Captain America: Homeland (2004)
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Homeland
Written by Robert Morales
Pencils by Chris Bachalo
Inks by Tim Townsend
with Aaron Sowd
Al Vey
Wayne Faucher
Colors by Chris Bachalo
with Brian Reber
Letters by Randy Gentile
The Bucky Issue
Written by Robert Morales
Pencils by Chris Bachalo
Inks by Tim Townsend
Requiem (Parts 1 & 2)
Written by Robert Morales
Art by Eddie Campbell with Stewart McKinney
Originally, I picked up this Trade Paperback when I first got into comic book coloring. Over at Deviant Art, Tim Townsend had posted a lot of pages from the Homeland run. Since I never bought the original issues, I didn't have a frame of reference when it came to coloring the pages. So, I ended up going to the local comic book shop and getting the TPB. I've had the book for maybe 5-6 years...and never read it...till now.
I'm a HUGE Chris Bachalo fan from his time on Steampunk, Death, X-Men, Generation X and Spider-Man. But if I'm being totally honest here, I think him and Captain America was a bad match from the start. The book itself is a very boring read and the art just does not deliver in the sense that you're getting a typical, kick-ass Bachalo book. There is hardly any action at all, and when there is, it's lackluster to say the least.
There are additional issues to pad out the TPB: The Bucky Issue, which is also by Bachalo and is by far the best of the bunch. Fantastic art and storytelling here. Love it. Another storyline; Requiem is by Eddie Campbell with Stewart McKinney. This is just downright awful and the writing to me is pretty stupid.
Overall, I'm just disappointed in the book as a whole. The best parts of the TPB and the series were the covers (and The Bucky Issue) done by Bachalo. These are siiiiiiiiiiick.
But I can't recommend this book to anyone as it's something that I will never read again and most likely will never bother looking at again...with exception of said covers. The above image is of the TPB cover, minus the Text.
Rating: 2 Stars out of 5