the same problems as erotic comics (or comix) from the 60s and 70s - it’s trying to tell a story AND be sexy AND be funny, leading to throbbing blue balls on all three fronts. The story is almost incomprehensible, the sex is frugal in its representation and makes you long for some actual porn, and the jokes are nowhere near funny enough.
Why not tell a story focusing on how this project is set up? It would give more time to properly introduce and develop the characters, show how the first forays in alien/human sex are made, and give a whole new meaning to “first contact”.
BUT..! The art. The art is very, VERY good. Quite exceptional, even. So that’s nice.
(Picked up a review copy through Edelweiss)
I think I've said it before when reviewing Sex Criminals; sex in and of itself isn't a very interesting subject, it doesn't seem to lend itself very well to generating stories - relationships do.
So here we have a group of Earth scientists, who start to do porn to make money to subsidise their science projects. Aliens are a thing, so the idea is to have sex with aliens - the people of Earth are bored with existing porn, the more outlandish the porn, the better.
The group of scientists is ethnically diverse, but not body type diverse - they look like conventional pornstars, along conventional beauty lines. So far, so conventional.
Ah, but there is the alien wildcard! Just imagine what you could do with this idea. Alien sex! How do aliens have sex? Do they even have something resembling sex? How do their genitals work, and more importantly, how does inter-species sex even work? How do you even broach the subject suggesting to have sex with them..?
Or you could just do what this comic does, and Star Trek it up - make the aliens have human anatomy except for their heads. So yes, the aliens have human genitals, which seems bizarre. (And even the aliens have conventionially beautiful body types.)
The book has the same problems as erotic comics (or comix) from the 60s and 70s - it’s trying to tell a story AND be sexy AND be funny, leading to throbbing blue balls on all three fronts. The story is almost incomprehensible, the sex is frugal in its representation and makes you long for some actual porn, and the jokes are nowhere near funny enough.
Why not tell a story focusing on how this project is set up? It would give more time to properly introduce and develop the characters, show how the first forays in alien/human sex are made, and give a whole new meaning to “first contact”.
BUT..! The art. The art is very, VERY good. Quite exceptional, even. So that’s nice.
(Picked up a review copy through Edelweiss)
June 29, 2020
WARNING: DUE TO THE EXPLICIT NATURE OF THIS BOOK EXPECT SOME SEXUAL DISCUSSION.
This wasn’t bad... but I wanted better for some reason?
What’s it about?
So in the near future humans and aliens make contact discovering that life on other planets exists. Unfortunately the aliens see that people are stupid and decide to not bother with us. Scientists however still want to continue this research with alien species but struggling to get any of the money they’d need for it their leader has a great idea: get money by fucking the aliens and posting it online through a subscription service. Things get dangerous.
Pros:
The story is interesting for it’s “someone actually made this” appeal if nothing else.
The art team did a wonderful job bringing both the eye-catching alien worlds and sexy stuff to life throughout.
The pacing is done pretty well.
This story is surprisingly suspenseful.
Cons:
The characters are mostly unlikable or unmemorable. I honestly can’t remember their names after finishing the book. There’s the hot leader, the other hot one, the asshole that I kept hoping would die (death by snu-snu perhaps?) and the 2 token black characters that have next to no personality. Yeah pretty weak cast. There’s also a very generic “does evil stuff because bad” villain.
The dialogue is pretty poorly written.
The ending was a WTF rushed finale that sets up an unnecessary sequel.
Mixed thoughts:
The sexy stuff. On one hand some of it is indeed hot as are 2 of the main characters as I said before. On the other hand I like it to be emotional when I see very intimate sexual relationships in literature. This book, as strange as it may seem, is less graphic but also less tasteful than many other sex-heavy plots in comics (for example Sunstone, which I’d recommend or Sex Criminals, which a lot of reviews compare this to).
The humor. Sometimes it’s funny and occasionally even clever, sometimes it’s just a cheap “sex funny” punchline that falls flat.
