Michael D Hamersky On Comics Reviews: The Super*Teen Topia TPB Invisible Touch From Forcewerks!     - Above: The Front Cover to the SUPER TEEN*TOPIA (Invisible Touch) TPB! At the Top Left: Kirk Kushin at the 2010 Long Beach Comic Con (LBCC)!

TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3380:

Thanks to Kirk Kushin, who presented the Trade Paper Back, (TPB), of 'Super Teen*Topia - Invisible Touch' to me a the recent 2010 Long Beach Comic Con, (LBCC), (seen at the top left of this blog post).

I've already review blogged another of Kirk's comics, OZopolis, in  blog #3322.

I hadn't heard of the comic book series that this TPB compiles.

So I checked out what the writer stated the series was about, as follows:

"10% Costume... 100% Character!

In a world of super powered icons, being sixteen and having amazing abiliities isn't quite as life altering as comic books would have you believe. No jets, no indestructible costumes and no high-tech headquarters mean that these young super-heroes can only fight crime as far as the bus route will take them.

Join our friends as they experience all the fun of high school -- but with a super powered twist.  Super Teen*Topia: just because you can level a mountain, it doesn't make it any easier to get a prom date!"

So what's 'My Take' on this TPB?

I figure that the 'Target Market' for this TPB is the YA, (Young Adult), age group.  If so, then this TPB should be of interest to them.

Well written, with plenty of storyline, dialogue, and action by the author, Kirk Kushin.

The artwork by Gonzalo Martinez is 'pleasing' to look at... With no overtly 'stylized' art that would interfere with the storyline for the target market.

The colors by Laura Abella complement the artwork, with the letters by Michael David Thomas fitting well in the panels!

The front covers used for the comic book series are also reprinted.  Diego Barreto, cover artist, did a fine job in presenting what the interior pages of the comics covered.

The collected series is a fine TPB that would make a good volume for a library that is looking for 'graphic novels', or similiar volumes for their library patrons. Again, I would think that the YA target market would be pleased with this volume.

My review rating for this TPB is a VERY FINE / NEAR MINT (VF/NM) 9.0 out of a 10.0 possible comic book grading scale.

To purchase this TPB please see the following link:  Purchase Super Teen*Topia:Invisible Touch

There isn't a Facebook Fan Page, otherwise I would also include that link here.

Additionally, the web site for Super Teen*Topia seems to be down at this blog's posting, so I won't be listing that link here.

Again... My thanks to Kirk Kushin, for bringing this TPB to my attention!

~Michael D Hamersky

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