Samurai Jam

by Andi Watson

To celebrate Andi Watson's 10th anniversary in comics Amaze Ink has collected his first-ever comic book series, Samurai Jam . It's all the skateboarding, punk rock, and hockey you need captured in one handy (and handsome) trade paperback collection. Contains the four issue series from the early 90s plus mini comics and pin-ups.

Genres: Graphic Novels

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Andrew "Andi" Watson (born 1969) is a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for the graphic novels Breakfast After Noon, Slow News Day and his series Love Fights, published by Oni Press and Slave Labor Graphics.

Watson has also worked for more mainstream American comic publishers with some work at DC Comics, a twelve-issue limited series at Marvel Comics, with the majority at Dark Horse Comics, moving recently to Image Comics.

Reviews

[Jan Philipzig · Rating 2 out of 5]

Targeted at the middle-school crowd (I think), this story about the daily joys and sorrows of growing up tries to be cool and cute rather than insightful or political. While it occasionally succeeds on those terms, it often feels uneven and directionless - Andi Watson appears to have made things up as he went along.