 Hey everybody, welcome to another exciting episode, another edition of Awaken Geekdom here on YouTube and today we're going to be talking about something pretty freaking badass and easily one of my favorite reads of 2019 so far as of this video and it is Daniel Warren Johnson's and Mike Spicer's Murder Falcon. This thing is beautiful, it is badass, epic in every single way and I absolutely loved it. There are only eight issues published by Image Comics. You're gonna have a fantastic time reading this, basically in a nutshell if you have no idea what Murder Falcon is, this void-like place, it's sort of like this alternate plane of existence that was birthed from all the hatred and wrongdoings by humanity. It birthed this creature known as Magnum Chaos. Magnum Chaos is going to invade earth with like these monster kaiju-like creatures and is going to destroy everything, destroy civilization and all of humanity and he's feeding off of that anger and anguish and misery and suffering from humanity. However, born out of the heavy, which is sort of like this other area or plane of existence that is very heavily inspired by music, heavy metal, rock themes and all that stuff, Murder Falcon is born. Murder Falcon of course being this giant freaking Falcon with a huge metal arm. He knows Kung Fu, he's a badass at fighting and he lives the heavy metal lifestyle. But in a nutshell it's a story, basically Murder Falcon journeys into earth and finds Jake, who has recently quit playing his guitar after he left due to some tragic events. He left his band Bruticus and he abandoned his friends and wife out of the tragedy that occurs and the character of course goes through a lot of changes throughout the comic. He was very confident, he was a very happy wholesome person but when tragedy strikes his outlook changes and sadness, grief and depression and all these elements come into play and really stir him away from the guy that he used to be and a friend to many and a loving husband and all that stuff. So Murder Falcon sort of just brings him to reconcile with his former self and probably or maybe realize the wrongdoings and the process as they're gonna fight all these monsters they're gonna have to build the band back up so they can fight the chaos villains if you will with the power of heavy metal. I know it sounds ridiculous it sounds sort of absurd but it is wonderful. I love heavy metal and part of the charm and appeal of listening to this genre that we all love is that it's empowering, it's powerful, you're screaming into the wind into the void and just letting your frustrations out with songs and themes about good versus evil, it can be about politics, it can be about the human heart, the human condition and how we treat others, it can tell awesome fantasy stories about the night beating a dragon, it can go into that sort of mystical high fantasy world. You can do a lot of that and you can vent your frustrations with heavy metal and sort of like these powerful themes that are enjoyed worldwide by millions of fans. So Daniel being a guitar player, a fan of heavy metal, a fantastic writer and a wonderful artist I'd love the art in this book. I mean seriously look at this awesome splash page I won't tell you the context just gonna have to figure it out but the usage of layouts to sort of like display all this hectic motion, not once are you lost as to what's happening and Mike's coloring just brings Daniel's wonderful grungy indie art to life in a very beautiful way. I mean take a look at the heavy here where the character of Murder Falcon comes from and it's this huge anvil I mean there's so many Easter eggs in this book about heavy metal culture and bands and CDs and just I mean take a look at try not to spoil anything but I mean take a look at this group like monster and other characters that are not necessarily of a certain genre because you know heavy metal and bodies a ton so many sub-genres so it does go into different oh here's a better picture of that guy right there look at that tree monster thing that is pretty freakin awesome I like I love this also before I do continue with the review of this book do yourself a favor when Daniel was writing this book he made a Spotify playlist of the songs that inspired the script sort of like yeah you could say the music of the comic it's on Spotify it's wonderful but if you want to go even further play your favorite rock or heavy metal or hard rock whatever kind of rock music that you like to listen to play it while you're reading the action scenes in this book and I guarantee you you're gonna have a fantastic time it is going to be a badass read all throughout and there is a lot of dynamic action with characters just punching the living crap out of each other wonderful creature designs just awesome imagery all all the way through and I mean the characters eventually find out that when you have sort of like these mystical items musical instruments I should say there is sort of like a spirits or avatar that follows you so you get more creatures and stuff like over here you can see sort of like the serpent sea dragon fighting that kaiju stuff like that where in other books would be silly this is just straight up fun badass and pretty empowering there are some really fantastic beautiful solo moments between Jake and his wife and when you do find out the cause of the rift between the characters it's very touching and it goes into very into very heartwarming lesson about overcoming your fears and what it takes to be courageous and standing up in the face of adversity to be brave and to do what needs to be done in a way where you know not necessarily becoming a hero and all that stuff but overcoming personal obstacles in a very endearing way like there is a ton of a heart that went into this story as silly as it may seem from a surface just beautiful stuff overall if I do say so myself the ending is a little bit bittersweet it definitely hit me in the feels the artwork like I said is pretty fantastic dynamic expressive very fluid in the way the characters behave and act and the fight scenes are just freaking fantastic have I said that yes I did I don't care I'll say it again I mean seriously look at how much color and pizzazz this book has and Daniel just nails it in my honest opinion a fun worthwhile read in 2019 the story is one and done you only need to read this book there's no more afterwards it's only eight issues but I do wish this world could continue in some shape or form I know it would it wouldn't work simply because the ending wraps up in a very satisfying way but the universe that was created is pretty awesome in my opinion I think there is room to maybe try and do something spin-off maybe I don't know but easily this is one of my favorite panels of the comic I mean so much shredding he gets a mega form Murph as the characters like to call him he gains metal wings and a friggin giant gatling gun and he can use to destroy the kaiju monsters just man this is a blast this is so much fun the characters are pretty interesting they are really well written and very expressive in their emotions and I really appreciated that there is a very human element even though we're dealing with fantastical themes that I think could surprise a lot of people if they give it a shot have you read murder falcon let me know in the comment section down below guys as always thank you for liking commenting subscribing to a week and keep them I value your opinion your love and support so very much let me know in the comments below what you thought of the book if you have read it if not you can follow me on your favorite social media platform Facebook Twitter Instagram all that fun stuff thank you so very much I have got to go I will catch all of you on our next episode