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Title: Severed Publisher: Image Brief Description: Severed is a historical horror story, set in 1916, by Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft and Attila Futaki. The book follows a 12-year-old boy named Jack on his search for his biological father which leads him to cross paths with a serial killer (there is more to this but I don't want to give it all away). Why I like it: Great writing, great characterization and creepy as hell. The art does a really good job of conveying the historical aspect, but during the creepier/horror parts it becomes downright amazing. The writers were aiming to emulate "classic" horror stories like The Shining and The Exorcist and they definitely succeed: The story is very character driven, atmospheric and tense without going for shock value or excessive gore. That said, it is kind of a slow burn so it's probably not for everyone but the buildup is definitely worth it. Issue that is a good jumping on point: It's a seven-issue mini that just wrapped up this month and the first issue is free on comixology! The rest are 2$. If you're a fan of old-school horror or Scott Snyder or both I would definitely recommend reading this book (Actually read it anyways). I'm sure a TPB is on the way as well but hasn't been announced yet. E: In case it wasn't clear - start at issue #1 Starks fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Feb 14, 2012 |
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fritz posted:And hell let's do this: Found a used copy of the Frank book the other day and thanks to seeing this thread I decided to get it and holy hell it is awesome. 350 pages of amazing art, it's like a nightmarish version of my dad's childhood cartoons. Thanks for posting about this because I probably would never have picked it up off the shelf otherwise! Also features a foreword by Francis Ford Coppola which kind of took me by surprise. How is the newer Frank stuff?
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Have you guys seen this kickstarter? I've never read anything by Mark Andrew Smith but Stokoe's doing the art so it could be blank speech bubbles for all I care.
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