Writer: Nick Henry Artist: Mike Burton LC Comics, 2022 Monsters, creatures that are not part of the normal life, are first and foremost characters to swiftly get rid of. Or, in what is usually a more tolerant post-modern trope, they are beings that have their own right to live (and reproduce, and sing, and dance, … Read more
Creator: I.N.J. Culbard (Based on a work by Robert W. Chambers, 1895) Self Made Hero, 2015 Surely one of the sharpest comics to be published in recent years, The King in Yellow‘s back cover introduces us to the eeriness of the subject matter: “Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle … Read more
Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter vol. 1Writer: David DastmalchianArtist: Lukas Ketner Collected edition: March 2022 Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter vol. 1 is a graphic novel that collects issues #1 to #4 of the same-titled series. It was initially published by Dark Horse Comics in October, 2019. The series focuses on aspiring reporter … Read more
Spawn, a comic book title created by Todd McFarlane and published by Image Comics since 1992, features an American superhero character with an interesting pedigree. Spawn is distinguishable by “a “neural parasite cloak,” a particularly shaped face mask, green eyes and a red “M” on the chest”, as described by a judge in Wisconsin (and … Read more