The stern administrator Matsumoto comes to oversee the final stages of Kaijumax's repair, and her old-school inflexibility causes problems for Warden Kang. Electrogor dodges patrols on the open seas, heading for his children, while a mourning Officer Chisato gets a surprising new partner. Also: Space graveyards! Sympathy-shaming! Double-crosses! And… the adorable BeetoGor?
KAIJUMAX SEASON 2 #3
(W/A/C/CA) Zander Cannon (@zander_cannon)
Age Range: 15 and up
Genre: Sci-fi
Price: $3.99
32 pages
Why We Love It:
It's an Eisner Awards nominee for "Best New Series"!
A special black and white issue featuring the secret origin of PRISON ADMINISTRATOR MATSUMOTO! And much like the morality of Kaijumax, this issue isn't necessarily all black and white either!
Meet Zugaigo—beloved by children, and Protector of Asia! Except, uhh, not really.
Praise for KAIJUMAX:
5 OUT OF 5 REVIEW: "Cannon has taken two wholly disparate genres (Japanese Kaiju and prison drama) and mashed the two together to create something totally unique and singular. Satirising, or homaging, any genre is often a tricky balancing act, and it must be doubly so when doing it to a genre so entwined in a culture so fundamentally different to its Western counterparts. But he completely understands the different functions these monsters have in their filmic incarnations; they can be villains and heroes and sometimes both at the same time." Big Comic Page
5 OUT OF 5 REVIEW: "If you've never read this series, then you really should check it out. I know that's like the thing to say for every comic book ever, especially ones that people like, but there's nothing like this in comics. NOTHING! I mean a serious look at prison/parole life told through the perspective of Kaiju that still manages to stay true to and use all of the Kaiju genre's tropes and, AND, use prison tropes as well!?! Its f****** brilliant is what it is, so check it out." Comic Bastards
