PENG
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- PENG! redirects here. For the StereolabStereolabStereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...
album, see Peng!Peng!Peng! is the first full length album from Stereolab, originally released in 1992. It showcases an eclectic variety of styles, from experimental pop to Krautrock to lounge.-Track listing:# "Super Falling Star" – 3:16# "Orgiastic" – 4:44...
PENG! is a one-shot
One shot (comic)
A one-shot is a comic book that is a pilot or a stand-alone story created as a single issue, rather than the more typical series format.-United States:...
72 page sports action comic written and drawn by Corey Lewis
Corey Lewis
Corey Sutherland Lewis is an American comic book creator. He is primarily known as the creator of Sharknife, published by Oni Press. Other works include PENG for Oni, and providing back-up comic strips for the Darkstalkers and Street Fighter comics for UDON...
, published in 2005 by Oni Press
Oni Press
Oni Press is an American independent comic book publisher based in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1997 by Bob Schreck and Joe Nozemack with the goal of publishing the kinds of comics and graphic novels they themselves would want to read...
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Publication history
Like much of Lewis's work, it abounds with subtextual martial artsMartial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
and video game references. It is the follow-up to Lewis's breakthrough work, the first volume of the Sharknife
Sharknife
Sharknife is an action/comedy/henshin comics series by Corey Lewis , intended to eventually consist of five digest-sized graphic novels....
series. Produced immediately after Sharknife, PENG nevertheless displays a stylistic shift towards looser linework and more open page layout. This shift in style, combined with PENGs larger page dimensions, made it more readable for many critics, such as Mark Fossen :
In [Sharknife's] tankōbons standard comic format, his art has room to breathe, and the splash pages can be enjoyed in their full glory. ... It's like a rich chocolate torte, that doesn't need to be made any more dense. Peng is a joy, and a completely different take on a new visual language for comics...Tankobon, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
format, Lewis's art seemed cramped and confusing. There was too much linework in each small panel, and his frequent use of double-page spreads was a problem when the middle of the spread was swallowed by the spine of the book. In Peng
Plot
PENG contains the story of The Foot Knux, a young team of Advanced KickballKickball
Kickball is a playground game and competitive league game, similar to baseball, invented in the United States in the first half of the 20th Century. Kickball may also be known as kick baseball, base soccer, soccer-base, or soccer-baseball...
players and their battle to win the championship. PENG opens just before the semi-final match of the tourney as the final four teams prepare to kick-it-out for the cup.
Characters and teams
- The Foot Knux - "The season's rookie favorite"
- The Anologgers - "Formed by various music artists"
- The Aurora Skeddos - "Protectors of kickbal purity"
- The Dolpheets - "The best Canadian team ever"
Shared universe in PENG!
PENG is set in the same continuity as Lewis's signature work, SharknifeSharknife
Sharknife is an action/comedy/henshin comics series by Corey Lewis , intended to eventually consist of five digest-sized graphic novels....
, and the main character of Peng, Rocky Hallelujah, is the younger brother of the titular character of that work. So far, there is no storyline connections between the two works. Scott Pilgrim
Scott Pilgrim
Scott Pilgrim is a graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley. It consists of six digest size black-and-white volumes, released between August 2004 and July 2010, by Portland-based independent comic book publisher Oni Press. It was later republished by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins...
also briefly appears as a substitute member of The Dolpheets.