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Brink: Volumes 1-3

The Classic 2000 AD Graphic Novel, in Full-Cast Audio for the First Time

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Brink: Volumes 1-3

By: Dan Abnett, I.N.J. Culbard
Narrated by: David Warner, Indira Varma, Nina Sosanya, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Richard Armitage, William Hope
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Late 21st century and Earth has been reduced to an uninhabited wasteland. What was left of humanity was evacuated into overpopulated space stations, or 'Habitats'. A hotbed for crime and strange new religious sects, the Habitat Security Division has no shortage of work.

No-nonsense Investigator Bridget Kurtis soon finds herself embroiled in a life or death struggle with a sinister cult, and what she uncovers has disturbing implications for the future of the human race...

Featuring Nina Sosanya, Richard Armitage, David Warner, Indira Varma, Pippa Bennett-Warner alongside a full cast, fans and newcomers alike will be transported to the gritty audio world of 'Bridge' and her colleagues for an immersive listening experience like no other.

"Nina Sosanya's Bridget Kurtis is the unquestioned standout. Her no-nonsense, dryly comic delivery really helps to bring Dan Abnett's script to the audiobook format." - Big Comic Page

© 2017 Rebellion 2000 AD Ltd (P) Penguin Audio and Rebellion Publishing 2021

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Penguin have released a handful of new 2000 AD audio adaptations (the others are The Ballad of Halo Jones, Sláine: The Horned God and two Judge Dredd tales with America and The Pit), I went for Brink as it's the more recent of the stories to be adapted and I am a big fan of the dry humour in Dan Abnett's writing thus far (serialised in issues of long running brit comic 2000 AD) and was curious how this would translate without INJ Culbard's gorgeous line art. I am glad to say that this was as much as a success as you could hope for; a really good cast and excellent audio production (up there with Big Finish's expensive to obtain audio dramas) makes this an easy recommend even if you have no familiarity with Brink or 2000 AD but just like sci-fi audio drama stories.

Top 2000 AD in another medium

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The tension is excellent, but not too bleak. The performances were great. They really brought the comic book to life and did it great deal of justice.

The storyline and tension in excellent.

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Absolutely loved it, brilliant ensemble performance. I wasn’t sure this would work as an audiobook but it was great.

Fantastic translation of the graphic novel

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Brink is one of the best 2000AD stories of recent years, and this adaptation is really excellent, with a great cast and vivid soundscapes. Best summarised as post-apocalyptic sci-fi detective stories with a Cthulhu-esque vibe.

Fantastic adaptation

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Can't say I was expecting to enjoy these as much as I did, but I really really did!

Unlike the recent Sandman adaptations, this audio adaptation of a comic book isn't filled with sound and fury and jarring soundscapes every 30 seconds. Another reviewer complained about it sounding 'thin' - I mean, what?? Have they actually read the original comics?!

The soundscaping is subtle but effective and totally captures the feeling of...well, space. This isn't a blockbuster epic! It's a police procedural, set in often crowded but even more often profoundly empty Habitats. The low hum of machinery or the subtle echoing of voices really conjures up that sense of humanity without the earth, either forced too close together or profoundly alone in the universe.

The performances are pretty much all excellent. Again subtly played, wholly believable - especially the central duo of Richard Armitage and Nina Sosanya.

Great 80's-esque soundtrack that captures the feel of the original artwork nicely.

Again, to contrast it to Sandman, there is no narration to ease you into the story or explain where you are. Frankly THANK GOD. I found all the narration cutting into the story during that production irritating and disruptive. Brink may take a little longer to get into for that reason, but it's all the better for it.

I found this an immersive, believable and faithful adaptation and I look forward to more in future.

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