Manga Monday: Captain Ken
Captain Ken (Volume 1) Osamu Tezuka The first of two volumes, Captain Ken was funded by a Kickstarter campaign that thankfully gets more Tezuka into the hands of American fans. I honestly wasn't expecting much from this title. I'm not sure why, when I've been blown away by the ground-breaking work that Tezuka has turned out - Princess Knight being one of my all-time favorite manga. I think it just looked a little dated, but, again, Princess Knight proved how timeless Tezuka's work truly is. Captain Ken is a western that takes place on Mars. Humans invaded Mars decades ago, killing and enslaving most of the martian population. There are some rebel tribes of martians that cause trouble for locals, such as the Moro Tribe, whose treasure was stolen during the invasion as well. Captain Ken appears on Mars at the same time as a young girl named Kenn, who stays with a local family, and there are suspicions that they could be one and the same p...