Salimba

by Steve Perry, Paul Chadwick, Stephen R. Bissette (Illustrator)

Salimba - she's a jungle mystery woman, with powers and allure and a nose for adventure. 25 years ago animation writer Steve Perry and Concrete creator Paul Chadwick teamed up for a series of tales wherein this dark-skinned adventurer faces down immortal pirates, bizarre monsters, and zombie apes. Now these tales are completely collected, with a bonus - "Baby," an all-new Salimba prose story. Perry's last story before his untimely demise is a dark tale of addiction and murder and the child who is left behind.

Genres: Comics

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 7, 2010

About the author

Librarians note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Steven Carl Perry has written over fifty novels and numerous short stories, which have appeared in various magazines and anthologies. Perry is perhaps best known for the Matador series. He has written books in the Star Wars, Alien and Conan universes. He was a collaborator on all of the Tom Clancy's Net Force series, seven of which have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list. Two of his novelizations, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire and Men in Black have also been bestsellers. Other writing credits include articles, reviews, and essays, animated teleplays, and some unproduced movie scripts. One of his scripts for Batman: The Animated Series was an Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Writing.

Perry is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, The Animation Guild, and the Writers Guild of America, West

Reviews

[Matthew J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don't read up on the author unless you want to get depressed. This is mostly interesting for actually having the "jungle girl" character not be a blond white woman. That said, it still plays on some familiar tropes and exoticization. Paul Chadwick's art is solid, doing a good job of capturing the vibe of classic jungle comics.
I wonder if this had been giving a real chance from a publisher not going out of business, and if Perry's live had been less tragic, might it have developed into something more memorable and solid. Perhaps. As it is, it's mostly just a Curiosity of Comics Past.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got it for my love of Chadwick without realizing that he was inked to little (obvious) recognition.

Also, I loved "Silverhawks" as a kid but that did not bring me to this- I figured the writing would not be adult enough for me and I was correct. It's American vanilla. But it's cute and she's sexy.

[Drew Canole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chadwick is a pretty fantastic illustrator although I haven't really got into his series Concrete. Here he's having a bit more fun with a Conan-esque Jungle Girl character. There's 3 or 4 stories here. The first is similar to Curse of the Black Pearl with a pirate curse.

Chadwick is channeling Windsor-Smith and some Kirby at times. It's pretty cool stuff.