Overall:
This storyline is weird and it sounds fun, doesn’t it? I could definitely see this getting a show somewhere like AdultSwim or FXX. Unfortunately as fun as it sounds I think the execution falls flat.
This is (I think though might be mistaken) the first comic I’ve read from Vault, a publisher I’ve heard a lot of hype for, and while not bad I wasn’t a huge fan. I don’t know if I’ll bother with volume 2 to be honest.
It’s a weird story and I like the artwork a lot but with such weak characters and hit-or-miss humor I’m not sure how long this comic has before the appeal wears off.
3/5
This wasn’t bad... but I wanted better for some reason?
What’s it about?
So in the near future humans and aliens make contact discovering that life on other planets exists. Unfortunately the aliens see that people are stupid and decide to not bother with us. Scientists however still want to continue this research with alien species but struggling to get any of the money they’d need for it their leader has a great idea: get money by fucking the aliens and posting it online through a subscription service. Things get dangerous.
Pros:
The story is interesting for it’s “someone actually made this” appeal if nothing else.
The art team did a wonderful job bringing both the eye-catching alien worlds and sexy stuff to life throughout.
The pacing is done pretty well.
This story is surprisingly suspenseful.
Cons:
The characters are mostly unlikable or unmemorable. I honestly can’t remember their names after finishing the book. There’s the hot leader, the other hot one, the asshole that I kept hoping would die (death by snu-snu perhaps?) and the 2 token black characters that have next to no personality. Yeah pretty weak cast. There’s also a very generic “does evil stuff because bad” villain.
The dialogue is pretty poorly written.
The ending was a WTF rushed finale that sets up an unnecessary sequel.
Mixed thoughts:
The sexy stuff. On one hand some of it is indeed hot as are 2 of the main characters as I said before. On the other hand I like it to be emotional when I see very intimate sexual relationships in literature. This book, as strange as it may seem, is less graphic but also less tasteful than many other sex-heavy plots in comics (for example Sunstone, which I’d recommend or Sex Criminals, which a lot of reviews compare this to).
The humor. Sometimes it’s funny and occasionally even clever, sometimes it’s just a cheap “sex funny” punchline that falls flat.
Overall:
This storyline is weird and it sounds fun, doesn’t it? I could definitely see this getting a show somewhere like AdultSwim or FXX. Unfortunately as fun as it sounds I think the execution falls flat.
This is (I think though might be mistaken) the first comic I’ve read from Vault, a publisher I’ve heard a lot of hype for, and while not bad I wasn’t a huge fan. I don’t know if I’ll bother with volume 2 to be honest.
It’s a weird story and I like the artwork a lot but with such weak characters and hit-or-miss humor I’m not sure how long this comic has before the appeal wears off.
3/5
March 27, 2020
I was really unsure about this before starting it, it seems like one of those things that is either going to be brilliant or awful and I had been re-reading some early Hack/Slash recently and found it to be tending more towards the later than I remembered, but this was actually really fun. Don't me wrong, a group of scientists that start making porn to fund their space travel missions is entirely ridiculous but it was done in such a way that it was hilarious and also weirdly touching at times. I think a lot of credit goes to amazing art here as well. When you have a story that is so heavily centered around sex and drawing people naked you really need an artist that has a firm grip on anatomy [something which a lot of comics artists seem to be weirdly lacking] and can draw different body types or it turns stale really quickly. The art in this is great and I think that is what took it to the next level a lot of the time.
October 9, 2022
Imagine they made a Big Bang Theory Porn Parody into a comic. And here you go.
March 30, 2020
Up until this series I was definitely enjoying Seeley's more recent work. For me, I can see why he is currently able to run a mix of creator owned projects and work-for-hire. Now, I am far from a prude, trust me on this, but this just did not quite work for me.
The answer might be that the initial adventure runs five issues, and I think this is a case where length would have benefited the reader, and given Seeley more space to work with. Five issues is not much space to get in a story and introduce five characters to the reader. Much less do enough character work to get a reader to get very invested in the players.
