The new Prince of Image : Mara #1

Kicking off 2013 with a slamming game of Volleyball?

Another release fresh out the Image back door, Brian Wood and Ming Doyle's 'Mara' is the story of a dystopian society ravaged by poverty and war but has now become united by sports as a means of distraction.
Well what makes this different from any other dystopian story such as Battle Royale, Brave New World and The Running Man, where the sport is revered I hear you say? Ha, well Wood has been very smart here as we don't see a typical world now ruled by violence, corruption and dictatorship. It's all seems pretty bloodless at the moment, which means we get to focus on other things! Such as who the hell is Mara?

Mara Prince is a 17 year old highly skilled athlete, a household name, and the best in the world at Volleyball. She is perfect in every way, women wanna be her, men wanna sleep with her (although she appears to prefer her own team), this bitch is just too good to be true. Or is she?

By the end of #1 we see this mask beginning to slip, and live on air it all seems to be crashing round around her. We begin to see the build up of Mara's story as we are exposed to her life and all those around her. Really loving the work of Doyle so far, as she really brings this story to life, especially with the graceful yet swiftness of the sports scenes. But to be honest our key area of interest here is gonna be Wood. We're interested to see where he will take this story and what themes will begin to emerge.

What would Doom do?
Time to get comfy in his fave throne, crack open a beer, drink it from one of those funny hats, flick over to sky sports and get to learning some of his best vollyball lingo. SPIKE!