MCMLXXV

MCMLXXV #1-3

by Joe Casey, Ian Macewan (Artist)

Meet Pamela Evans. Much more than a typical Manhattan cab driver, she also happens to be a badass monster fighter who wields an enchanted tire iron. Yeah, that’s right. Welcome to the year of her greatest adventure. MCMLXXV is modern mythology for a new generation, from JOE CASEY (NEW LIEUTENANTS OF METAL, JESUSFREAK) and IAN MacEWAN (PROPHET: EARTH WAR, SEX). Collects MCMLXXV #1-3

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics

84 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2019

About the author

Librarian note: there is more than one author with this name

Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Casey

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh

[Theediscerning · Rating 3 out of 5]

For those who always wanted more demon-battling in their blaxploitation comes this tale of a spunky young cab-driver, who was trained in both the New York Knowledge and in killing unworldly monsters. It's not bad, but its portrayal of empowerment and thinly-veiled race allegory is a little too heavy-handed.

[Orcbard · Rating 2 out of 5]

The art is nice, but everything else is shallow and edgy.

[Adam Stone · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was excited that the three books I randomly plucked out of my bag on my commute to work this week, turned out to have protagonists of color. But while I loved Outer Darkness Volume 1: Each Other's Throats, and strongly liked Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business, this fell flat for me. The premise of a 1975 cab driver fighting vampires and monsters while married to a radio DJ had potential, but at no point did I find myself caring about any of the characters in this book.

The dialog was flat. The action was fine, but not interesting. The world building was mostly non-existent. There just wasn't a hook for me. I found myself skimming pages to get to the end, so I'm not sure who, aside from die-hard blaxploitation fans, to recommend this to.

[Paul Allard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Taxi driver fights demons in this entertaining comic series.

Pamela is a yellow cab driver with a difference: she fights monsters on the night shift. With plenty of action and background information, these three issues bring this heroine to life as she encounters her destiny. With colourful and good artwork, this series is entertaining and worthwhile.

[Davie Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you took The Warriors, Street Angel, The Evil Dead, Crazy Taxi, a big dose of Blaxploitation flicks and stuck them in a blender, you’d be very close to where this ends up.


I absolutely love MacEwan’s art for this and would have kept with this if it was an ongoing but feels really short being only 3 issues!

[Kelsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh, the synopsis seemed promising but the delivery was pretty terrible. Bumped up a star for creative premise, but there was nothing here that made me care for the characters, the world-building was all over the place and pretty shallow, and the plot (?) seemed half-baked.

[Albert · Rating 4 out of 5]

action packed grindhouse-feel comic... "the warriors" with demons... fun, quick read!

[Patrick Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not sure if this was designed as a three issue series or if it only did three issues because of sales. Kind of a Warriors, Escape from New York vibe. Gorgeous art from Ian Macewan.

[Damian Mxyzptlk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gorgeous art in the style of Moebius, but story seemed a bit lacking in substance.

[Doshlord · Rating 4 out of 5]

The only thing holding this comic back is the brevity of what very much wants to be a larger narrative. Will certainly be looking out for more MacEwan's killer artwork.

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not what I expected, did not enjoy. Full review on my blog.

[Alex Sarll]

Between this and his kung-fu Bible rework Jesusfreak, one gets the feeling Joe Casey has been watching a lot of seventies action flicks lately. Along broadly similar lines to Buffy, this sees one woman standing between New York in its rotten pomp and the forces of darkness – except that here the one woman is no-nonsense cabbie Pamela Evans, her greatest weapon an enchanted tyre-iron. Ian MacEwan (the spelling is important, as is his work for Arrow Video) makes the whole thing look suitably grotty and physical as it expands to riff on everything from The Warriors to Death Race 2000.

(Edelweiss ARC)