Personally, I like the concept. In the near future a scientist, who is not very popular with her peers hits on long range teleportation. But, how to get her friends, which includes a former lover, on board with working out the kinks and finding the funding for this endeavor?
Online porn. That's it to go among the stars and film human having sex with aliens (we're skipping the likelihood that this might not work in RL because, you know differing biology for starters).
In remembering that when the Net first went live the first thing up was either porn or slash fanfic, this is a really good idea by Seeley. I think in addition to the struggle of introducing the concept and characters Seeley was working out whether to tread the humor or SciFI lines here.
Not for prudes, or those who have issues with polyamory, gay and lesbian sex, and multiple parties engaging in sexual relations at the same time (and not neglecting human/alien sex). BTW no where near as graphic as the old Eros TPBs.
The answer might be that the initial adventure runs five issues, and I think this is a case where length would have benefited the reader, and given Seeley more space to work with. Five issues is not much space to get in a story and introduce five characters to the reader. Much less do enough character work to get a reader to get very invested in the players.
Personally, I like the concept. In the near future a scientist, who is not very popular with her peers hits on long range teleportation. But, how to get her friends, which includes a former lover, on board with working out the kinks and finding the funding for this endeavor?
Online porn. That's it to go among the stars and film human having sex with aliens (we're skipping the likelihood that this might not work in RL because, you know differing biology for starters).
In remembering that when the Net first went live the first thing up was either porn or slash fanfic, this is a really good idea by Seeley. I think in addition to the struggle of introducing the concept and characters Seeley was working out whether to tread the humor or SciFI lines here.
Not for prudes, or those who have issues with polyamory, gay and lesbian sex, and multiple parties engaging in sexual relations at the same time (and not neglecting human/alien sex). BTW no where near as graphic as the old Eros TPBs.
March 5, 2020
Money Shot is an absolutely absurd but enjoyable story about scientists turned intergalactic pornstars, exploring alien planets and of course: themselves! The writing is legitimately funny at times, and made by an experienced creative team so it reads like an actual comic and not just a collection of boobs strung together by word bubbles. It’s off the wall...with detailed alien genitalia on full display...and yeah...you can count me in for Volume 2.
April 28, 2020
Once you get over the stupid premise, it's actually not a bad story. The art is probably the highlight in this novel. I haven't read much from Seeley but I'm not sure he's done comedy like this before. My only issue is that I felt like sex criminals does this weird sex scifi a little better
May 20, 2020
Like Matt Fraction's Sex Criminals but with a better overarching plot. Or, if you prefer, it's like Star Trek with orgies.
November 13, 2021
I knew what I was getting into something crazy based off the title and synopsis. A band of scientists decide to become porn stars for money to fund their research on life on other planets. Because people are so desensitized to so many types of sex they decide alien sex will bring in the money.
It was actually not as explicit as I thought it would be though don't get me wrong it's not completely tame. But even though characters are taking part in filming porn I never felt like I was reading porn. I would've liked some stronger characterization. Because of the nature of what they're doing the scientists all sleep together to become comfortable around each other both physically and emotionally. We see their bond throughout and I thought that was depicted well but I wanted to know more about them as individuals.
It was actually not as explicit as I thought it would be though don't get me wrong it's not completely tame. But even though characters are taking part in filming porn I never felt like I was reading porn. I would've liked some stronger characterization. Because of the nature of what they're doing the scientists all sleep together to become comfortable around each other both physically and emotionally. We see their bond throughout and I thought that was depicted well but I wanted to know more about them as individuals.
August 4, 2020
Comic books have always been more forward-thinking, compared to most forms of media, in terms of progression and diversity. Although there is still a misconception that comics are just for kids, those believers haven’t read the likes of Sex Criminals from Image and now Vault Comics have their own title of sex and sci-fi with Money Shot.
