Preview: She’s Running On Fumes #3
She’s Running On Fumes #3
Written by Dennis Hopeless
Art by Tyler Jenkins
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With Dad out of the hospital and his brain damage on public display, Mom’s criminal cover story starts to crack.
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Preview: She’s Running on Fumes #2
She’s Running on Fumes #2
Written by Dennis Hopeless
Art by Tyler Jenkins
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With hospital bills piling up so quick, even crime doesn’t pay fast enough to keep our heads above water.
The Bugs Head South in Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski’s Operation Sunshine: Already Dead
Did you think that four issues were enough for our ragtag team of bugs to turn themselves human and live happily ever after? Not even close! Marcus Parks and Henry Zebrowski’s Operation Sunshine continues with Operation Sunshine: Already Dead. Written by Parks and Zebrowski, illustrated by David Rubín, colored by K.J. Diaz, and lettered by Ferran Delgado, Operation Sunshine: Already Dead #1 will also feature variant covers by Martin Simmonds and Tyler Jenkins, with a final variant cover to be revealed at a later date.
In Operation Sunshine: Already Dead, the group of young, alienated vampires heads down to the swamps of Florida to disrupt a nasty ancient vampire party and to put into motion “Operation Sunshine”–their plot to steal a magical object that can turn themselves back to human and put an end to the elder vampires once and for all.
Operation Sunshine: Already Dead #1 (of 4) travels to comic shops on April 24, 2024. It is now available to pre-order at your local comic shop for $3.99.
Caustic Origins Revealed in Your First Look at Slow Burn #2
BOOM! Studios has revealed a first look at Slow Burn #2, the first issue of the brand new series from acclaimed noir crime writer Ollie Masters, rising star artist Pierluigi Minotti, colorist Alessandro Santoro, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, a tale about dirty deeds in a town on fire, available November 29, 2023.
The reader is held hostage as the caustic origins of a town of fire are revealed, along with the guilt, fear, and penance tied to Patti’s past, and those who stayed in Trier. Meanwhile, Roxanne discovers a horrific truth after pursuing Zach, on the run from death…
Slow Burn #2 features a main cover by Matt Taylor with variants by acclaimed artists Tyler Jenkins, and David Lapham with Hilary Jenkins.
Slow Burn #1 sells out and gets a second printing
BOOM! Studios has announced that Slow Burn #1, the first issue from writer Ollie Masters, artist Pierluigi Minotti, colorist Alessandro Santoro, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, a tale about dirty deeds in a town on fire, has sold out at the distributor level!
Hell is a place on Earth.
Fleeing from a botched robbery in New York City, a junkie, her dying partner, and a dementia-ridden old man pull into a mining ghost town in central Pennsylvania. Obscured by the caustic vapors spewed forth from a still burning coal-seam fire from the 1960s, Trier seems like the perfect place for the trio to lay low, maybe score a fix, and potentially take a hostage. But this ghost town might prove more lively than any of them think.
In response to the demand, Slow Burn #1 will return for a Second Printing (SEP238545), featuring brand new cover art by Tyler Jenkins, available in stores November 22, 2023.
Crowdfunding Corner: Black Mask announces an anthology to benefit the WGA
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A new comics anthology curated by the creators of Calexit aims to celebrate the Hollywood Labor Movement’s massive success and also support workers impacted by the dual Strikes as the WGA closes its historic new deal with the studios. General Strike: Calexit and Other Tales of Fighting the Good Fight is a collection of new stories dedicated to the struggle for economic equality is written by WGA members, and publisher Black Mask Studios is matching the writers fees with donations to the Entertainment Community Fund.
With official pre-orders opening today, General Strike is hosted by a brand new comic book heroine (labor organizing badass Gen. Strike) and features stories by a roster of WGA-writers including writer/producer/WGA NBCU Lot Coordinator Judalina Neira, Rodney Barnes, Tamara Becher, Daniel Dominguez, Charley Feldman, Grant Morrison, and Brian Michael Bendis. The project is being run by WGA-member writer and publisher Matteo Pizzolo.
General Strike is an anthology comic of genre stories about characters fighting the good fight against injustice, linked by the theme of confronting economic inequality. All of the stories are written by striking guild members. In addition to paying Marvel/DC-level writers’ rates, Black Mask is also matching the writers’ rates with donations to the Entertainment Community Fund, and the creators retain ownership of the IP to their stories and characters.
Comics’ newest superhero Gen. Strike, a bubblegum-chewing labor organizer, comes to life in a set of covers by comic book artists Tyler Boss, Iolanda Zanfardino, Ben Templesmith, Ramon Villalobos, Creees Lee, Elisa Romboli, Amancay Nahuelpan, and Darick Robertson.
Artists illustrating the General Strike stories include Antonio Fuso, Jamal Igle, Butch Mapa, Tyler Jenkins, and Josh Hood.
General Strike: Calexit and Other Tales of Fighting the Good Fight is available for pre-order now on Kickstarter.
SDCC 2023: Feel the heat in Slow Burn from Ollie Masters and Pierluigi Minotti
Acclaimed noir crime writer Ollie Masters and rising star artist Pierluigi Minotti spin a yarn about dirty deeds in a town on fire in Slow Burn, from BOOM! Studios in Fall 2023.
Hell is a place on Earth.
Fleeing from a botched robbery in New York City, a junkie, her dying partner, and a dementia-ridden old man pull into a mining ghost town in central Pennsylvania. Obscured by the caustic vapors spewed forth from a still burning coal-seam fire from the 1960s, Trier seems like the perfect place for the trio to lay low, maybe score a fix, and potentially take a hostage. But this ghost town might prove more lively than any of them think.
Slow Burn #1 features a main cover by Matt Taylor with variants by acclaimed artists Paul Azaceta, Tyler Jenkins, and Cliff Chiang. The first issue arrives in comic shops October 25, 2023.
