Dinosaurs Attack!

DINOSAURS ATTACK! (#1, July 2013)

I've been buying a lot of comic books lately.  Like, A LOT of comic books.  I want to talk about a few of them over the next couple of months or so, though I don't know if I would call these "reviews."  I'm just blabbing.  So Dinosaurs Attack!  It wasn't just a set of gnarly trading cards.  I own the IDW reprint of #1 (technically, I own two cover variants).  It sets up the plot before giving way to seismic destruction.  A word on said plot...um, it's confusing.

Brilliant physicists have constructed a "timescan," a satellite structure that zaps a moon or planet and transmits an image of its past.  Basically, the characters watch prehistoric happenings play out on a jumbo screen.  It's like IMAX, only the events depicted are 100% real.  Does that make any sense?  Obviously, something goes awry, and by the end of this issue, a demonic sauropod is ripping through ribcages and beachfront property alike.  Yes, demonic.  I haven't figured out why yet, but these beasts are not gentle herbivores.  It's probably explained in a later issue, which I need to grab.

Please note that I just woke up from a power nap, so my description of the story might be a little hazy.  The artwork is killer.  If you're familiar at all with the trading cards, you know that things get incredibly violent and fast.  I'll go ahead and include a rating, even though this is by no means a formal review.  Again, I hope to blab about more comics soon.