Welcome fellow ComicAddicts, to another new week of releases - and do we have a load of amazing titles for you guys this week! In fact we had so many great releases that we have more than the usual number today AS WELL AS TOMORROW! So dive in and enjoy!
B.P.R.D. – Hell On Earth : The
Pickens County Horror #1 (of 2)
(Dark Horse)
Story : Scott
Allie
Art : Jason Latour
(Reviewed by Anubhav DasGupta)
None of our usual BPRD players turn up
in Pickens County Horror. There’s no Liz Sherman, Abe Sapien or
Johann Krauss. Instead, we are treated to two field agents who land
up in South Carolina to investigate something about a fog that, well,
“moans”. There are Vampires in this issue.
Firstly, this comic is not
groundbreaking or mindblowing, but it gets the work done. What really
stands out in this issue is the art. I love this Latour guy. This is
the only comicbook of his that I’ve read, but he’s impressed me,
and I’m totally going to fish around for more of this guy’s work.
The amount of character he brings out in each and every panel is
amazing. And the nighttime scenes are just brilliant. It also helps
that Dave Stewart is handling the colors. I bet his colors would make
a page drawn by even Rob-goddamn-Liefeld look good, and with Latour’s
art, it not only looks amazing, but also adds to the story.
The pace is just right. This comic
takes its time, letting us know the characters before heaping the
good stuff on us and ending with our heroes in a questionable
situation. This is textbook horror storytelling.
