[Inked In Blood] New And Upcoming Comics For February 5th, 2015
IN SHOPS THIS WEEK:
NAMELESS #1
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Chris Burnham
Publisher: Image Comics
Price: $3
Description: An astronomer kills his family, then himself, leaving a cryptic warning. A Veiled Lady hunts her victims through human nightmares. An occult hustler known only as ‘Nameless’ is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists for a desperate mission. And the malevolent asteroid Xibalba spins closer on a collision course with Earth. But nothing is what it seems-a terrifying inhuman experiment is about to begin. Abandon all hope and experience ultimate horror in NAMELESS
Our Take: Grant Morrison is deservedly a cult icon in the comic book world and the weird with a capital ‘W’ premise of this unique horror tale holds promise for something we’ve never quite seen before.
RAT GOD #1
Writer: Richard Corben
Artist: Richard Corben
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Price: $4
Description: Terrible things stalk the forests outside Arkham in this chilling original tale from comics master Richard Corben! An arrogant city slicker on a quest to uncover the background of a young woman from the backwoods finds horrors beyond imagining, combining Lovecraftian mutations with Native American legends.
Our Take: It’s RICHARD CORBEN, for crying out loud. The guy’s last few Edgar Allen Poe adaptations have singlehandedly proved you can be 74 and still be one of the best comic book artists in the industry! This is especially exciting, as it’s his own tale, and it’s Lovecraftian! What’s not to love?
SOUTHERN DOG TP
Writer: Jeremy Holt
Artist: Alex Diotto
Publisher: Danger Zone
Price: $15
Description: When awkward high school teen Jasper Dixon sustains an injury during a hunting excursion with his family, his infected wolf bite combined with the hormonal changes of puberty triggers a disturbing physical transformation.
Our Take: A combination of racial politics and werewolf horror that’s not nearly as subtle or tactful as it should be but is still intriguingly effective. A must have for werewolf fans and those looking for some social commentary with their horror.
PROMETHEUS: OMEGA ONE-SHOT
Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick
Artist: Augustin Alessio
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Price: $5
Description: Angela and her fellow survivors are stranded on LV-223, but their mission is not over yet. The answer to their quest could be hidden deep underground, but the strangest nightmare of all stands in their way. Our Take: Don’t let the Prometheus title fool you, this ties into the Predator and Aliens titles that also comprised the Fire & Stone quadrilogy, which we covered heavily last year. This capstone title entwines the various threads while telling its own story in the capable hands of Fire & Stone mastermind Kelly Sue DeConnick. In Shops: February 11th, 2015
THE HARVESTER #1
Writer/Artist: Brandon Seifert
Artist: Eric Battle
Publisher: Legendary Comics
Price: $4
Description: Since the dawn of time, mischievous troublemakers have been warned of his wrath, scholars have searched for traces of his existence and evildoers have been tormented by the unstoppable force that goes by a single name: The Harvester. Witness the dawning of a legend as The Harvester rises, enforcing his own breed of blood-spattered justice as he battles an unruly biker gang terrorizing a small town. In the wake of the emergence, a young academic obsessed with finding the truth partners with a rogue investigator eager to join her hunt. Together, they just might expose the Harvester for whoever – or whatever – he really is. Our Take: Brandon Seifert is the author of the incredibly underrated Witch Doctor comics and his latest comic looks intriguingly weird; a horror-themed vigilante? In Shops: February 11th, 2015.
…AND THEN EMILY WAS GONE TP
Writer: John Lees
Artist: Iain Laurie
Publisher: Comix Tribe
Price: $18
Description: A haunted former police detective goes in search of a missing girl, and finds Hell instead. And Then Emily Was Gone is a dark horror-mystery that tells the story of Greg Hellinger, a man who sees monsters. A former detective driven to the brink of madness by terrifying apparitions, Hellinger is tasked with finding a missing girl named Emily. His search takes him to a remote community in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, where strange and terrible things are happening. Our Take: You could read our lengthy reviews of this series. Or you could just go buy this because it will scare the ever-loving shit out of you. I am not exaggerating; it’s fucking terrifying. In Shops: February 11th, 2015
TREES TP
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Jason Howard
Publisher: Image Comics
Price: $15
Description: Ten years after they landed. All over the world. And they did nothing, standing on the surface of the Earth like trees, exerting their silent pressure on the world, as if there were no-one here and nothing under foot. Ten years since we learned that there is intelligent life in the universe, but that they did not recognize us as intelligent or alive. Our Take: Yeah, it’s sci-fi and consequently shouldn’t really be covered in a column on a horror movie website, not at least without having strong horror influences ala the Prometheus comic previewed above. But I reviewed it profusely and it’s such a damn good series it’d be criminal not to highlight it. In Shops: February 11th, 2015
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