Cowboy Bebop #1 – Comic Book Spotlight

On sale today, Cowboy Bebop continues via comic book thanks to Titan Comics, and now we have our preview of the book. While we are sad that the live action Cowboy Bebop was canceled, we are incredibly lucky that Titan Comics and Titan Books still has some additional content for us to enjoy in the live-action universe.

So lets jump in to this comic from Dan Watters with art from Lamar Mathurin!

Basic Synopsis

Appearing to be in a vacuum of time between when they added Faye to the crew, and before they kicked off Ein, this comic book story takes place within the lore of the live action show.

Faye has eyes on a bounty, but after a group of trouble makers distracts Spike and Jet, Faye has to capture him on her own. When she tries, something goes wrong, and it’s like the bounty has luck on his side. The question becomes is the luck from a probability altering vest, or is it all the bounty.

The crew of the Bebop aren’t the only looking for the target though, as the Syndicate and Vicious also want to get their hands on him, or more specifically his vest.

My Take

Starting off we can’t talk Cowboy Bebop without talking about style. The anime and live action oozed with style and swagger. It’s about as much Cowboy Bebop as peppers and noodles. Right off the bat the comic starts you off with a familiar lead into the world of Cowboy Bebop, with a lead into Let’s Jam.

As for the style of art is mixed in this book. Clearly the main characters are heavily influenced by the recent Netflix show, the characters modeled after John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, and Daniella Pineda. When you look at the surrounding characters though including Judy and Punch of Big Shot, the in universe bounty hunter tv-show, they are clearly almost ripped straight out of the anime.

The art style though of the surrounding areas feels like it jumps back in forth. Within the casino of the book feels similar to the anime, while the Bebop once again takes inspiration more from the live action series then the anime. It can feel a bit disjointed, but it isn’t that horrible of a twist and turn in style to ruin the experience.

I will say the art style feels a bit more busy, but it’s manageable. The series plays a lot with putting figures in the background and foreground, but the style is inconsistent, so it can be a bit hard to recognize figures, but context clues will get you there.

All in all the feel of the story is solid, and really engages you, but you don’t really travel that far in the first book. I definitely can’t wait to pick up the next story though to find out what happens.

Pick up your copy of the book Here, or pre-order the whole series come June 2022 Here. Hell why not both!

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