Kid Code #1: Time for Some Action

by Damian Duffy, Stacey Robinson, John Jennings

Kid Code is the first in what promises to be a long line of Black Kirby/Tan Lee productions. Kid Code: Channel Zero is a rollicking, cosmic, time-traveling adventure, fusing classic hip-hop culture and outlandish sci-fi fantasy in this alternate universe to create the ultimate mash-up. Everything's a remix! And Kid Code and his comrades must fight against The Power, who eons ago sampled the first sounds made from the God MC and created the Dark Mix (a version of the universe that was never intended). Now there's a race against and for time throughout the universe to assemble The Everlasting Cosmic Mixtape--nine tracks that can re-assemble the God Sample and help set things back on course.

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First published December 1, 2014

About the author

Damian Duffy is a cartoonist, scholar, writer, curator, lecturer, teacher, and Glyph Comics Award-winning graphic novelist. He holds a MS and PhD in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His many publications include academic essays (in comics form) on new media & learning and art books about underrepresentation in comics culture.

On his off hours he teaches classes on cultural politics of computers and/or wrestles his children.

A co-founder of Eye Trauma Studios, Damian has given talks and lead workshops about comics, art, and education internationally.

Reviews

[Gina · Rating 3 out of 5]

It starts out with Paradise Lost getting updated to the birth of hip hop out of disco and soul, so those elements are there, including graffiti, which informs the art, and it should be brilliant but I found it overly busy. Definitely don't recommend on a screen, though it is not clear that hard copies are available.

[Brett Cottrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can't wait for more Kid Code!

[Rochon Perry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book!