Review: Wacky
Raceland #3
Submitted: Joshua Williams, Comic News Writer
2 September 16
Submitted: Joshua Williams, Comic News Writer
2 September 16
Wacky
Raceland #3, written by Ken Pontac, with art by
Leonardo Manco, begins with the racers on the edge of the destroyed coastline
of the Pacific Ocean. Earthquakes
threaten to send the racers surging into toxic waters. Penelope Pitstop and Dick Dastardly are
caught in a tsunami that carries them to a desolate island without their
vehicles or weapons. Can they withstand
the island’s monster mutant crabs?
Meanwhile, back on the mainland, the other Racers defend against
carnivorous plant monsters.
Pontac adds more depth within this installment, mainly
by focusing on Penelope. The race is
effectively put on hold as two racers have been separated. However, there is only one rule to the race:
racers must not abandon nor let another racer die. This forces the other racers to find them and
help them. Penelope’s story really
begins here. The essence of her
upbringing really comes to life with the fantasy story involving a Cyclops and
a girl from Ancient Greece. In previous
installments of Wacky Raceland, we
learn that Penelope’s family died in a flood; however, we don’t know much
else. Pontac really delivers a beautiful
backstory in a very stylized fashion. Pontac
continues with incorporating all of the racers in the philosophical debate
created by Peter Perfect and Pat Pending.
“Whose God do we believe in? Is
there a God?”; the oldest debate in history of the world. All of the racers weigh in and divulge a bit
of their personalities and do so successfully.
The Wacky
Raceland story-arc does however pose some questions. Initially, Pontac does not provide enough
details, as of yet, on the Announcer, not to mention, the end of the
world. The Announcer is apparently the
“driving” force of the race. But, what’s
his end game?
THE
VERDICT: Pontac is able to deliver a simplistic style, though very effective
story, while depicting rage, fear, sadness, and revenge. Nothing will be off-limits in the Wacky Raceland story-arc and the action
is more than satisfying. Once Pontac
gets past building a new world, we can only hope he will inform us as to where did all these monsters came from!
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