LAST
ADMIN HERO –
The Greatest Action Movie Never made?
Graham Pearce
publishes new SGT MIKE BATTLE Trade Paperback with Bonus Material
Sgt Mike Battle may have been fighting the enemies of freedom, democracy and
capitalism
for over 90 years but in November 2011 he appears in a new trade paperback
entitled
Sgt Mike Battle LAST ADMIN HERO. Writer/artist/publisher and all-round creative
force Graham Pearce
has collected issues #8-10 of the cult small-press comic Sgt. Mike Battle:
The Greatest American Hero!
into a brand new 160-page collection of the LAST ADMIN HERO storyline.
Regarded by many
Sgt Mike Battle fans as its best story to date, LAST ADMIN HERO
is both a tribute to and parody of Hollywood action movies. The story features
a terrorist group
called ACRONYM who takeover a US weapons facility and threaten to upset the
balance of power
in the world. The fate of the entire planet is at stake and not even Sgt Mike
Battle can save the day.
Everything rests in the hands of John Trojan, a simple office assistant who
is more suited to
filing paperwork and processing invoices than fighting bad guys.
“I’ve
always described LAST ADMIN HERO as the greatest action movie never made!”
explained Pearce.
“Its a homage to all those 1980s/1990s action movies that feature a
lone hero fighting a terrorist group
in a confined location, the only difference is that John Trojan is a regular
office worker with no military training.
Action movies always have a hero with some sort of law-enforcement, combat
or outdoor pursuits background
but I wanted to do a story where the hero wasn’t a cop, an ex-navy seal
or stuntman. To stack things against the
hero even more, I decided to arm him with only the contents of the stationery
cupboard
so he literally has to stop ACRONYM with a heavy-duty stapler!”
The movie analogy
continues with LAST ADMIN HERO in the form of some never-before-seen extra
features
that is included in the collection. “I’ve added about 60 pages
of bonus material in LAST ADMIN HERO,
including the preview “trailer”, an alternate ending, the abandoned
original 24-page version and there’s
a huge sketchbook section that explains how the characters and storylines
evolved during the creative process!”
LAST ADMIN HERO represents a game-changing moment for Sgt Mike Battle.
As Comics International described “The sharp wit and clever satire of
previous issues is present and correct,
but this comic is an improvement in that writer/artist Graham Pearce backs
up the jokes with a solid and interesting plot,
resulting in the most well rounded issue so far". Small Press Big Mouth
said ““Absolutely f***in’ hilarious!”
and Redeye says “If this series doesn’t have a massive genuine
cult following, the human race should
hang its collective head in shame”.
Sgt Mike Battle LAST ADMIN HERO, a 168 page US-sized black and white trade
paperback is out now for £6.99.
Available from grahampearce8@netscape.net,
via www.sgtmikebattle.co.uk,
via SGT MIKE BATTLE Fan
Club on Facebook or from Lulu.
Sgt. Mike Battle &
all characters are © 2011 Graham Pearce