This was distributed to students at my school.
Title: Rhino Ranger
Issue: First edition
Date: 2016
Publisher: Wild Rhino
This is a public-service comic, released in Vietnam by Wild Rhino, a rhinoceros conservation and anti-poaching campaign. The book is magazine-format, and it's a flip book, with the same story in English and Vietnamese.
The story introduces a young rhinoceros whose mother is killed by poachers. The young rhino is rescued and meets a family from Vietnam who describe how buyers in their country drive up the demand for rhino poaching by buying rhino-horn products.
The rhino decides to embark on a mission of justice against the poachers and buyers, and after some intensive training, he emerges as the humanoid-rhino known as Rhino Ranger, ready to take on the poachers and then head to Ho Chi Minh City to try to put a stop to the demand for rhino horn.
The story is nicely told with effective artwork. The idea that the rhino turns anthropomorphic by training is somewhat silly and arbitrary, but it really doesn't make less sense than most superhero origins. I liked the rhino's interactions with the Vietnamese family.
This told a good story while addressing an important issue.
Rating: 6/10
(And PLEASE, don't purchase rhino horn products! Find out more about Wild Rhino's work at wildrhino.org and on their pages on Facebook and Instagram)
Issue: First edition
Date: 2016
Publisher: Wild Rhino
This is a public-service comic, released in Vietnam by Wild Rhino, a rhinoceros conservation and anti-poaching campaign. The book is magazine-format, and it's a flip book, with the same story in English and Vietnamese.
The story introduces a young rhinoceros whose mother is killed by poachers. The young rhino is rescued and meets a family from Vietnam who describe how buyers in their country drive up the demand for rhino poaching by buying rhino-horn products.
The rhino decides to embark on a mission of justice against the poachers and buyers, and after some intensive training, he emerges as the humanoid-rhino known as Rhino Ranger, ready to take on the poachers and then head to Ho Chi Minh City to try to put a stop to the demand for rhino horn.
The story is nicely told with effective artwork. The idea that the rhino turns anthropomorphic by training is somewhat silly and arbitrary, but it really doesn't make less sense than most superhero origins. I liked the rhino's interactions with the Vietnamese family.
This told a good story while addressing an important issue.
Rating: 6/10
(And PLEASE, don't purchase rhino horn products! Find out more about Wild Rhino's work at wildrhino.org and on their pages on Facebook and Instagram)
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