Kultura / Culture 44 | Strip » Comics BRZR KR has ar r i ved An immortal warrior who fights hisway through the ages The first issue of this comic series, entitled “War Without End, Man Without Borders”, which has been created and co-written by Keanu Reeves, is the best-selling original comic of the 21st century A man known only as B. is half-mortal and half-god, cursedand compelled toviolence. Afterwandering theworld for centuries, B. may have finally found a refuge – working for the U.S. government, fighting battles that are too dangerous and too violent for anyone else. In return, B. will receive the only thing he desires – the truth about his endless, blood-soaked life... And how he can end it. The name B. is actually short for Brzrkr or the comic book name of the movie hero that is Keanu Reeves! Best knownfor thefilmsJohnWickandTheMatrix, this actor makes his comic book writing debut alongside NewYork Timesbestsellingco-writerMattKindtandrenownedartist RonGarney (Wolverine, CaptainAmerica) in this brutallyviolentnew12-issueseriesabout an immortalwarriorfightinghisway throughtheages. BRZRKRis themost expensive comic ever to appear on the Kickstarter platform, but also the best-selling original comic series of the last 25 years. It sold in 650,000 copies over the course of just three days when it was released a fewmonths ago. “Creating and participating in the writing of the BRZRKRcomicwasaveryexcitingexperience, as I’vebeen a fan of comics since childhood and they had a strong artistic influence onmy career. We created 12 installments of the comic series about an immortalman, witha cursed powerthatpusheshimtoviolence,ashesearchesformeaning in the chaos that surrounds him. And the violence? I’m cursed and forced to constantly be an undying heraldof death,” saysReeves, whose likeness is carriedby the main character, B. How does this man whose private life is literally the stuff of urban legends, this Hollywood gentleman, who waives his royalties, takes time to think of the less privileged, eatswhilesittingonstepsandrides thesubway, succeed in convincingly presenting stories in which, despite beingmotivatedbygood, violence representshisfirst and most basic motive? Perhaps it’s precisely because of that contradictionof aperfect facethat’sstudiedasanexample of proportion and beauty, and the fact that he looks good whenkillingathousandbaddieswithoutbreakingasweat. Whatever the reason,Keanudoesn’tdisappoint even in the comic world. Leaping into battle and making a series of lightning-fast executions of enemies with his bare hands, often very bloodily, immediately provide insight intowhat themain character is capable of doing. Yes, he’s indestructibleanduncontrollable inaction.Hence thereference to the berserkers of Old Norse mythology. Some authors have suggested that these warriors drew their strength from bears and that they had a tendency to experience bouts of frenziedmadness during battle, literally going berserk. They would howl like wild beasts, foam at the mouth and bite, and were purportedly immune to steel and fire. When the frenzy would relent, they became tame and thus persisted in Norse sagas, and now also in comics. Evenpriortothereleaseof thefirst issue, ithadalready been announced that the series would be adapted for the screen byNetflix, withReeves playing the lead role, while work is also underway on an anime series based on the comic.The ink hasn’t even dried on the paper and there’s already confirmation of these two screen adaptations, so there’s no doubt that video games and spinoffs will also follow.The first country outside theU.S. to buy the rights to this series was Serbia, and the first issue of the Serbian version of the comic, published by System Comics, was presented at the recent International Belgrade Book Fair. Keanuhasonceagainshownthateverythinghetouches turns to gold, while also shutting up all those who suggest that the days of printed comics are numbered.That’s because BRZRKR is selling like hot cakes! Kijanu Rivs se vraća i u još jednom nastavku Džona Vika. „Poglavlje 4“ u bioskopima je od 24. marta 2023. Keanu Reeves is also returning in the latest instalment of the film series John Wick. Chapter 4. arrives in cinemas on 24th March 2023
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