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Review: Klarion #1

4143055-klarion+01Jack Kirby‘s Klarion the Witch Boy makes his New 52 debut and stands for the forces on chaos in this brand new ongoing series. Written by Ann Nocenti, with art by Trevor McCarthy, Klarion is a supernatural trickster who is not out to save the world or rescue anyone.

Klarion isn’t naturally heroic. He’s a mischievous, impulsive teenager. And what happens when Klarion arrives in New York City? The underground occult community stands up and takes notice!

Klarion #1 is interesting. McCarthy’s art is amazing. The perspective, and twisting of it is fantastic to look at. Panels are thrown to the side with various attributes of the story causing the narrative to flow and leading you through the story. Some of the design is very out of the box and very cool. But, that interesting design also added to my confusion.

As far as story, I had no idea what was going on. There’s Klarion, and he escaped from somewhere, and winds up in New York City. Then there’s a house, some bad guys, his friend turns. It’s all too much, too little explained, and mixed with the eye bending art feels like a whirlwind mess. It didn’t help that I have no idea who the character is, but I felt coming out the end of the comic, I knew little more than I did going in and not enough to make me interested in coming back for more.

Stay for the visuals, skip the story. Maybe as a trade the first arc of the series will be better, but as a first issue, I can’t say I’d stick around the find out.

Story: Ann Nocenti Art: Trevor McCarthy
Story: 6 Art: 8.25 Overall: 6.25 Recommendation: Pass

DC Comics provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Graphic Policy’s Top Comic Picks this Week!

SABRINA #1 cover 1Wednesdays are new comic book day! Each week hundreds of comics are released, and that can be pretty daunting to go over and choose what to buy. That’s where we come in! Below are ten suggestions of comics, graphic novels, or trade paperbacks you should spend some extra time checking out and think about picking up. And this is a week that this list could easily be double the size.

Pick of the Week: Sabrina #1 (Archie) – Archie comics launched one of the best comics in a while with their twisted horror series Afterlife with Archie. It looks like this new series focused on the teenage witch will attempt to do the same. To say we’re excited is an understatement.

Alien Vs. Predator: Fire and Stone #1 (Dark Horse) – Dark Horse has been doing some very interesting things with their interconnected relaunch of Alien/Predator/Prometheus in comics. So far, each issue has been solid and while the stories are connected you don’t need to read one to enjoy the other.

Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #1 (Marvel) – Marvel’s next big event promises to flip things upside down. We’ll see how this one does.

Battling Boy: Rise of Aurora West Vol. 1 (First Second) – Battling Boy was one of our favorite graphic novels from last year. This is a prequel focused on the West family, and boy is it just as fun.

Birthright #1 (Skybound/Image) – For the Rhodes family, losing their son was the most devastating thing that could’ve ever occurred… but it couldn’t prepare them for what happened when he returned.

Black Science #9 (Image) – Conflict is the only constant, as the Dimensionauts are embroiled in a brutal war which threatens to engulf the fantastical land they are stranded in. But how can they uncover the horrible truth about the Pillar when every second is a fight to survive?

Jack Hammer: Usurper #1 (Action Lab Entertainment) – We love our noir, and the first volume of this series mixed a fun detective story with super powers.

Klarion #1 (DC Comics) – Klarion the Witch Boy makes his New 52 debut and stands for the forces of chaos in this new ongoing series! Yeah, this is one we didn’t see coming.

Punks: The Comic #1 (Image) – Dog, Skull, Fist, and Abe Lincoln live in a house, beat the #### out of each other, and frequently humiliate themselves. There is bleeding and sadness; Morrissey would likely approve. The cult hit comedy returns with new stories and a classic in the back.

Wytches #1 (Image) – Across the globe, century after century, men and women were burned, drowned, hanged, tortured, imprisoned, persecuted, and murdered for witchcraft. None of them were witches. They died protecting a terrible and hidden truth: witches, real witches, are out there. They are ancient, elusive, and deadly creatures that are rarely seen and even more rarely survived. A new horror series from Scott Snyder and Jock? Done!

DC Comics announces Klarion and a new creative team for Catwoman

DC Comics continues the announcements of what we’ll see this coming October. Today, the publisher announced a new series featuring Klarion the Witch Boy, who makes his New 52 debut. Talk about a series I wasn’t expecting. Klarion is a  Jack Kirby creation dating back to 1973. The character is a sorcerer who has appeared on the Young Justice cartoon series. The new series will be written by Ann Nocenti with art by Trevor McCarthy.

Replacing Nocenti on Catwoman starting with issue 35 is newcomer when it comes to writing comics, Genevieve Valentine who is joined by artist Garry Brown.

Spinning out of events in Batman Eternal, Selina Kyle has accepted the family mantle and embraced her true criminal side, but is Gotham City ready for her reign? And with the Cat away, who’s the stranger haunting the empty rooftops of the city?

Klarion #1 will be on sale October 8th, while Catwoman #35 will hit shelves on October 22nd.

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