Set in the near future, with the awareness of an advanced alien civilization from outer space, the Earth fails to prove itself worthy of joining the civilised universe, due to hundreds of wars, led by greedy politicians and fumbling to advance technologically. As space travel is ludicrously expensive and largely ignored within an economically crippled America, Christine Ocampo – inventor of the Star Shot Teleportation Device – comes up with a big idea: Chris and her team of scientists will travel to new worlds, engage intimately with local aliens and film their exploits for a jaded populace trying to find something new on the Internet.
In general, a “money shot” is a provocative, sensational, or memorable sequence in a film, but in the realms of pornography, it is another name for the climax, which is usually a scene of ejaculation, just to prove the sex is real. Going back to the aforementioned Sex Criminals, which may have some bizarre ideas such as the Sex Police, felt very honest about the sexual feelings from the central relationship. In the case of Money Shot, there are times where I feel conflicted about what tone it wants to strike.
Co-written by Tim Seeley and Sarah Beattie, the sexual adventures of these human scientists approaching the various types of aliens with such intimacy is not far from the Erotic science-fiction television series Emmanuelle in Space. The relationship between all five scientists throws in a lot of emotions, most notably humour with how the different character dynamics bounce off one another, each with their own quirks. There may have their squabbles, such as their good intentions of a better world can lead to disastrous results, I wished the writers pushed the complications of their relationships further, instead of becoming somewhat like the Fantastic Four, only with their brains and sexual organs to save the day.
There is full frontal nudity from both the human and alien side, but never gets too explicit as the creators embrace this as a fun sci-fi romp where our heroes find themselves in a gladiatorial arena that resembles Attack of the Clones or John Carter. Drawn by Rebekah Isaacs, this is a beautifully drawn comic that understands the pulp sci-fi tropes such as the diverse range of well-designed aliens, whilst applying a quirky modern art-style. If there are standout aliens, it would be the whale-like monster Bweedt and the Bokai Elder, the one with the huge scrotum.
It may go deeper (no pun intended) into the complications of the central group dynamic, Money Shot is a fun sci-fi outing with a positive message about sex.
Set in the near future, with the awareness of an advanced alien civilization from outer space, the Earth fails to prove itself worthy of joining the civilised universe, due to hundreds of wars, led by greedy politicians and fumbling to advance technologically. As space travel is ludicrously expensive and largely ignored within an economically crippled America, Christine Ocampo – inventor of the Star Shot Teleportation Device – comes up with a big idea: Chris and her team of scientists will travel to new worlds, engage intimately with local aliens and film their exploits for a jaded populace trying to find something new on the Internet.
In general, a “money shot” is a provocative, sensational, or memorable sequence in a film, but in the realms of pornography, it is another name for the climax, which is usually a scene of ejaculation, just to prove the sex is real. Going back to the aforementioned Sex Criminals, which may have some bizarre ideas such as the Sex Police, felt very honest about the sexual feelings from the central relationship. In the case of Money Shot, there are times where I feel conflicted about what tone it wants to strike.
Co-written by Tim Seeley and Sarah Beattie, the sexual adventures of these human scientists approaching the various types of aliens with such intimacy is not far from the Erotic science-fiction television series Emmanuelle in Space. The relationship between all five scientists throws in a lot of emotions, most notably humour with how the different character dynamics bounce off one another, each with their own quirks. There may have their squabbles, such as their good intentions of a better world can lead to disastrous results, I wished the writers pushed the complications of their relationships further, instead of becoming somewhat like the Fantastic Four, only with their brains and sexual organs to save the day.
There is full frontal nudity from both the human and alien side, but never gets too explicit as the creators embrace this as a fun sci-fi romp where our heroes find themselves in a gladiatorial arena that resembles Attack of the Clones or John Carter. Drawn by Rebekah Isaacs, this is a beautifully drawn comic that understands the pulp sci-fi tropes such as the diverse range of well-designed aliens, whilst applying a quirky modern art-style. If there are standout aliens, it would be the whale-like monster Bweedt and the Bokai Elder, the one with the huge scrotum.
It may go deeper (no pun intended) into the complications of the central group dynamic, Money Shot is a fun sci-fi outing with a positive message about sex.
