Archive for December, 2006
December 4, 2006 | Comics
The Walking Dead #33
Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn
Image Comics
$3.40/$2.99
**** ½ (out of five)
Well, he did have it coming…
This is the issue that fans of this series have both been anxiously awaiting and kind of dreading: Michonne is finally ready to get her revenge on the vicious and cruel Governor of Woodbury.
First the setup: Michonne, along with Rick and Glenn, three survivors in the land where the dead are still up and walking and hungry for flesh, were captured after finding Woodbury. Inside, Rick had his hand chopped off and Michonne was repeatedly brutally raped by the Governor, while Glenn was forced to listen.
Fast forward to issue #33 and you will find the single most violent, shocking and brutal torture scene you’ll ever see in comics.
There’s a sword, a hammer and nails, a power drill, an acetylene torch, pliers and more.
It is truly and utterly horrifying and disturbing and a swift kick in the ass for anyone who’d dare accuse this book of stagnating.
Kudos to Kirkman, Adlard and Rathburn for taking the best horror book on the market up a notch.
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December 4, 2006 | Comics
The Official Handbook Of The Invincible Universe #1 (of 2)
Image Comics
$5.65/$4.99 US
**** (out of five)
One of the hottest characters around finally gets the who’s who treatment.
Half of those wild and wonderful extra characters from this sensational monthly series — from Allen The Alien to Komodo Dragon — and the teen hero himself, get profiled in this first volume, accompanied by art by some top illustrators like: Canada’s Kaare Andrews and Kalman Andrasofszky, Ed McGuinness, Terry Austin, Paul Smith and many more.
It’s not complicated, it’s just a handbook but it’s a darned good one.
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December 4, 2006 | Comics
Hellgate: London #0
Ian Edginton, Steve Pugh
Dark Horse Comics
$2.99 US
*** ½ (out of five)
Curse you Dark Horse Comics! Now there’s another video game I want to play!
Hellgate: London is a preview book for the hotly anticipated PC game of the same name that sees a group of survivors battling the hordes of hell in a grim near future.
Ian Edginton and Steve Pugh do a pretty good job of whetting gamers’ appetite for what looks to be a hit game with a sweet little prequel book.
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