Comic Review: Theremin #2
From Curt Pires and Dalton Rose comes Theremin. A sci-fi story centering around Leon Theremin, a scientist and inventor who produced the electronic instrument which bears his name. In Theremin, when a certain note is struck on the theremin, time and space are torn asunder, allowing the user to travel freely through them. With this power, Theremin goes from scientist and inventor to science assassin, but it seems things are not all well, as Vladimir Lenin plots against him.

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Leon Theremin has made the transition from inventor to assassin relatively easy it seems, but, as he says, “eventually we all need to reinvent the art of assassination”. He travels through time to carry out an assassination with the help of fellow science assassins Katya Nova and Nikita Nero. Afterwards, they make their way to Hawaii, to take care of an American chimpanzee death cult and the woman who runs it. While Theremin thinks after the mission, Lenin does some thinking of his own concerning the future.

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Pires is an indie writer with what will probably be a big future. He writes smart books with great characters. With Theremin, while some of the narration doesn’t seem directly related to the action in the panels, it’s all part of the overall narration of the book. The smart mix outlandish sci-fi and real world history/geography makes the book not only a great read, but something that almost seems plausible in the strange world that Theremin is helping to shape.

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Dalton Rose’s art is great for the story. At times, it’s quite detailed and almost reminiscent of Quitely, and other times it seems to lack heavy detail in order to emphasize other parts of the story. Rose is adept at crafting crazy sci-fi objects and floating chimps as well as he is at drawing human expressions. It’s his versatility and style that give Theremin a distinctive look.
Theremin is a book that blends sci-fi, action, alternate history and more into a story that doesn’t rely on any of the genre tropes to actually be good. It’s a fast paced story that uses the real world people and events as a way to make the strange concepts seem less so. Plus, at just 99 cents on ComiXology through Monkeybrain, it’s a deal that can’t be beat.