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Nash Holds The [comic] Book
He's BIG! He's SEXY! He....writes? Yes, ladies and gents, the booker has a book. A comic book, that is. On July 14th, comic book retailers nation-wide were treated to "tantalizing" glimpses of Kevin Nash's long-awaited "writing" debut in the form of the "Nash" Preview, featuring art by Marat Mychaels, and published by Image Comics. And let me tell you, it was all we in our comic shop (Captain Blue Hen Comics) could do to keep from falling all over ourselves to get to it. You see, our bathroom was out of toilet paper.... But seriously folks, the "Nash" Preview (the first issue will debut at the Wizard World Convention in Chicago in late July) affords us the rare opportunity to peek inside the mind of one of the most powerful, influential, BIGGEST, and SEXIEST men in "our sport." Not only are we priveleged with sketches and sample pages from the forthcoming first issue, but Nash himself took time out of his busy schedule of working one night per week and leaving the Thunder booking to Dusty to sit down and be interviewed about the project. So why would B.S. Kevin Nash want to write a comic book? "My primary concern is to produce something that I would have read when I was young." For those of you not informed as to what the premise of "Nash" is, let me take this opportunity to fill you in: It is the Year 2030. The world is a famine-plagued wasteland. Only Nash can help those in need, while trying to struggle through a "volatile and hostile" world. Well, it's nice to know that Nash's vision of the future pretty much reflects the state of WCW today. And speaking for myself, I did NOT want to be THIS depressed while reading comics as a kid. Matthew Healy, the interviewer, felt it necessary that we should know that "..the comic is intelligent and inventive. The writing is crisp and the art is organic and stimulating." Sounds like Bob Ryder talking about Nitro, huh? And let me tell you, by "organic and stimulating" art, Healy means "crappy and derivative". So why, exactly, did B.S. Kevin Nash decide on Marat Mychaels who, in addition to being a two-bit Image hack, also spells his last name wrong? "Of all the people who have drawn me, of all the depictions that are out there (so MANY), Marat captures me the best." Well, I've been watching wrestling for quite a while now, and I've never confused a beer-gut for washboard abs, which is apparently the optical trap that Mr. Mychaels has fallen into. Maybe he was hypnotized by the big "NASH" that's written across Big Sexy's belly, I don't know. Not to mention the fact that in Mychaels' depiction, Nash is sporting sausage-like speedo-stuffage of Spinal Tap proportions. Damn, maybe all that BIG SEXY stuff isn't just TALK! And once B.S. Kevin Nash's creative juices got flowin', what was his suggestion, his grand contribution to the look of "Nash" after seeing Mychaels' layouts and designs for the first time? "Add more babes and more guns." I guess the most polite thing one can say about "Nash" is that Kevin Nash seems to be about as talented at writing comics as he is at booking a wrestling promotion. Which is to say, not at all. But honestly folks, given the choice between being talented, and being BIG and SEXY, which would YOU choose? Justin Jones Captain Blue Hen Comics Email the Author Visit Captain Blue Hen Download huge versions of the images in this article Cover (582K JPEG) NASH (714K JPEG) |
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