February 8, 2021
This surprised me. It's definitely silly, but I found it entertaining and funny, tied together with enough hints at future soap opera drama and social commentary that the sex jokes and puns didn't become unbearably old and before the story arc ended. There are also pop culture nods that readers might enjoy being in-the-know about.
P.S. It would've been nice to have more diverse body representation.
P.S. It would've been nice to have more diverse body representation.
May 17, 2020
I unironically and unabashedly loved this.
It’s weird and zany and risqué and at least a little crass (an ancient alien priest uses his giant magical testicles to fight an army of evil soldiers at one point; I can’t make this up) but it’s also somehow genuine and sincere and I can’t believe how invested I was in the colorful cast of characters that Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie, Rebekah Isaacs, and Kurt Michael Russell concocted.
Isaacs’ art is wonderfully unique and dynamic and fits the (consistent yet colorful) tone flawlessly. Russell’s colors are vibrant and stunning and make every panel look gorgeous. And the story Seeley and Beattie write has no right being as compelling as it is.
This is a comic about sex and poem that’s never exploitative. It approaches its characters and the objectively wild sexuality they exhibit with honesty and sincerity. So, even when things get crazy (and believe me, they do) you’re happy to go along with it because the story took the time to meaningfully develop its characters.
It’s not afraid to poke fun at the inherent zaniness of its story and it’s also not afraid to use its zaniness to trick you into actually getting invested in what’s going on. I laughed a lot while reading this, felt at least a few emotions, and even ended up on the edge of my seat at one or two points. The climax (I’m so sorry) was a bit sudden and a bit too neat, but I loved just about everything else and am so excited for the next volume.
It’s weird and zany and risqué and at least a little crass (an ancient alien priest uses his giant magical testicles to fight an army of evil soldiers at one point; I can’t make this up) but it’s also somehow genuine and sincere and I can’t believe how invested I was in the colorful cast of characters that Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie, Rebekah Isaacs, and Kurt Michael Russell concocted.
Isaacs’ art is wonderfully unique and dynamic and fits the (consistent yet colorful) tone flawlessly. Russell’s colors are vibrant and stunning and make every panel look gorgeous. And the story Seeley and Beattie write has no right being as compelling as it is.
This is a comic about sex and poem that’s never exploitative. It approaches its characters and the objectively wild sexuality they exhibit with honesty and sincerity. So, even when things get crazy (and believe me, they do) you’re happy to go along with it because the story took the time to meaningfully develop its characters.
It’s not afraid to poke fun at the inherent zaniness of its story and it’s also not afraid to use its zaniness to trick you into actually getting invested in what’s going on. I laughed a lot while reading this, felt at least a few emotions, and even ended up on the edge of my seat at one or two points. The climax (I’m so sorry) was a bit sudden and a bit too neat, but I loved just about everything else and am so excited for the next volume.
November 9, 2021
Porn often is at the forefront of new technologies; anti-science trends have led to a lack of interest in producing the type of research that would lead to distant space travel; and humans (as represented by white male Americans) have gotten bored by current porn, which has explored every possible fetish ad naseum, so they're ripe to pay for porn involving hot young humans with ... aliens on other planets. These premises are the setup for this comic book volume about five single scientists who can't get grants for their space research so they underwrite their trips to other planets by having sex with whomever they find and broadcasting it back to Earth (being sure to pick only planets where beings have compatible genitalia).
The alien creatures are portrayed like those in vintage comic books. The villains are pure evil and the heroes pure goodness. The sex, alas, is vanilla. The book is like an episode of "Scooby-Doo" only with nudity and where the gang has sex with each other as well as with the ghost in the abandoned mine. Actually, that sounds like it might have possibilities ... but this, this was just OK.
The alien creatures are portrayed like those in vintage comic books. The villains are pure evil and the heroes pure goodness. The sex, alas, is vanilla. The book is like an episode of "Scooby-Doo" only with nudity and where the gang has sex with each other as well as with the ghost in the abandoned mine. Actually, that sounds like it might have possibilities ... but this, this was just OK.
