- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Image Comics (3 Jan 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1607064782
- ISBN-13: 978-1607064787
- Product Dimensions: 25.6 x 16.8 x 1.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 552,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Earthworm Jim creator Doug Tennapel is publishing his Webcomic Ratfist, a vigilante-in-tights that satirizes comics, politics, philosophy, and even Tennapel himself! Featuring a forward written by MST3K/RiffTraxx''s Michael J. Nelson, and pin-ups by Ryan Ottley, Scott Kurtz, Christopher Hastings, and Ethan Nicolle.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Another great adventure from Doug
8 Feb 2012
Format:Paperback
Ratfist is your basic average guy. I mean he's got a girlfriend he's about to propose to, a steady job,a pet rat, and of course he's a hero of the city. Well mostly. But he's about to give the hero biz up after one last case, so that he can marry his girlfriend. But this last case has nothing normal about it. He discovers the Space Tiki who can take the souls out of one creature and give them to another. Which is how Ratfist comes to really look like a rat, with a tail and everything. He travels 4 years into the future, again courtesy of the Space Tiki, and discover that the world has drastically changed. And in order to make things right he may have to give himself up entirely.
Doug TenNapel has this habit of creating characters that seem mostly normal, but with flaws (you know the type the ones that you could meet in real life) and by the end of the book they've learned some type of lesson. And I love it. Even though the characters can go a bit overboard, I mean this one is a guy dressed in a rat suit, he's easy to relate to. You can understand why he does what he does, even if you don't agree with his methods. Even the battles between the heroes and the villains are more battles of gray than black and white. The story has a nice easy to pace to get into and I love the special visit from Earthworm Jim (one of Doug's other creations) and even that Doug himself appears in the book.
I love Doug's style and this book is no exception. He has a blocky, line style that really reminds me of some of the old German Expressionist woodcuts that just creative this evocative feeling of movement within the work. Normally Doug's art is black and white, but this one has the added bonus of having color, just to help make the characters stand out even more. One of my favorite scenes is where Ratfist jumps from the rooftop down into the building below, and while the composition is simple--Ratifsit and no background but vertical lines--the colors make it really stand out and come alive.
If you're a fan of Doug already this is a must have book. If you aren't a fan of Doug...why not? Go ahead and pick this one up and give it a read for a rousing good tale. 5 out of 5 stars.
Doug TenNapel has this habit of creating characters that seem mostly normal, but with flaws (you know the type the ones that you could meet in real life) and by the end of the book they've learned some type of lesson. And I love it. Even though the characters can go a bit overboard, I mean this one is a guy dressed in a rat suit, he's easy to relate to. You can understand why he does what he does, even if you don't agree with his methods. Even the battles between the heroes and the villains are more battles of gray than black and white. The story has a nice easy to pace to get into and I love the special visit from Earthworm Jim (one of Doug's other creations) and even that Doug himself appears in the book.
I love Doug's style and this book is no exception. He has a blocky, line style that really reminds me of some of the old German Expressionist woodcuts that just creative this evocative feeling of movement within the work. Normally Doug's art is black and white, but this one has the added bonus of having color, just to help make the characters stand out even more. One of my favorite scenes is where Ratfist jumps from the rooftop down into the building below, and while the composition is simple--Ratifsit and no background but vertical lines--the colors make it really stand out and come alive.
If you're a fan of Doug already this is a must have book. If you aren't a fan of Doug...why not? Go ahead and pick this one up and give it a read for a rousing good tale. 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Almost makes sense
18 Mar 2012
Format:Paperback
Ratfist was born as a web comic but I first read it in its print version. Doug TenNapel appends an interesting discussion of his experience developing a web comic, providing some insight into the business model he followed and the help he received. I think it would be useful reading for anyone who wanted to publish a web comic.
As a superhero parody, Ratfist amounts to a collection of jokes (some amusing, some not so much) overlayed on the story of a rat-loving costumed hero (of sorts) who finds himself transformed into a human-size rat. Despite this not-very-promising premise, I enjoyed Ratfist, in part because it was silly enough to make me chuckle a few times, in part because I admired the art. The story just barely makes sense (okay, maybe it doesn't) but when you're reading about a rat/human hybrid who battles a dog/human hybrid (and a monkeytrout) while seeking the help of a pagan tiki statue from outer space, sense is not the first word that leaps to mind.
TenNapel mentions that the comment section of his web comic came to be dominated by discussions of politics and religion. Both of those topics are central to the story he tells in Ratfist. TenNapel uses satire to make a moderately serious (if largely ineffective) point about the danger of governmental attempts to regulate "fairness," but that issue is too complex to address in a story that largely consists of gory fistfights. He also uses satire to illustrate the nature of democracy and greed: "Don't expect angels to solve all of your problems when you can just as easily vote" followed by "But how am I supposed to get my way if all I do is vote?" Frankly, if there had been more takes on politics and religion and less silliness I would probably be a bigger fan of Ratfist, but I nonetheless recommend it, albeit for the art more than the story.
As a superhero parody, Ratfist amounts to a collection of jokes (some amusing, some not so much) overlayed on the story of a rat-loving costumed hero (of sorts) who finds himself transformed into a human-size rat. Despite this not-very-promising premise, I enjoyed Ratfist, in part because it was silly enough to make me chuckle a few times, in part because I admired the art. The story just barely makes sense (okay, maybe it doesn't) but when you're reading about a rat/human hybrid who battles a dog/human hybrid (and a monkeytrout) while seeking the help of a pagan tiki statue from outer space, sense is not the first word that leaps to mind.
TenNapel mentions that the comment section of his web comic came to be dominated by discussions of politics and religion. Both of those topics are central to the story he tells in Ratfist. TenNapel uses satire to make a moderately serious (if largely ineffective) point about the danger of governmental attempts to regulate "fairness," but that issue is too complex to address in a story that largely consists of gory fistfights. He also uses satire to illustrate the nature of democracy and greed: "Don't expect angels to solve all of your problems when you can just as easily vote" followed by "But how am I supposed to get my way if all I do is vote?" Frankly, if there had been more takes on politics and religion and less silliness I would probably be a bigger fan of Ratfist, but I nonetheless recommend it, albeit for the art more than the story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Quirky, Smart, Politically Incorrect, Hilarious
30 April 2012
Format:Paperback
Great illistrations and story flow. Could not put it down. Made me laugh and think. My favorite comic to date.
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