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22 December 2023
Stagnation. This is the bane of the comic book industry, and it drives me more and more insane every day. I’m tired of going on Newsarama to get my comic news, and reading the jackass, fanboy rhetoric posts that clog up the arteries of the comic book world. Almost all I fucking read over there is people sucking the dicks of Marvel or DC, and either being unresponsive to or insulting anything even just a little off the cuff of the mainstream superhero genre.
Well, guess what, fuckers? There hasn’t been anything new to come out of that genre for twenty fucking years!!! It’s all a bunch of recycled garbage, and no matter how much you claim that such-and-such writer is doing some \"awesome and innovative things with (insert character here),\" it’s still a bunch of tired bullshit.
So what am I gonna do about it besides bitch? Well, Sally, I’m gonna tell you. For the next few installments of Panels, I’m going to be bringing you concise reviews of as many of the newest titles coming off the shelves as I can afford. When I go to the comic shop, I’m picking up as many #1 issues as I can lay my hands on. And I’m going to report on them to you. Every column is going to be jam-packed with as many as I can fit in before Vinnie has a brain aneurism and tries to kill me. Now let me tell you, there’s probably gonna be a lot of shit, but I’m hoping that I’ll be able to find a few kernels of corn mixed in there. I’m doing this for you, and it all starts right fucking now!
FERRO CITY #1 (Image Comics)
Written and Illustrated by Jason Armstrong
This down and dirty, gritty-as-hell, noir crime drama sprints out of the starting gates with a man viciously murdered in the first scene. In a futuristic setting with near-sentient robots and flying cars (Wheee!), it’s up to Cyrus Smythe-- a private detective-- to uncover the mystery of his death, and then recover the mysterious Medusa Key. The writing on this book is exceptionally strong, and the art is very Eisner to me. It’s cartoony, yet dead-on in relating to the subject matter. The gray-scaling method he’s chosen is perfect, and his line work is just as gritty and expressive as his dialog. For a first issue, the book opens up to an amazing cross-section of this world, and it promises to be an amazing and exciting ride.
DEAD EYES OPEN #1
Written by Matthew Shepherd / Illustrated by Roy Boney, Jr.
The story follows Dr. John Requin. Apparently he’s dead, but is still walking around, rotten flesh and all. Not understanding why, he must try to cope with his new life, seek out others like him, and evade the government (who seeks to destroy him and those who have been similarly afflicted). While I’m interested in the story, something about the art just doesn’t sit right with me. Roy Boney’s art isn’t bad, but something about his stylization technique just doesn’t fit with the content of the story. It seems like it should, but it just doesn’t click. Maybe it’s me. I don’t know how long I’m going to be following this book, because the end of the issue seems to lead in a direction that I don’t think I’m going to like, but we’ll see. I recommend you check it out for yourself.
Next month will be little talk and all reviews, so come back.
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Old Image
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issue
vol 8 - issue 01 (sep 2005)
section
entertainmental