McMahon & Martin: Tank Girl – Carioca (Titan Books Hardcover Graphic Novel)
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Tank Girl and Booga finally get a chance to
win big on their favorite TV game show Quizbingo, but after being cheated
of rightfully winning the show, they want Charlie Happy, the host, to die for
taking away their prizes. Revenge
becomes bitter sweet when Charlie's overweight wife vows vengeance and hires
assassins to take down Tank Girl and company in the graphic novel adventure Carioca.
In some
distant (or not so distant) future the world is in ruins, but life still goes
on and is controlled by private, pirating companies that would like nothing
better than to bleed the world dry, but happiness can still be found at the
bottom of a beer bottle and justice is as far as the end of a smoking barrel. While Tank Girl could care less about anyone
or anything, but mess with her life or any of her friends, don't expected her
to sit quietly by.
Tank Girl is a series set in a
post=apocalyptic Mad-Max like future
where mutant exists, and private companies have taken over much of the
remaining natural resources. Tank Girl
is a rough and ready character whose forte is to drive a tank and blow stuff up;
her company is made up of other girls similar to her in nature and her kangaroo
mutant servant/lover, Booga. This
series, setting and character is geared for crudeness, vulgarness and wanton
love of beer/violence for those who like stories without much need of plot or
thought, so think of it as for fans only.
- Ricky Chiang
