Butler and Mellon's Black/White book shows why devoid of colour...simply wins at times. It's just that good. Their handle on great music...RATM, TOOL ETC...set a vibrant ringing soundtrack in my mind when I'm reading this book, and after seeing Lesnar beaten into retirement...I just can't help banging something metal in my head, as this book plays out. It's bits of Rocky, humility, yet it's a coin or two tossed in with the hubris (and design) of Marvel's Daken...but what it is...is a total realistic view into how MMA's topsy turvy world clatters into 6s and 7s when you least expect it.
There are some things that are made for each other. Bacon and eggs. Beer and barbecues. Explosions and Michael Bay. We can also add comics and mixed martial arts to the list. Blair Butler is the comics and MMA correspondent for G4’s Attack of the Show, and while writing for Television, Heart is her first comic. And it’s damn good.
Heart is about Oren Redmond, the little brother of a professional MMA fighter. Oren decides to try his hand at MMA himself, and works his butt off to get a fight. In this issue, Oren carves through the amateur circuit, and convinces his coach to turn him pro.
