One of the members in our internets cipher hipped me to a web comic that he produced called ‘Detective Boogaloo: Hip-Hop Cop‘. It’s like ‘Beat Street’ meets ‘Inspector Gadget’. It’s obvious that he has fun with his his work the same way we do over here. Except he doesn’t have to use pr0n or expletives.
Detective Boogaloo: Hip-Hop Cop is the story of a B-boy who, when break dancing on a piece of radioactive cardboard gained super powers. His younger brother, Tre, also attempted to acquire powers from the radiation that was still available, but he only wants to use his powers for his materialistic desires. Boogaloo must now battle with his brother and his evil rhyming syndicate for control of the city in which they live. The storyline has a cool flow and the there are tons of visual jokes that you have to be G.A.P. to relate to. The G.A.P. refers to grown azz peoples. Do you remember all the visual jokes that were inside a Looney Tunes cartoon? That’s the speed this comic moves at. It’s even written in a serialized format with cliffhangers and drama. The allegory of Cain and Abel will always be a classic.
The artwork is vibrant and reminds me so much of all my attempts at illustrating. Well, not really, you see the creator of this series, JAMAR NICOLAS is a talent. I hope that he and I can work on a child’s storybook sometime in the near future. In the meantime and in between time open this brother’s link and dig the story of ‘Detective Boogaloo‘. He is saving Hip-Hop from Sucka MC’s, one wack rapper at at time.
