[Inked In Blood] New And Upcoming Comics For February 18th, 2015
IN SHOPS THIS WEEK:
PLUNDER #1
Writer: Swifty Lang
Artist: Skuds McKinley
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Price: $4
Description: After facing off with an illegal Chinese vessel, a gang of Somali pirates tries to board what they think is a research vessel, only to find themselves in the midst of a massacre. As their worst nightmares become reality, the 14-year-old boy who went from translator to reluctant pirate not only becomes the key to survival, but must decide for himself how far he is willing to go in the name of self-preservation.
Our Take: A premise that seems a bit shaky delivers true horror in spades. Taking shades of The Thing and 28 Weeks Later, this comic starts off intriguing then takes a sharp right into pure nightmare territory. The characters themselves even describe their predicament as a nightmare and really, they’re not exaggerating; this is a truly intense horror comic
CURB STOMP #1
Writer: Ryan Ferrier
Artist: Devaki Neogi
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Price: $4
Description: Three gangs. Five girls. No way out. Machete Betty leads a small gang of women under the selfappointed task of protecting their home of Old Beach, one of three boroughs surrounding a rich metropolitan city. When Betty takes the life of a rival gang member in an act of self-defense, she sets off a chain reaction of retaliation, gang warfare, and unlikely allies. Our Take: It’s hard to blame BOOM! Studios for wanting a piece of the Bitch Planet pie and frankly, the idea of a femme fatale riff on The Warriors pretty much guarantees pure gold. In Shops: February 25th, 2015
JOE FRANKENSTEIN #1
Writer/Artist: Graham Nolan & Chuck Dixon
Artist: Graham Nolan
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Price: $4
Description: An action/horror/adventure tale by the creators of Bane, Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan! Young Joe Pratt discovers, upon meeting the monster of his ancestor, that he is the heir to the Frankenstein name. A legacy that may get him killed if the creatures of the night have their way… Our Take: In an interview with CBR about Joe Frankenstein, we get the hint that this is a more more loyalist reinterpretation of the Universal Monsters canon, focusing on playing with those tropes than reinventing them. That doesn’t guarantee a story worth reading but it’s either going to be really fun or just stupid. Let’s hope it’s the former. In Shops: February 25th, 2015.
THE FADE OUT TP
Writer: Ed Brubaker
Artist: Sean Phillips
Publisher: Image Comics
Price: $10
Description: A movie stuck in endless reshoots, a writer damaged from the war and lost in the bottle, a dead movie star and the lookalike hired to replace her. Nothing is what it seems in the place where only lies are true. Our Take: I’m not even being hyperbolic when I say that Brubaker and Phillips make the best modern pulp comics. It’s just a fact. Their Cthulhu noir series Fatale has pretty much taken on legendary status for making Lovecraft hip again. The Fade Out strips away the veneer of space gods and exposes the all too human heart of true horror. In Shops: February 25th, 2015
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