If you are looking for a comic book series with wonderful writing and artwork, definitely give COMICO the Comic Company’s “Jonny Quest” a try! A wonderful second issue overall!
TITLE: Ginger Fox issue #1
YEAR: September 1988
COMPANY: COMICO The Comic Company
WRITTEN by Mike Barron
Drawn by Henk Pander
COVER DESIGN: Pander Bros.
STYLING: BIG BANG
COVER MODE: Melissa Henderson
It was back in 1986 when writer Mike Barron and artist Mitch O’Connell created “World of Ginger Fox”.
In 1988, Barron and artist Henk Pander returned with a four-issue limited series titled “Ginger Fox”.
In a way, the comic is interesting as its covers are awesome and stylish, but unlike “World of Ginger Fox”, Henk Pander brings a different style to the comic. Way different than what Mitch O’Connell brought.
It’s also interesting that Barron’s name is not featured on the inside cover for whatever reason.
Characters are colored differently, the art is definitely not banal and its storyline, it continues with the slimy world of Hollywood.
Ginger is now the C.E.O. of Peppertree Studios in Hollywood. She has a teenage son that wants her to marry, she has a private fling with her bodyguard/personnal assistant and while she is busy making movies, a reporter named Tammy True wants the scoop on whether one of her stars, Lewis Lassiter, has aids and also rumors that her boyfriend is messing around with another woman. And she has an ex-husband who is all messed up.
Meanwhile, her babysitter, who tried out for a musical is cut, but other major people in the film industry look at her babysitter as a way to get information and destroy Ginger. So, they drug and kidnap her. But the babysitter manages to place a call to Ginger!
Needless to say, while the original TPB showed the sliminess of the Hollywood industry and Pander’s artwork really makes them look evil and slimy. Granted it’s an artistic look, which those who appreciate art, will like his unique style. While those use to a certain style for comic book characters, may not get into Pander’s artwork.
For the first issue, it’s an interesting storyline but the first issue was for the most part, OK.