ZOOTOPIA: VOL. 1 #2
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: Jeff Parker
ART: Alessandro Ranaldi
COLORS: Dearbhla Kelly
LETTERS: Jeff Eckleberry
EDITOR: Nate Cosby
COVER: Trish Forstner
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Alessandro Ranaldi; Craig Rousseau; Trish Forstner
32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (February 2025)
Rated “Teen”
“Dump-Da-Dump-Dump!”
Zootopia is a 2016 animated buddy-cop comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Zootopia is set in a world of anthropomorphic animals (animals that talk and act like humans). The film follows a rabbit named Judy Hopps, who is rookie police officer, and a fox named Nick Wilde, who is a con artist. Judy and Nick end up working together to uncover a conspiracy involving the disappearance of predators. At the end of the film, Nick graduates from the police academy and becomes Judy's partner.
Dynamite Entertainment has been producing licensed comic books based on Disney characters and IP since 2022. The latest is a Zootopia comic book series, entitled Zootopia: Volume 1. It is written by Jeff Parker; drawn by Alessandro Ranaldi; colored by Dearbhla Kelly; and lettered Jeff Eckleberry. The series continues the adventures of Judy and Nick and is set after the events of the original film.
Zootopia: Volume 1 #2 (“Dump-Da-Dump-Dump!”) opens in Zootopia Police Precinct 1, where Chief Bogo is handing out a refresher course. Soon, Officer Hopps and Officer Wilde are on their way to the city dump... err... Zootopia Recycling Depot. According to its manager, Skunk Flowers, someone is actually breaking into the dump and stealing only select garbage bags.
So exactly what kind of trash in those select garbage bags are raccoons and opossums hauling away? Hopps thinks she will find some connections to the PB&J phone explosions, but Wilde wonders what he and his sensitive nose is doing at the city dump.
THE LOWDOWN: Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. Zootopia: Volume 1, Issue #2 is the latest.
I passed on Walt Disney's 2016 computer-animated hit film, Zootopia, when it first played in theaters. Later, I started hearing good things about it, so I gave it a try on DVD (via Netflix). I loved it, and I'm excited about the sequel film, Zootopia 2, which is due November 2025.
My enjoyment of the film virtually assured that I was going to give Dynamite's new comic book adaptation a try. I can safely tell Zootopia fans that the fun first issue of this series was not a fluke, because Issue #2 is also a blast to read. Series writer Jeff Parker, who is quite adept at writing comic books that adapt other media, offers a surprisingly clever story that revolves around thefts from the city dump. Parker manages to keep intriguing his Zootopia readers with novel plots and conspiracies. He is giving us every reason to keep reading.
The series' artists, penciler-inker Alessandro Ranaldi and colorist Dearbhla Kelly, offer the most exciting storytelling that readers will find is also similar to the aesthetic the original film. Ranaldi's compositions hop and dash across the pages with fast-paced storytelling. Kelly's colors have the spark of Disney's animation magic and also make the story pop. As usual, Jeff Eckleberry's lettering gives this story a sense of fast motion and noisy action.
I look forward to more Zootopia Volume 1. Anyone who reads this second issue, dear readers, will feel the need to return for the third issue, at least.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Disney comic book series will want Zootopia: Volume 1.
A
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
https://x.com/DynamiteComics
https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/
https://www.facebook.com/DynamiteComics/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNOH4PEsl8dyZ2Tj7XUlY7w
https://www.linkedin.com/company/dynamite-entertainment
The text is copyright © 2025 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog or site for syndication rights and fees.
---------------------
No comments:
Post a Comment