Mad Cave Studios provided an early galley for review.

I lived through the marketing wars between the soft drink companies back in the 80's. It is nice to see others do too and have used that for a backdrop for their story.

And this story definitely has it all. Targeted for mature readers, this one has plenty of violence and sex - all presented in an exaggerated, over-the-top way. Who knew commercial competition could be so cut-throat?

The artwork by Santacruz is fantastic too. It is a very clean and detailed style that takes me back to the Bronze Age of comics. That nostalgic vibe serves as a nice counterbalance to the very modern, very graphic nature made popular in the 90's. A marriage of elements that works extremely well together.

Recommended to any comic book fans who are also into films by Quenten Tarantino.

It may have been fast paced, full of boobs and lot happening, this was quite a decent action packed graphic novel that really wants you clinging on what’s going on. It was really entertaining with showing the conjoined twins feud and playboy hero himself Jon trying to save the day. It’s pretty colourful too like I’m surprised that it only came out recently!

Thanks Netgalley and publisher for this!

Chock full of dark humor, ridiculous action, gratuitous sex and violence, Pop Kill is over the top in all the best ways and exactly what I have come to expect from Jimmy Palmiotti and company who aren’t afraid to bring fun back to comics.

Special Thanks to Mad Cave Studios and Netgalley for the digital ARC. This was given to me for an honest review.

The decades of black ops and dirty tricks between the world's two leading cola companies finally come to a head when one side's Bond-but-blond top agent falls for the brilliant carbonation scientist about to give the other pop that never loses its fizz. Appropriately, this mostly passes muster as a supermarket own-brand Garth Ennis substitute, with maybe a twist of Mark Russell. But while I understand it could hardly use the real names of the rival brands, and having the feuding CEOs be formerly conjoined twins makes sense as a dig at the narcissism of small differences in corporate rivalries, it felt weirdly nineties to deform the timeline so far that the companies were Japanese. Apart from the lost verisimilitude, surely by now we've seen more than enough evidence that American bosses are just as capable of being martial arts-obsessed monomaniacs demanding cult-like loyalty from their minions in the psychotic pursuit of untrammeled gain?

(Netgalley ARC)

My thanks to NetGalley and Mad Cave Studios for an advance copy of this hyper-violent, hyper-sexual, satire of business, cute dog and homicidal Siamese twins throwback to the 90's graphic novel, about what happens when two tribes of cola companies go to war.

Before comics were winning Pulitzers, making the New York Times Bestsellers list, making best of lists, and being used to create billion dollar media products, comics were there to entertain. The 1990's were probably peak point of this. Quentin Tarantino's influence on the writing of comics was huge. The influx of Hong Kong Action Cinema changed the way comics looked, and the stories they told. Stories about guns, babes, bad things being done, and good guys going wrong filled the racks. And to be frank, my pull lists at my store. Reading this comic brought me back to those days, with a fondness I never thought I had. Though I don't remember anything so anarchic and with a group of villains that are closer than brothers. Pop Kill is written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Dave Johnson with art by Juan Santacruz and tells a story about love, lust, cola, sibling rivalry, gun play, redemption, and and a very cute dog.

Say the next sentence in one's best 1990's movie trailer voice, and one will get a better understanding of the story. In a world where Cola Companies vie for dominance not only in the supermarkets and 7-11's in the world, but in the shadows where product tampering, and death is only a fizz away, two brothers scheme and plan the destruction of each other, neither ever getting the upper hand. Until Now. The time is now, maybe a bit in the future. Fizz One and Popso are the largest beverage giants on Earth. Their owners are separated Siamese Twins who hate each other with the intensity of Mentos added to cola, ready to explode into violence at any second. Joe Pyle is a corporate fixer of the violent kind. A man with a particular set of skills, Pyle is forced to for Popso, as he has made an enemy with head of the company. Pyle works off his debt by offing Fizz One's many enemies, anyone who helps Popso. Word has gotten out that Popso has a new formula, one that adds great taste and shelf life to their product, one that will make them unstoppable in the marketplace. Pyle is tasked to find the chemist in charge, steal the formula by stealing her heart, and stop Popso's plans. Though there seems to be a lot of people willing to kill for a taste of what Popso is bottleing.

The book has that whole 90's feel. The good girl art, the thousands of bullets, the violence, and the treatment of woman in the comic. The style is Garth Ennis's Hitman, Stray Bullets, even Scud the Disposable Assassin. The story is odd enough to keep people interested, the twin owners are funny, with their headquarters across from each other there are many post-it notes used to send messages. The violence is top notch, but the way women are treated is a little too retro in a lot of places. The art is real good. Cars, backgrounds, labs, the violence, even the cabin in the woods that Pyle owns looks great. The action is smooth, and very John Woo-ish. A good read after a hard day dealing with social media and what is happening in the world.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

This was a quick and fun read. I really liked the idea of two soda companies sabotaging each other, especially because that their owners are brothers.

