Evolution Comics Ashcan #2

Title: Evolution Comics Ashcan
Issue: #2
Date: 1999
Publisher: Evolution Comics
Writer: Margie Spears, Alexei Kondratiev
Penciler: Vince Mielcarek, Don Hudson
Inker: Chris Ivy, Don Hudson
Character Design: Jim Fletcher
Letterer: Arthur Lewandowski
Editor: Ken Gale

This is a photocopied ashcan with samples from two of Evolution Comics' ongoing stories, both from the pages of their Dangerous Times anthology title.

First up is Beleagean Days, a space opera about a group of GILEA (Genetically Improved Law Enforcement Agents! No, really!) officers trapped on an alien starship heading out into space. In this installment, the team members are dealing with the death of a member of their team. There is some a decent amount of insight given here into what is clearly a complex and well thought out world and cast.

The second story is more straightforward, mostly because fewer characters are involved. This is Vidorix the Druid, the tale of an ancient Celtic warrior-priest who travels through time to a medieval Irish monastery. The artwork had a nice realistic feel to it, and the scenario was interesting and introduced well. The story is well researched, a virtue of having the writing talents of celtic language expert Alexei Kondratiev.

The introduction to this book also contains a tribute to comic writer/editor E. Nelson Bridwell, whose writing was the inspiration for the founding of Evolution Comics.

Rating: 6/10