Hairball #4 wraps up the series’ sinister ways
Things take a sharp turn in Hairball #4 as the mysteries between the black cat Bestie and its sinister ways seem to be linked to an ancient Egyptian past.
Writer Matt Kindt wraps up the series in Hairball #4 with so many questions left unanswered and a lot of wtf moments. The series has been about a girl terrorized by a cat who seems to want to harm those around her and also seems like it can’t be killed. The series has come together with weirdness that isn’t explained in a finale that creates even more questions.
The series would have you believe the cat is somehow tied to ancient Egypt and gods but left unanswered is what is up with the worm things, the mark is sort of answered, and just generally why it has gone about its reign of terror. There’s something about protection but all we’ve seen is a cat that drives people to harm others before tragedy befalls themselves. It’s all rather convoluted in a way.
Still, Tyler Jenkins‘ art with lettering by Tyler and color by Hilary Jenkins continues a beautiful yet unnerving style. There’s an interesting look to the comic where even the most benign moment still comes off as slightly disturbing. It’s a perfect combination of visuals and the story itself.
Hairball #4 is a rather frustrating finale. It hints at some answers to what’s going on while others feel like they’re out of left field leaving us to wonder if our narrator is really just out of her mind. It leaves things almost too open ended and up for interpretation that’ll leave some readers unsatisfied after such a solid build up.
Story: Matt Kindt Art: Tyler Jenkins
Letterer: Tyler Jenkins Color: Hilary Jenkins
Story: 7.05 Art: 8.1 Overall: 7.15 Recommendation: Read
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Hairball #2 continues the wtf moments
There was something very unnerving about the debut issue of Hairball. The series is about an adopted girl, her dysfunctional parents, and the cat that might be trying to kill them all. It’s horror in a way that the unknown disturbs as much as what is shown. Hairball #2 continues all of that with the fallout of the events of the first issue and teasing the shocking events to come.
Written by Matt Kindt, the issue disturbs and I can’t totally tell you why. It’s not necessarily scary in any way, but there’s a creepiness to it all that unnerves. There’s also a kind of pointlessness to it all so far that makes it also rather freaky. The comic itself is entertaining but the pointlessness is in the cat’s actions. The family is dysfunctional and the parents horrible, but there’s nothing mean being done to the cat at all, it’s actions are a mystery and unknown. It’s just a force of disturbance. And that seems to be some of the themes of the comic and why it works so well.
So much science fiction and horror stands out not because of the action, the kills, or the scares, but due to the underlying themes, the reflection of society underneath. The cat feels like the uncontrollable factors in our lives, so many compounding over these past few years. And in this issue, we see the young girl begin to take steps to end that chaos, she fins her agency in a way. Now, it sounds like how she goes about all of that has issues unto itself but there’s something there and what’s going on in society. All of these x-factors and forces out there and so many taking control by lashing out and causing damage of their own. Kindt has given us something to ponder.
The art by Tyler Jenkins is fantastic. With coloring by Hilary Jenkins, the comic continues to look great. The small details and sparseness at the same time creates a combination that gets rid of distractions but also teases small things. Little creatures roaming about are easy to focus on without a cluttered background and world. The cats eye which changes its look unnerves as much as anything else. The art and story are a marriage made in uncomfortableness.
Hairball #2 is another fantastic issue that hints at the deeper themes and the direction the series will go. It does an excellent job of continuing to make the reader uneasy with everything feeling a little… off. It’s a psychological twisting story that gives the reader just enough to leave them unnerved and coming back for more.
Story: Matt Kindt Art: Tyler Jenkins
Letterer: Tyler Jenkins Color: Hilary Jenkins
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5 Recommendation: Buy
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Purchase: TFAW – Zeus Comics – Kindle
Hairball #1 is an unsettling start to the series
I generally didn’t have pets growing up. There was a tortoise and some fish, but beyond that it wasn’t until college where I lived for a long time with an animal that could do whatever it wanted. Since, there’s been some small stints with cats, who liked me far more than I liked them. In recent years, I’ve thought about bringing a cat into our family, maybe one of the strays that wander our yard. After reading Hairball #1, I’m rethinking that.
The story focuses on a very dysfunctional family. A young adopted girl must witness her new parents fight and marriage meltdown as a new cat acts rather mysteriously. Is this “beast” behind all of the troubles? The parents fighting? The girl’s sickness?
Written by Matt Kindt, the comic is creepy in so many ways. Simple acts are turned into moments of horror and dread as they slowly spread and infect the story. And while Kindt delivers slowly building horror, the real horror is the parents themselves.
An abusive father. A mother who might be an alcoholic and also abusive. Finances melting away. It’s all moments that are very human and grounded that makes the comic’s true scares the family dynamic itself. Nothing is healthy in any way when it comes to anyone in the comic.
All of the ominous dark clouds that hover through the comic are enhanced by Tyler Jenkins‘ art. With beautifully haunted colors by Hilary Jenkins and lettering by Tyler, the comic has a look that feels both grounded and supernatural. But, like the dynamic of the parents, the details of the visuals really stand out. A frayed wire, an electronic being knocked off a shelf near a bath, it all comes together to add small amounts of dread as you expect things to spiral further into horror.
Hairball #1 is an interesting comic. It leaves you pondering which is scarier, whatever the cat is up to or the adults? It perfectly delivers a haunting dark cloud hanging over the issue, building a vibe that’s unsettling. There may be a cute cat on the cover, but what’s inside is anything but.
Story: Matt Kindt Art: Tyler Jenkins
Color: Hilary Jenkins Letterer: Tyler Jenkins
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5 Recommendation: Buy
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Purchase: Zeus Comics – comiXology/Kindle
