Endangered Weapon B: Mechanimal Science

by David Tallerman

What kind of lunatic forces a grizzly bear to wear mechanized combat armor and fight his battles? What kind of fiend kidnaps a beautiful Polynesian computer genius to be his child bride? And just who has a ninja for a butler anyway? Meet the eccentric, scientist, explorer and Englishman par excellence. Madcap steampunk hi-jinks in Endangered Weapon B!77pgs

Genres: Comics

82 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 27, 2013

About the author

David Tallerman is the author of the comic fantasy novel The Black River Chronicles: Level One and its first sequel The Black River Chronicles: The Ursvaal Exchange, the Tales of Easie Damasco series (Giant Thief, Crown Thief and Prince Thief), and the Tor.com novella Patchwerk. His comics work includes the absurdist steampunk graphic novel Endangered Weapon B and the Lovecraftian horror miniseries C21st Gods.

David's short science fiction, fantasy and horror has appeared in over eighty markets, including Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Nightmare and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. A number of his dark fantasy tales have been collected as The Sign in the Moonlight and Other Stories.

He can be found online at davidtallerman.co.uk.

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Humorous comics are hard to do. So many funny books are just not funny. Unfortunately, Endangered Weapon B falls into the not very funny category. The elements for funny are there, but the stories are so shallow and so underdeveloped that all the humorous parts seem forced and rushed. There is no lead-in or build up, and comedy needs some depth.

[Artur Coelho · Rating 3 out of 5]

Um comic steampunk absurdista, bem humorado e despretensioso. Temos um cientista de sanidade duvidosa e ar de explorador colonialista, acompanhado por uma jovem beldade de excelente atributos com mecanismos, uma inteligência artificial mecânica, um urso cinzento imbatível com o seu exo-esqueleto e um mordomo ninja capaz de preparar os mais exóticos cocktails enquanto aplica golpes mortais. Deslocam-se pelo mundo num dirigível, pois claro, nada como um dirigível em aventuras steampunk, em busca de aventuras. Segredos misteriosos, templos perdidos, lulas gigantes domesticadas ou um Dr. Frankenstein que depois de derrotar os kaijus da ilha dos Monstros decide criar uma nova criatura a partir de partes de godzillas e mothras controlada pelo seu cérebro abrigado numa redoma de vidro são os oponentes que esta simpática mas implacável equipa de aventureiros tem de se defrontar. O grafismo equilibra-se entre o cartoon e o steampunk, e as histórias conseguem manter-se bem humoradas sem resvalar para o ridículo. O absurdismo criado a partir das iconografias da cultura pop retro dos filmes de série B é muito bom.

[Cale · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a quick and silly read about a crazed inventor, his brilliant female technician (and unwilling fiance), and his mechanized bear (think Ripley's power armor, with a bear in it) as they tussle with... ninja squids... It's as weird as it sounds, but has a lot of fun being weird, so it gets a pass. All kinds of silly, with decent art and not a whole lot of depth, it's a pure flight of fancy that goes off the rails occasionally, but works most of the time, and is short enough that it doesn't overstay its welcome.

[Nik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun bit of silliness, and yes we must all observe cocktail hour!