Monkey Meat: The First Batch

by Juni Ba, Juni Ba (Artist)

Overview

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The Monkey Meat company made a fortune selling cans of...well monkey meat. They’re now ruling over a corporate empire and an island where they run all sorts of wacky supernatural experiments in a hyper capitalist landscape. Follow the adventures of the citizens of Monkey Meat island in this five story anthology.

Collects MONKEY MEAT #1-5

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534323230
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	10/11/2022
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Juni Ba is an awards winning, Senegalese-born cartoonist, who writes and draws for comics, editorial and animation, with clients such as Marvel, DC, Image, IDW, Boom, Dark Horse and many more. His writing and art credits include DJELIYA, MOBILIS: MY LIFE WITH CAPTAIN NEMO, MONKEY MEAT, BOY WONDER, THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, BLACK PANTHER, among others.

Juni Ba is an awards winning, Senegalese-born cartoonist, who writes and draws for comics, editorial and animation, with clients such as Marvel, DC, Image, IDW, Boom, Dark Horse and many more. His writing and art credits include DJELIYA, MOBILIS: MY LIFE WITH CAPTAIN NEMO, MONKEY MEAT, BOY WONDER, THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, BLACK PANTHER, among others.

Editorial Reviews

09/26/2022

Ba (Djeliya) plunges the reader into the frenetic dystopia of Monkey Meat Island, where the Monkey Meat Company exploits a mutated population to produce its signature canned monkey brains as well as hyped new products Soul Juice and the Potion of Living-Death. “This whole place is hell!” a “naïve, heartbroken child” warns, yet folks keep coming to the island, drawn by the false promises of capitalism run amok. Each chapter follows an inhabitant on a trippy, traumatic adventure; one section takes the form of an action manga gone wrong, while another spins a dark fairy tale. If the plots are frequently incoherent, it’s still an eye-popping pleasure to pore over Ba’s funky artwork, a wide-ranging blend of influences from graffiti, pop art, animation, and cartoonists including Kyle Baker, Evan Dorkin, and Paul Pope. The panels burst with monsters, mutants, dark gods, and anti-corporate rage. With a psychedelic art style and anarchic vibe that would have fit right in with MTV’s Liquid Television in the 1990s, this feels like a throwback to an era when comics didn’t have to make sense to get passed appreciatively around a dorm room. Retro alt-comix fans and those who appreciate art for art’s sake are likely to enjoy the trip. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

"An eye-popping pleasure to pore over Ba’s funky artwork, a wide-ranging blend of influences from graffiti, pop art, animation, and cartoonists including Kyle Baker, Evan Dorkin, and Paul Pope. The panels burst with monsters, mutants, dark gods, and anti-corporate rage. With a psychedelic art style and anarchic vibe that would have fit right in with MTV’s Liquid Television in the 1990s... Retro alt-comix fans and those who appreciate art for art’s sake are likely to enjoy the trip." —Publishers Weekly

"A unique, comedic art style that delivers laughs through both its dialogue and visual cues...readers will want to keep following to see what happens next." —ComicBook.com

“Epic Dragon Ball Z-style action.” —Entertainment Weekly“Epic Dragon Ball Z-style action.” —Entertainment Weekly

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