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Carnage, Vol. 1: In the Court of Crimson
Francesco Manna, Edgar Salazar, Ty Templeton, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Ram V
A ton of cool idea. A detective hunting carnage while having cletus in his mind trying to turn him. Sounds great, right? But it's so dreadfully boring it's unreal. Art is decent atleast. A 2.5 out of 5.
Welp can't believe it, but I had a blast with this one.
Angela (whom I'm not to familiar with) makes her appearence here to fight against the guardians at first but then with them. Quill and his team are trying to stop Thanos from going after Earth. This happens right before Infinity Event (Which is great btw) and it's mostly the GOTG being a rag tag team, saving SWORD, and being badasses while on the fly. This is filled with fun one liners, moments of emotion (surprised I enjoyed Quill here as much as I did) and some really fun action.
Overall, this was a ton of a fun, a 4 out of 5.
Angela (whom I'm not to familiar with) makes her appearence here to fight against the guardians at first but then with them. Quill and his team are trying to stop Thanos from going after Earth. This happens right before Infinity Event (Which is great btw) and it's mostly the GOTG being a rag tag team, saving SWORD, and being badasses while on the fly. This is filled with fun one liners, moments of emotion (surprised I enjoyed Quill here as much as I did) and some really fun action.
Overall, this was a ton of a fun, a 4 out of 5.
This is basically about our nature as beast coming out. Black Cat going full on, well, cat Like, vermin becoming a actual rat like monster, Lizard becoming full on lizard creature. And even Spider-man loses himself to become more vicious. The reveal is kind of lame, and the dialogue iffy at points, as is the art, but overall a serviceable, little darker, Spider-Man tale. A 2.5 out of 5.
Hitman, Vol. 2: 10,000 Bullets
Garth Ennis, Carlos Ezquerra, John McCrea, Steve Pugh, Kevin Smith
A over the top, almost looney toons feel to it except for the extreme violence and mayham. When a hitman is sent after The Hitman (The main lead here) he has to survive while also putting his lover and best friend in the crosshairs. I honestly can't even remember most of these people's names, but the action is highly entertaining, and it moves at such a quick pace that it's easy to enjoy these just flipping through. It's like a slightly PG-13 action film from Ennis.
American Nightmare
Roger Stern, Karl Kesel, Mark Waid, Mark Bagley, Doug Braithwaite, Kurt Busiek, Barbara Randall Kesel
A fun story with Nightmare (Basically Freddy Kruger) trying to take the dreams, the hopes of america, and turn it against people. Cap won't let that happen, and even if he's taken over, will continue to fight on for AMERICA! It's a fun, bit cheesy, exploration on who Cap is as a character. I really enjoyed his interaction with Sharon here, and also the family who's homeless. Even the fight with Nightmare, was fun, and enjoyable for old fashion Cap fighting back.
Overall, nice little throwback. A 3.5 out of 5.
Overall, nice little throwback. A 3.5 out of 5.
A fun collection with standard Cap adventures. The first half is about Skrulls, which is kind of okay. Not my favorite part of the collection even if I like Cap. I did enjoy the second half, the Nightmare section though. Fun and goofy with heart. A 3 out of 5 for the entire collection.
This was goddamn nuts and I loved 90% of it!
Sang is a killer. He's also a half blind and mute kid who's trying to just be a normal kid. However, after his master is killed he cuts off the arm of a drug lord and runs away. The drug lord puts out a bounty and all these gangs start to head out to kill him. Sang must survive, with the help of a mother-like figure, to go against all these gangs plus fight back against the drug lord himself.
This is both intense and funny as hell. The dialogue is just enough to build the characters and world plus the humor hits high for me. I also loved the art, over the top and cartoony but just perfect for this series. The pacing is well done, feeling like a movie, and by the end I was wanting more. The only negative is maybe it takes a bit to get sucked into this wacky world and also the main villain is pretty typical save the ending.
Overall, great stuff. Ed Brisson knocks it out of the park here as making a very funny story mixed with heart and extreme violence. A 4 out of 5.
Sang is a killer. He's also a half blind and mute kid who's trying to just be a normal kid. However, after his master is killed he cuts off the arm of a drug lord and runs away. The drug lord puts out a bounty and all these gangs start to head out to kill him. Sang must survive, with the help of a mother-like figure, to go against all these gangs plus fight back against the drug lord himself.
This is both intense and funny as hell. The dialogue is just enough to build the characters and world plus the humor hits high for me. I also loved the art, over the top and cartoony but just perfect for this series. The pacing is well done, feeling like a movie, and by the end I was wanting more. The only negative is maybe it takes a bit to get sucked into this wacky world and also the main villain is pretty typical save the ending.
Overall, great stuff. Ed Brisson knocks it out of the park here as making a very funny story mixed with heart and extreme violence. A 4 out of 5.