March 22, 2022
I liked Seeley's Revival, a nice piece of urban horror. I liked Sex Criminals, a soft-porn-humor comic. (Though both faded before their end.)
This is by Seeley. This is soft-porn humor. This is also just junk. The characters are unlikable or at the least you don't care about them. The soft porn isn't titillating (and is largely elided). The science-fiction world is mostly made up of juvenile jokes. The plot isn't interesting. In short, this is dull.
I got through the first four issues of this, wondered if I was done, and only read the fifth issue because I was up sick in the middle of the night. I guess it didn't make me feel any worse.
This is by Seeley. This is soft-porn humor. This is also just junk. The characters are unlikable or at the least you don't care about them. The soft porn isn't titillating (and is largely elided). The science-fiction world is mostly made up of juvenile jokes. The plot isn't interesting. In short, this is dull.
I got through the first four issues of this, wondered if I was done, and only read the fifth issue because I was up sick in the middle of the night. I guess it didn't make me feel any worse.
June 15, 2022
Another explicit graphic novel oops, basically a group of scientists who create an Onlyfans with aliens. The concept was strange but the art was cool and it was funny. Another quick read to try and get me out of my slump
August 15, 2024
'Key word detected. Searching for activity: fucking. Fucking not detected. Do you wish to initiate solo masturbation?'
With anti-science on the rise and the literacy rate going down by the hour, Money Shot provides one of the extreme and not entirely implausible but kinda apt scenarios of what would happen if scientists ever run out of ways of convincing the government to fund their researches. Well, apart from the obvious facts that we haven't found any aliens and human space travel is still pretty far off.
However, it's not really a doom and gloom comicbook, quite the opposite, really because we have ever-the-optimist Dr. Christine Ocampo, inventor of the hella expensive teleportation device aptly nicknamed Money Shot, coming up with the brilliant idea of generating funds for her team's research by becoming porn stars that have sex with aliens. The fact that she came up with it while having her own masturbation session be interrupted by an unusual porn video is obvs a very amusing sidenote, heh.
I did like that all the characters had to go through a process of knowing each other and each other's bodies before embarking on their well, freshly launched porn star careers. However, the other scientists just aren't as well-developed as Christine and read more like character traits than fully fleshed out characters. Maybe this will change in future volumes, who knows but I do hope it does. There's obviously some tension going on with Christine and Omar since they used to be together. Meanwhile, there's definitely something brewing between Christine and Bree 👀. And Doug and Annie seem to be just there for the ride LOL.
As for their first sex adventure to space, they find themselves on a Mad Max style planet that's been overtaken by an alien tyrant and short on water so their population is suffering doubly. This was easily the part I had the most fun reading and it really is equally fun and actively fatal. I quickly became a fan of the choice to intersperse their whole process of getting ready to go to space with their current predicament on Dry Reef since it definitely upped the stakes for me by providing a suspense filled break from all the action.
Little Shot, the small floating robot that's also a camera for their livestreaming, is easily my favorite and his little antics of trying to decipher whether queries are supposed to be recorded or not were hilarious.
Although Money Shot is clearly explicit and solely for adults, it's decidedly not straight-up porn and I appreciated that. The art is popping and the depictions of aliens is basically anything goes/imagination gone wild which I'm always a fan of. I'm actually looking forward to seeing how their team dynamic changes and where they go from here eeee.
With anti-science on the rise and the literacy rate going down by the hour, Money Shot provides one of the extreme and not entirely implausible but kinda apt scenarios of what would happen if scientists ever run out of ways of convincing the government to fund their researches. Well, apart from the obvious facts that we haven't found any aliens and human space travel is still pretty far off.
However, it's not really a doom and gloom comicbook, quite the opposite, really because we have ever-the-optimist Dr. Christine Ocampo, inventor of the hella expensive teleportation device aptly nicknamed Money Shot, coming up with the brilliant idea of generating funds for her team's research by becoming porn stars that have sex with aliens. The fact that she came up with it while having her own masturbation session be interrupted by an unusual porn video is obvs a very amusing sidenote, heh.
