Heart by Blair
Butler(w) and Kevin Mellon (w)
Heart is a 4-part mini
from Image Comics that tells the story of Oren Redmond, an office worker who is
slogging away at making a name for himself as an MMA fighter. The writing credits belong to
Blair Butler with art duties going to Kevin Mellon. In this debut effort of what is essentially a tale of
trajectory as seen in many a sports story in recent years (with examples such
as Bad News Bears, Dodgeball, The Blind Side, the list goes on) where a person whose
life is going nowhere fast, with little to zero skill in a given sport, decides
to throw in all their chips, train hard and finally their dedication takes them
to ‘The Big Show’ where they eventually compete on a professional level, the
outcome of which being an experience that the protagonist learns valuable
lessons about themselves.
More after the jump...
