SAVAGE! JUNGLE PRINCESS BOOK 2 - REVIEWED!

 

The first review of SJP:THM is in and it's 10/10! Read it at Comicbits Online: http://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2022/03/kult-creations-savage-jungle-princess.html

Or below!

Kult Creations: SAVAGE! JUNGLE PRINCESS: BOOK 2 - THE HATE MACHINES

REVIEW BY TERRY HOOPER OF COMICBITS ONLINE:

John A. Short and Gabrielle Noble

44pp

US Comic sizesquarebound

Full colour

UK £6.50 (incl. p&p)

https://savagecomic.blogspot.com/

Here it is, nearly ten years on from the original adventure - the sequel to SAVAGE! JUNGLE PRINCESS BOOK 1 !

 This full colour adventure is by the original SJP team of John A. Short on the words and Gabrielle Noble on art! 

This time Arabella Savage and Friday Robinson are up-against Nazi- Robots! (Also featuring a volcano, naked bathing and engine grease!) It's STILL the most fun you can have with your loin cloth on! 

The PDF digital version is available from the Kult Digital blog! (Book 1 too!) http://kultdigital.blogspot.com

It has taken a while and to be honest I thought we would not be seeing another adventure with Jungle Princess! But here it is. I was surprised when I opened the envelope and saw what I had been sent.

Firstly, the story -spot on as always and the usual puns that might be included in the movie Carry On Up The Savage! Jungle Princess and Lis Fraser in her prime would have to be the Jungle Princess though I suppose in 2022 everyone would go for Kelly Brook. I'm getting a tad distracted...where was I...oh. Bristol (I said "Bristol" not "Bristols"!). Anyway, dinosaurs, Nazies, a volcano and scantily clad jungle persons...have I mentioned a gigantic Nazi mechanaut? I haven't....well there is one so there.

Then we come to the art. Nice and colourful and exuding fun -and that is what I expect from Gabrielle Noble. The action is drawn well and I really cannot complain as the art and colour work combined with the dialogue gets 10 out of 10 and it's 44 pages for just £6.30 (UK)?

Have some fun and get this book. Treat yourself but (WARNING!) do not rub it all over your body. I won't say why but you've been told.

SJP BOOK 2 - THE HATE MACHINES on sale now!

Here it is, nearly ten years on from the original adventure - the sequel to SAVAGE! JUNGLE PRINCESS BOOK 1 - now on sale! This 44 page, full colour, square bound American-sized comic adventure is by the original SJP team of John A. Short on the words and Gabrielle Noble on art! This time Arabella Savage and Friday Robinson are up-against Nazi- Robots! (Also featuring a volcano, naked bathing and engine grease!) It's STILL the most fun you can have with your loin cloth on! 

The PDF digital version is available from the Kult Digital blog! (Book 1 too!) http://kultdigital.blogspot.com

In the near future we will sort out a way for you to be able to click one button and buy both books 1 and 2 of SJP together...

Latest SJP news!

 Just to let everyone know what's going on with SAVAGE! JUNGLE PRINCESS: THE HATE MACHINES... Great news! Everything is back from the printers and it looks perfect! We are gearing up for our major post-out, next week! If you are a Kickstarter backer, you should find your backer's survey email in your in-boxes next Monday 21st March. We hope to start dispatching shortly after your replies. (Those who went for sketches - might take a little longer, I'm sure you can understand why!) Watch this space!

Best review ever?

 Terry Hooper's review of 'Savage! Jungle Princess' from the Comicbits Online blogsite... 

“On the Saturday afternoon of the Bristol Expo I noticed a rather dodgy looking geezer tucked away behind a pillar. As I tried to walk past he moved forward and opened his jacket to reveal a comic. “Oy, guv'nor -wanna buy somethin' for the weekend, heh? Heh -know what I mean?” followed by a nudge and a wink. I realised it was 'Spliffy' creator John A. Short. John, of course, did not just write 'Spliffy' but also 'The Clock Strikes!' comic – which like this book can be found on the Kult Creations site. I grudgingly accepted the review book (actually, I'll take anything if it's free.)

Later that day, as I tried to relax after hours of chatting I decided I'd read what I thought would be a bit of 'fluff' reading. After tea I read it again. I also read it again at around 0200 hours. So what is this story that so captivated me that I've just read through it for the fifth time and exiled it to a shelf because I don't want to read it again? Well, in June 1940, a German U-boat approaches the unexplored... Death Island. They spot a British vessel and torpedo it. And so Friday Robinson, an 'H-dropper' agent of 'em-eye-five' is cast ashore. And then she meets the dinosaur. It's not on the cover, but believe me there is a dinosaur. So who saves Friday? Why a scantily clad, blond-haired American Arabella Adelaide -the Jungle Princess!!

Apart from fighting a dinosaur there are, of course, the Nazi invaders -all female; the Valkyries- led by the one-eyed Countess Karla who are looking for John Dee's Philosophers Stone. They have the, uh, female natives to contend with.

Which is all I'm going to tell you about the plot which has enough in-jokes to keep anyone happy. In point of fact this made me VERY happy which is a bit odd. But it reminded me of being a teenager and waiting up for the late night horror movie (Hammer or otherwise) because someone had mentioned it got a 'bit racey' at some point or you got a flash of flesh. Despite the skimpy underwear (John tells me there is a rubber tree on Death Island from which comes invisible rubber which is used for garment fastening. I believe him. He's a scientist) and the shower scene -did I mention the shower scene?- you don't get to see anything really, naughty 'bit' wise.

However, this comic was sheer, unadulterated FUN from cover-to-cover. Gabrielle's art adds that bit extra with some superb colour work -especially the, uh, shower scene. I was recommending it to anyone I met over the weekend -the book having been launched there. I seriously cannot recommend it enough. It's just fun and cheery, often tongue-in-cheek humour and I never expected the UK to come up with a new jungle character after decades and that the character would be so... fun! In a world of grim comics this is a beacon of hope and one of my hopes is that we see more. Why have I hidden the book on a shelf? Because I don't want to read it too much and spoil the fun I'll get when I come across it again. Out of all I saw over the weekend 'Savage! Jungle Princess' is my Expo comic highlight. Really: buy a British comic, but make sure it's this one!!”

Kult Creations would like to point out that we didn't slip Terry any money to write this review! The sequel to SJP is on Kickstarter now!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas1/savage-jungle-princess-the-hate-machines?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=savage!

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SAVAGE! JUNGLE PRINCESS: THE HATE MACHINES is a 44 page self-contained, full-colour, tongue-in-cheek, fun comic adventure from writer John A. Short and artist Gabrielle Noble! With a Kickstarter exclusive RETRO cover by Switchblade Stories creator Chris Askham!

IT'S THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE WITH YOUR LOIN-CLOTH ON! So come on down to Death Island (where dinosaurs never died out) to see Arabella Savage and Friday Robinson face-off against the threat of the NAZI ROBOTS! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas1/savage-jungle-princess-the-hate-machines?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=savage!