I did like that all the characters had to go through a process of knowing each other and each other's bodies before embarking on their well, freshly launched porn star careers. However, the other scientists just aren't as well-developed as Christine and read more like character traits than fully fleshed out characters. Maybe this will change in future volumes, who knows but I do hope it does. There's obviously some tension going on with Christine and Omar since they used to be together. Meanwhile, there's definitely something brewing between Christine and Bree 👀. And Doug and Annie seem to be just there for the ride LOL.
As for their first sex adventure to space, they find themselves on a Mad Max style planet that's been overtaken by an alien tyrant and short on water so their population is suffering doubly. This was easily the part I had the most fun reading and it really is equally fun and actively fatal. I quickly became a fan of the choice to intersperse their whole process of getting ready to go to space with their current predicament on Dry Reef since it definitely upped the stakes for me by providing a suspense filled break from all the action.
Little Shot, the small floating robot that's also a camera for their livestreaming, is easily my favorite and his little antics of trying to decipher whether queries are supposed to be recorded or not were hilarious.
Although Money Shot is clearly explicit and solely for adults, it's decidedly not straight-up porn and I appreciated that. The art is popping and the depictions of aliens is basically anything goes/imagination gone wild which I'm always a fan of. I'm actually looking forward to seeing how their team dynamic changes and where they go from here eeee.
August 27, 2020
I love this and I want more! NOT for children or squeamish folx.
January 10, 2022
I wish I could do art and story separately.
The art is really good. I like how the characters look like real people, all a little different, but also aren't cartoonish. It's a fine line, but it works, and the art presents some stuff that I think would be pretty challenging to do right, and it looks right to me. The art is on-point.
The story...
Well, it's kinda convoluted.
I think the general idea works, sort of. Scientists decide to make intergalactic pornography, which will gain them a lot of cash because people are tired of every other kind of pornography?
Now, in a time when Fart Jar Girl was hospitalized and it was a news story, there's something very believable about this.
But...I think the story sort of skips some important parts. Like, someone invented what's basically a teleporter, someone else invented a universal translator/automatic drone cameraperson, and those aren't like...sale-able technologies?
There's also some element where aliens came to Earth, discovered humans bad, and want nothing to do with us. Which is okay, but feels a little done, as an idea, that humans are actually the trailer park denizens of the cosmos.
But then there's the story of this particular volume, which I guess is that they go to a planet that's really dry, and they used to know how to access water from underground or something, but then they stopped having free love, so they couldn't access the water anymore, but then the humans do sex stuff and they remember and water is back? Maybe? I dunno. It all sort of seemed like a really complicated way to make it so that people banging is somehow the key to life on this planet.
I think the weirdest part is How do you convince an entire planet to forget about banging? That just doesn't seem too likely.
But whatever.
I guess overall, the premise of people using a space portal to bang new species, boldly go (nut) where no man has gone (and nutted) before, is okay, but when the characters use sex to solve their problem, which is that they're really smart but broke, and then they use sex to solve their next problem, which is a planet with no water, it's a little one-note.
The art is really good. I like how the characters look like real people, all a little different, but also aren't cartoonish. It's a fine line, but it works, and the art presents some stuff that I think would be pretty challenging to do right, and it looks right to me. The art is on-point.
The story...
Well, it's kinda convoluted.
I think the general idea works, sort of. Scientists decide to make intergalactic pornography, which will gain them a lot of cash because people are tired of every other kind of pornography?
Now, in a time when Fart Jar Girl was hospitalized and it was a news story, there's something very believable about this.
But...I think the story sort of skips some important parts. Like, someone invented what's basically a teleporter, someone else invented a universal translator/automatic drone cameraperson, and those aren't like...sale-able technologies?
There's also some element where aliens came to Earth, discovered humans bad, and want nothing to do with us. Which is okay, but feels a little done, as an idea, that humans are actually the trailer park denizens of the cosmos.
