Posts Categorized: Graphic Novels

“HACK/SLASH” #3 (Comics Review)

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Originally published at Fangoria.com on April 17, 2011 HACK/SLASH #3 (Image Comics) continues to keep readers guessing what the possible outcome could be. Vlad, the gentle giant, has run out of patience with slasher slayer Cassie Hack. Filled with frustration and doubts, he is no longer interested in being her loyal sidekick. While their partnership […]

“AMERICAN VAMPIRE” #13 (Comic Review)

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Originally published at Fangoria.com on April 17, 2011 AMERICAN VAMPIRE #13 (Vertigo Comics) continues the brooding revenge-themed journey of Skinner Sweet, a new vicious breed of bloodsucker. Readers follow the first American vampire’s bloodline, through various decades of U.S. history, now during the beginning of World War II. Sweet is definitely an ambiguous character, someone […]

“GODZILLA: KINGDOM OF MONSTERS” #1 (Comic Review)

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Originally published at Fangoria.com on April 16, 2011 GODZILLA: KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #1 (IDW Publishing) returns the unstoppable monster icon in all its infamous glory. In his latest resurrection, Godzilla does what he does best. You’ll find him smashing buildings, destroying streets and turning life into a living hell! This comic book lets the hideous […]

“68” #1 (Comic Review)

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Originally published at Fangoria. com on April 17th, 2011 68 #1 (Image Comics) captures the unforgettable violent nature of war and horror. During the Vietnam War, a platoon of soldiers is tracking along the vast forests and empty villages in search of their elusive enemy. They never actually expected to find a pack of zombies […]

“FEEDING GROUND” (Comic Review)

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Originally published at Fangoria.com on April 9, 2011 FEEDING GROUND (Archaia) is a well-paced werewolf story that doesn’t actually follow the usual horror clichés. Fans will no doubt be questioning what they are reading when the story begins as an intense family drama. The horror of a mother and father losing their child is intensified […]

“JAKE THE DREAMING” #1 (Comic Review)

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Originally published at Fangoria.com on April 10, 2011 JAKE THE DREAMING #1 (Radical Publishing) is an illustrated novel that provides readers with a surrealistic and dark fantasy adventure. When a young boy realizes he can enter into another person’s dreams, he begins to have tremendous fun with his supernatural powers. But the boy doesn’t realize […]

“PRIEST” (Comic Review)

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Originally published at Fangoria.com on April 11, 2011 In 1998, Min-Woo Hyung created PRIEST (Tokyopop), an intense combination of a horror Western with blazing nonstop action. In this Korean comic book manhwa, a lone gunslinger walks across the Western frontier with an arsenal of weapons. This undead cowboy just wants revenge for the death of […]

“ABATTOIR” #3 (Comic Book Review)

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Originally published at Fangoria.com on April 2, 2011 ABATTOIR #3 (Radical Publishing) carries a well-executed package of suspenseful storytelling and surrealistic artwork. When a real estate agent investigates into the dark history of a haunted house, his entire life is thrown into shambles. As he is thrown into complete madness, the agent struggles to keep […]

“GREEN WAKE” #1 (Comic Review)

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Originally published at Fangoria.com on April 2, 2011 GREEN WAKE #1 (Image Comics) is an engaging murder mystery with tons of crazy twists and turns. A paranoid detective is on the search for a brutal killer. Plagued by painful memories, the detective seems unable to find a way out of his town, as if he’s […]

“SCREAMLAND” #1 (Comic Review)

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Originally published at Fangoria.com on April 2, 2011 SCREAMLAND #1 (Image Comics) returns for its second volume to shed light on what happens when movie monsters run past their prime. With CGI the norm in film, monsters find themselves unemployed and struggling to find any type of work. But, who really wants to hire someone […]