[Inked In Blood] New And Upcoming Comics For January 28th, 2015
IN SHOPS THIS WEEK:
Outcast Volume 1 Trade Paperback
Writer: Robert Kirkman
Artist: Paul Azaceta
Publisher: Image Comics/Skybound
Price: $10 (Digital/TPB)
Description: New Horror Series From The Walking Dead Creator Robert Kirkman! Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it. Collects Outcast By Kirkman & Azaceta #1-6.
Our Take: Much like The Walking Dead, this series looks to be focused more on character drama than horror. Perhaps even more so, as Outcast‘s antagonists are internal. Slow burn with moody chills.
The Life After Volume 1 Trade Paperback
Writer: Joshua Hale Fialkov
Artist: Gabo
Publisher: Oni Press
Price: $10
Description: Jude’s life is nothing special. It seems like every day is just a repeat of the last one, until one day, he meets a woman and can suddenly see into her past — revealing that he is actually in Purgatory for suicides.Our Take: Equal parts Jacob’s Ladder, Brazil and What Dreams May Come, Joshua Hale Fialkov and Gabo’s comic qualifies as horror of the existential, surreal variety. In The Life After, demons are horrible monsters but they’re not horrible people and God is a hideous, tumor-like asshole.
The Squidder Trade Paperback
Writer/Artist: Ben Templesmith
Publisher: IDW PUBLISHING
Price: $18
Description: An old soldier from a forgotten war in a post-apocalyptic world that has left him behind is one of the last of the legendary Squidder Legions. Can a discarded relic with a death wish and a rebellious Squid priestess overthrow humanity’s tentacled alien overlords? Ben Templesmith returns to his roots to finally do the tentacle/Cthulhu-orientated book he’s always promised!Our Take: Ben Templesmith’s personal work has always been marked by his distinctively Australian sense of humor; unlike his breakout Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, this title is far more serious and sees him stretch his muscles as a writer of both horror and drama. A fresh approach for Templesmith.
NAMELESS #1 (MR)
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. In Shops: February 4th, 2015
RAT GOD #1 (OF 5)
Writer/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’s adaptation have singhandedly 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? In Shops: February 4th, 2015.
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. In Shops: February 4th, 2015
FALL OF CTHULHU OMNIBUS TP
Writer: Michael Alan Nelson
Artist: Greg Scott & Various
Publisher: BOOM! STUDIOS
Price: $40
Description: When Nyarlathotep, the crawling chaos himself, devises his most destructive plan yet, a disparate group of humans find themselves brought together as the unavoidable apocalypse draws near.Our Take: Cthulhu and the Mythos is rarely done right in comics. One of the big problems is that the signatures not necessarily of Lovecraft but of his Mythos stories are layers upon layers of narrative and often those narratives cover massive amounts of territory. The Cthulhu Mythos is epic horror, but that hasn’t been done in comics. Except for Fall of Cthulhu. Prepare to get lost in the Mythos all over again.
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