But then there's the story of this particular volume, which I guess is that they go to a planet that's really dry, and they used to know how to access water from underground or something, but then they stopped having free love, so they couldn't access the water anymore, but then the humans do sex stuff and they remember and water is back? Maybe? I dunno. It all sort of seemed like a really complicated way to make it so that people banging is somehow the key to life on this planet.
I think the weirdest part is How do you convince an entire planet to forget about banging? That just doesn't seem too likely.
But whatever.
I guess overall, the premise of people using a space portal to bang new species, boldly go (nut) where no man has gone (and nutted) before, is okay, but when the characters use sex to solve their problem, which is that they're really smart but broke, and then they use sex to solve their next problem, which is a planet with no water, it's a little one-note.
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February 14, 2021A team of scientists, fed up with anti-science administrations and mammoth grant applications, come up with a novel strategy for resourcing their definitely-not-a-stargate-for-copyright-reasons: they're going to boldly blow where no one has blown before, and make space filth, stuff even the jaded inhabitants of mid-21st century Earth won't have seen before. Handily, their specialties – as well as whatever discipline covers the device itself – include things like communicating with non-humans, and epidemiology, and no, it's not entirely clear why these individual representatives of different disciplines all share a lab but seriously, is that your biggest quibble with this set-up? And I do like that one guy's project is trying to improve the aesthetics of kale. So soon enough they have science-related pornstar names (which, TBH, aren't that great, but I think part of the idea is that they're not necessarily very good at this) and are shagging their way across the galaxy – with hilarious consequences! The sex comedy is a tricky genre to pull off (hur hur) in the 2020s, and it definitely helps that, as with most successful recent examples, the creative team leans female, which helps clear out any risk of locker room fug. Even if the colourist is called Kurt Michael Russell, and thus only a middle name away from bringing explosive levels of machismo all by himself. Speaking about explosive levels: the first world to which we follow our brave XXXplorers is one rumoured to have the knowledge of how to come with the force of an atomic explosion. What follows is a curious mix of war, injustice, betrayal, one surprisingly sad romantic subplot, and aliens with ginormous gonads, which works far better than it sounds like it should.
(Edelweiss ARC)
(Edelweiss ARC)
March 17, 2022
A graphic graphic novel about near(ish) future space explorers funding their trips by pulling a galactic equivalent to OnlyFans. I avoided this for awhile because I thought it would be gratuitous and stupid, and...well, it's not stupid. Buried beneath the rampant fucking and cartoonishly oversized alien fish genitalia (that save the day, natch) is a message about human togetherness, vulnerability, openness and love. Maybe? Needless to say, this isn't for everyone, and I kind of struggle with who it IS for, since none of the sex is particularly sexy (opting for jokey instead most of the time) and the action stuttersteps like an early ska group. I'll be honest, the art earned this one the third star.
January 31, 2021
This was fun; funny, had some decent social commentary and the art was great. It’s also very sexually explicit. Five scientist travel through space shooting porn with alien life forms to continue funding their research. It sounds ridiculous and it is but once you get past that, it’s a decent story with characters that you begin to care about. Not for everyone but I’ll probably read volume 2 when it comes out.
August 16, 2021
One heck of a stupid idea for a comic. For all its "sex positivity," the general attitude never rises above junior high boys snickering at their dads' stash of Penthouse/Playboy. The art is good, but c'mon, there's got to be more for a comic to really work...
September 30, 2021
(3.5 stars)
So, a horny scientist pulls a team together to have sex with aliens to crowdfund for money … yeah it’s crackers and silly but doesn’t take itself too seriously and has very likeable characters. I didn’t hate it lol
So, a horny scientist pulls a team together to have sex with aliens to crowdfund for money … yeah it’s crackers and silly but doesn’t take itself too seriously and has very likeable characters. I didn’t hate it lol
February 29, 2020
This started promising enough but story does not seem to be going anywhere. Art and coloring is great though.
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