B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth Exorcism
#2 (of 2) (Dark Horse)
Story : Mike Mignola and Cameron
Stewart
Art : Cameron Stewart
(Reviewed by Anirudh Singh)
The best part about a two comic story
arc. Is that it has to be sharp and slickly done. You wont find
useless filler villains, or feints and counter feints. There isnt any
room for them. What you would expect is direct storyline, no holds
barred. And that is exactly what you get. In spades.
Exorcism, deals with one of the many
secrets of BPRD. One of the many tangents in this Hell on Earth where
the agency interfered without even know what it was interfering in.
And must now bear the price. An ancient Demon of great power and
potency was imprisoned on this Earth. Its time of freedom now at
hand, BPRD Agent Ashley Strode will venture into realms best left
untouched to complete her mission.
A wonderful throwback to the old spooky
Hellboy storylines, this comic works wonderfully. The artwork is just
plain awesome, and the writing as always top notch. If you are
looking for a good
mystery/horror short story look no further than
this. (And then read everything else of BPRD). My only gripe with the
story was I wish it were longer. Not in the fanboy sense longer, but
longer so that there were more details revealed. Come on BPRD, stop
playing things so close to the chest.
SCORE : 9 / 10
Debris #1
(Image)
Story : Kurtis J. Wiebe
Art : Riley Rossmo (art) and Owen
Gieni (colours)
(Reviewed by Anubhav DasGupta)
Debris takes place in a
post-apocalytic, shinier steam-punk world, one with mechanical emus
and giant robot Midgard serpent-like creatures.
It’s all beautifully drawn, and
decently written, but it’s not written well enough.
Firstly, the art is pretty good. Muted,
but brilliant colors reminiscent of what’s going on in Flash. The
linework itself is strong and delicate at the same time. The art is
simply brilliant. Even the more epic scenes, that would make some
great artists fumble, are handled wonderfully.
The dialogue succeeds in making it
truly feel like a post apocalyptic world, and at times it attains
great heights. And it’s always nice to see a strong female
character gracing the pages of a comicbook. Here we have red haired
Calista, who in the first few pages takes down a towering “Collossal”
with a spear. The book does a fairly good job of establishing the
characters. What it doesn’t do well is the world-building. The
writer just jumps into the story and drags us along whether we like
it or not. I feel that the world building would have made this comic
work a lot better. It would have elevated it from being a good comic
to a great comic.
Well, it’s only issue one… Maybe
I’ve been too spoilt by Saga, but what the hell.
I’m curious as to where this comic
will go. This is one of those comics that get better with each issue,
I guess.
SCORE : 7 / 10
Star Wars Blood Ties - Boba Fett
Is Dead #4 (Dark
Horse)
Story : Tom Taylor
Art : Chris Scalf
(Reviewed by Anirudh Singh)
Another epic conclusion to another epic
Boba Fett storyline. Boba Fett, chased and hunted across the galaxy,
presumed dead is now back from the dead. And he has retribution on
his mind. The hunted him down, then they hunted all who were close to
him. And its payback time.
Not much to say about this comic book
except to say, "Called It!". I mean come on. You make a comic book
called 'Boba Fett is dead', you know that green helmeted Mando is
coming back in the last issue to kick some serious ass. And he does.
Artwork/writing are fair enough. Dark Horse have been at the whole
Star Wars game for a while now and know what they are doing. And the
story is gripping enough.
But you wont ever feel surprised in
this comic book. (especially this last issue). Cause we all know Boba
Fett is a badass. That isnt news for us, and all this comic really
does is reinforce the idea. His half brother was an interesting
character and kudos on providing some exposure on his wife and
daughter. But you know a Star Wars comic book just isnt that hot if
your favourite character in the comic happens to be Boba Fett's
daughter. So yeah, Star Wars buffs go right ahead...I dont know how
well it will sit with anybody else though.
SCORE : 6 / 10
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