Kaijumax Season One: Terror and Respect

by Zander Cannon

Overview

THE COMPLETE SEASON ONE! On a remote island in the South Pacific lies KAIJUMAX, a maximum security prison for giant monsters. Follow doting father Electrogor as he stands up to the cruel space-superhero warden! See corrupt guard Gupta manage his illicit uranium-dealing empire and pay off his gambling debts to the Queen of the Moon! Watch Mecha-Zon battle his own programming when the monster he was created to destroy shows up on the pound! These stories and more will assault you from every angle in the cesspool of corruption that is KAIJUMAX.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620102701
Publisher:	Oni Press
Publication date:	03/08/2016
Series:	Kaijumax , #1
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

Since 1993, Zander Cannon has written and drawn comics about gods, robots, astronauts, police officers, paleontologists, aliens, feng shui masters, superheroes, and monsters. He lives in Minnesota with his strong wife, Julie, and above-average son, Jin.

Editorial Reviews

12/07/2015
Godzilla meets Oz in this clever exploration of prison life. Electrogor, an electricity-based monster, is the newest inmate at Kaijumax, a facility designed for the detention of enormous cryptids, robots, mythical beasts, and nuclear “eco-parables.” Amid gang warfare, merciless guards, and a thriving trade in contraband uranium, only the strong survive—as Electrogor, preoccupied with the son and daughter he left behind, discovers to his peril. Cannon (Heck) does a wonderful job of exploring both the serious and comic aspects of his high concept, such as the monsters’ specialized slang and their frustration in a world not built to their size. Visually, his work is poppy and bright, without detracting from the more somber moments. Though the story suffers slightly from its reliance on established genre tropes, and it would benefit from further exploration of life beyond the prison, it still establishes a fresh take on monsters and prison drama. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

BOOKLIST — Electrogor is one of a new group of prisoners at Kaijumax, the maximum security prison for giant monsters. As he tries to figure out how to escape and get back to his beloved children, he must contend with violent and unstable inmates, corrupt and power-mad guards, and an uncaring system that wants him to disappear forever.

Cannon's story might seem to be a joke at first, aimed at fans of “kaiju” films such as
Godzilla, especially as illustrated in his candy-colored, cartoonish style. But the pain and horror of prison life is no laughing matter and readers will ache with sympathy for some characters, while seething with frustration or anger over others. Death, rape, and violence are all prevalent, as are corruption, greed,
and short-sightedness. Though the various subplots are a bit confusing at first,
especially as readers learn to understand the prison slang, liberally sprinkled with kaiju references, Cannon is a top-notch writer and illustrator, and readers will be sucked into his unique, yet familiar, world.

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