The story doesn’t take itself too seriously, which works in its favor by adding a comedic tone throughout.

It was action-packed, with something always going on. The setting clearly objectifies women, but i supossed it fits with the violence and tone of the story.

Overall, it’s an easy, fast-paced read that entertains you for about an hour.

3.5/5 stars 🌟

Thank you to Mad Cave Studios, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dave Johnson, and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review (unpaid).

This could have been a really good story but unfortunately it reeks of gratuitous nudity and toxic masculinity.

🥤 Thank you NetGalley, authors, illustrators and publisher for the ARC of Pop Kill 🥤

I had a blast with reading Pop Kill and there was never a flat moment. This comic is packed with action, classic vibes and absolutely beautiful illustrations. Chapeau to the artists! They did a really good job capturing the late 80's style.

This comic reminds me of the well loved 007 movies. It's full of action, sexy moments and a good story that keeps you interested til last. It was a quick read, but a good one!

If you like comics that deal with a lot of action, some soda mafia and rivalry, you should definitely pick this one up!

!! free copy from netgalley in exchange for an honest review !!

when i saw the summary for this book i couldn't help but be intruiged. i don't read many comics and i've never seen anything like this concept before. exploding soda cans? a can muffeler? so creative as well as the backstory for a lot of the characters and that's not even mentioning the art and the well drawn backgrounds.

it all felt very remiecent of the older comic's i've read in a macgyver sort of way. though i enjoyed it for the most part i didn't really like Jon's character. it was very much a back and forth for me and i'm not sure if that was the intention. at times some of the things his character said just made my face scrunch up lol.

other than that i liked the relationship or start of one with Dina and the amount of action made it worth reading for me. :)

I received an ARC through NetGalley for an honest review.

This was a DNF @ 45%

Fictional Coke and Pepsi are owned by two brothers who hate each other and set all manner of forces against each other because....reasons.

This is one of those comics that is both way over the top, but also isn't doing very much with it, beyond the objectification and dehumanisation of women...

This could have been a fun premise, but it came off as a not as funny as Archer clone.

This wasn't for me.

I didn't hate this book, but I didn't end up loving it either. The protagonist, Jon, reminds me of Spike Speigel from Cowboy Bebop. An inherently flawed horndog who loves nothing more than a good shootout. However, throughout Cowboy Bebop, we learn more about Spike, his motivations, and why he does the things he does, slowly leading the audience to become fond of him. Jon had no foil, no real backstory, and no strong motivations other than money, so I just couldn't find it in myself to care about what happened to him. There is a small amount of exposition regarding his position in the conflict between the soda companies, but we have little information about who Jon is as a person outside of that. Deluxe was an interesting character but seemed to blindly follow Jon, which felt like a plot convenience. You're telling me this girl entrusts her beloved dog to be dogsat by a man she met 20 minutes ago? Sure, whatever. I loved the idea of the story, the interplay between the two brothers (the scene with the post-it notes made me laugh out loud), the way that soda somehow becomes a way to inflict violence on your enemies. But without a protagonist with depth, it lacked a bit of "wow" factor.

I received this DRC from NetGalley.

This was a short, fast- paced story, and I enjoyed the premise. Yes, there is violence and gratuitous nudity, but it feels self- aware, and the woman in the story is witty and intelligent and not reduced to just her looks. I liked that the general backstory of the bad guys is also included to give it more context.

I truly appreciate Mad Cave Studios for providing me the opportunity to read this graphic novel. In all honesty, this is exactly what I imagine Corporate America to look like with competitors LOL. What a dramatized story between twin brothers who own prestigious soda companies. I really enjoyed the book, it was funny, it was dramatic and honestly probably super realistic. The art was fire and the gory scenes were developed and delivered really well. I'd read another book from these writers easily again..

Thank you to NetGalley for providing this ARC.

This is a collection of parts 1-4 of Pop Kill.

I'm not usually a graphic novel person, but I had a fun time reading this and it was very quick to get through.

The premise was very over the top, which is exactly what I expected based on the description.

It includes lots of violence and nudity.

Overall, it was just a silly fun time.

It is unhinged and ridiculous in a good way, but I was really put off by the constant objectification of women.

In fanfiction sapces, theres a term called "crack treated seriously" and that is the epitome of what this was.

This was silly, outrageous, over the top, and ridiculous, but I really loved every second of it. The backstory behind the two villains was actually pretty interesting, and I honestly wouldn't have minded getting to see a little bit more of that. But that would have taken away the crack factor, so I understand why we got the sliver of details we did.

The sword fighting and death scene at the end were hella cheesy, but it lived up to the energy of everything else that happened, so I really have no complaints about it.

All in all, this was good, silly fun. There were super villains, a super hero is is actually kind of a perverted dick, and a puppy! What more could you want in a story?