Review of
Star
Wars Tag & Bink by Kevin Rubio and Lucas Marangon ISBN
9781593076412
Five out of five stars
This is a
parody of the entire Star Wars series of movies that had appeared up to the
time of publication in 2006. Tag and Bink are two bumblers that through incompetence,
luck and occasionally the actions of others end up in many of the major scenes
in the movies. It opens with them being two of the soldiers defending Princess
Leia in the opening scene of her capture in episode IV.
Their
adventures take them forward and back within the Star Wars storyline, including
a review of their childhood as potential Jedi knights. They bumble along,
carrying on a dialog of constant criticism of each other, no matter where they
are. The dialog is snappy, humorous and at an intellectual level one would
expect in a parody.
Through it all
there are visual and textual references to pop culture, including a statue of
Mark’s Big Boy inside the Death Star. At one point they also do battle with
bounty hunter Bobba Fett. If you like lowbrow parody on a par with “Mad
Magazine” then you will love this graphic novel.
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