Friday, June 28, 2024

PHIL ELLIOTT MONTH: Comix Reading List #89: Greenhouse Warriors 2

89. GREENHOUSE WARRIORS #2 by Glenn Dakin/Phil Elliott (Self-published, Never reprinted) Mycomicshop
The final installment of my month long celebration of Phil Elliott's comics is a series I would love to see as a future kickstarter from the team of Elliott and Dakin. 

Barring that, I do have this Lone second  issue of the series to discuss. First, a roll call of the plant-based heroes...

Here we have most of the crew: Poppy, Thistle, Lavender (left to right 1st panel),  and Honeysuckle (arriving in 3rd panel)

Sunflower and Thistle.

Lavender, Cactus, and Poppy.

Doctor Glass, who I gather created all of the above characters, is pictured above with newly introduced villain Brother Nature.

Glenn Dakin does another great job giving Elliott an unusual story to stretch his storytelling and graphic abilities. The first page shows off Elliott's clear line style, but he also gets shadowy in places. The final page above just vibrates with the power of Brother Nature being slowly revealed. 

Just a historical note, the first issue was published by Tundra UK, which had some relation to the US Tundra and Atomeka. Issues 2-5 were self-published by Phil Elliott himself, even though GCD and others mistakenly credit Tundra UK as publisher for the whole series.






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