Raya Golden

This was a lot of fun—a little mystery mixed with sci-fi goodness and nice, splashy artwork. I especially liked the full-page depiction of the spider hound! I adored the Lohb and the way they talked, and the arrival of Nihinni was priceless—“who loves the infants”—so great!
I guess this is based on a screenplay GRRM wrote for a TV pilot. With the right cast and budget, it could have been a blast. Oh well, adapting what might have been into a graphic novel is almost as good, as we’ve seen with the continuing “seasons” of Buffy and Angel.… (altro)

A clever concept delivered ably enough, Starport is an adaptation of a George R. R. Martin television pilot from the 1990s. Raya Golden's artwork is good, though it rarely makes you stop and stare, and she has succeeded in adapting a sprawling concept into a lean graphic novel. Martin's plot and characters are, disappointingly, rather generic for the crime genre. His worldbuilding, however, is unsurprisingly excellent; Starport itself is believable enough and how the humans interact with the aliens keeps you drawn in. The humour is sometimes obvious, but it is not clunky. Humankind messing up its access to the galactic community is interesting to read about, and provides a humorous undercurrent to the book that is often funnier than the jokes themselves.… (altro)