Marvel Knights 4, Volume 2: The Stuff of Nightmares
Dave Sharpe, Cory Petit, Randy Gentile, Steve McNiven, Jim Muniz, Brian Reber, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Cam Smith, J. Brown, Mark Morales, Morry Hollowell, Scott Hana
Continues to be a interesting look into superheroes who've lost all their money trying to fit into society.
I liked the idea of Namor wanting to sweep Sue off her feet once more, cause he's that much of a dick, but he seemed a little out of place here. Almost forced into it for the storyline of finding a missing child. The ending conclusion there is actually pretty heartfelt and touching though. The second story is good, a return of a baddie that makes you fear things, but it also didn't do much new and the end result happened the exact way you can guess.
All solid writing aside, the art is on and off here, looking weird sometimes, and not to my liking sadly.
Overall a 3 out of 5, solid, but not as good as volume 1.
I liked the idea of Namor wanting to sweep Sue off her feet once more, cause he's that much of a dick, but he seemed a little out of place here. Almost forced into it for the storyline of finding a missing child. The ending conclusion there is actually pretty heartfelt and touching though. The second story is good, a return of a baddie that makes you fear things, but it also didn't do much new and the end result happened the exact way you can guess.
All solid writing aside, the art is on and off here, looking weird sometimes, and not to my liking sadly.
Overall a 3 out of 5, solid, but not as good as volume 1.
A fun little horror book.
Basically this crazy ass guy kills his wife and makes a pact with a demon and creates an amusement park filled with scary shit. His kids then help him build this park up as well, one leaving to become a superstar/porn star, while his son stays behind to keep the park afloat. But when they're running out of ideas to make profit, something terrible might happen, to cause the park to keep afloat.
It's a dark little sick horror book that actually was really enjoyable. If like the evil people being twisted fucks, solid dialogue, and some nasty art, this book might be for you. A 4 out of 5.
Basically this crazy ass guy kills his wife and makes a pact with a demon and creates an amusement park filled with scary shit. His kids then help him build this park up as well, one leaving to become a superstar/porn star, while his son stays behind to keep the park afloat. But when they're running out of ideas to make profit, something terrible might happen, to cause the park to keep afloat.
It's a dark little sick horror book that actually was really enjoyable. If like the evil people being twisted fucks, solid dialogue, and some nasty art, this book might be for you. A 4 out of 5.
A nice depressing look into depression.
Zoe obviously deals with the dreaded thing of depression, worst of it the kind that makes you have suicidal thoughts. This subject matter isn't easy to talk about, because these very real thoughts process through each brain different, making you feel and do things, and it's not always easy to say why.
I think Zoe's clever use of her wild art works in her favor. Drawing weird faces over people (Similar to Pun Pun Manga) and also having the narrative go all over the place, making it really feel like you're inside her mind just like your inside your own with various thoughts. The art is the strongest part of the story, helping convey her very real and very scary thoughts of killing herself.
And in doing so it gives a bleak look into a young person who is just starting to find herself, and the circumstances she's under having these thoughts. I myself have had thoughts not too far from this, maybe I was a bit older, but they were there. It doesn't always take a traumatic event for people to have thoughts of wanting things to end, permanently , and Zoe doesn't shy away from that.
Overall you have to be in the right mindset to read this. In my life I'm in a pretty good place, and so reading this I can appreciate her honesty while also not feeling myself going back to that part in my life. I hope Zoe keeps trying to push forward, as I do enjoy her art and her writing.
I don't know if she'll ever read this or not, but for anyone struggling with the feeling of wanting to stay alive, please reach out to someone, even a stranger. You matter. No matter what.
Zoe obviously deals with the dreaded thing of depression, worst of it the kind that makes you have suicidal thoughts. This subject matter isn't easy to talk about, because these very real thoughts process through each brain different, making you feel and do things, and it's not always easy to say why.
I think Zoe's clever use of her wild art works in her favor. Drawing weird faces over people (Similar to Pun Pun Manga) and also having the narrative go all over the place, making it really feel like you're inside her mind just like your inside your own with various thoughts. The art is the strongest part of the story, helping convey her very real and very scary thoughts of killing herself.
And in doing so it gives a bleak look into a young person who is just starting to find herself, and the circumstances she's under having these thoughts. I myself have had thoughts not too far from this, maybe I was a bit older, but they were there. It doesn't always take a traumatic event for people to have thoughts of wanting things to end, permanently , and Zoe doesn't shy away from that.
Overall you have to be in the right mindset to read this. In my life I'm in a pretty good place, and so reading this I can appreciate her honesty while also not feeling myself going back to that part in my life. I hope Zoe keeps trying to push forward, as I do enjoy her art and her writing.
I don't know if she'll ever read this or not, but for anyone struggling with the feeling of wanting to stay alive, please reach out to someone, even a stranger. You matter. No matter what.