Fireside 2.1 (https://fireside.fm) Ace Comicals Blog https://www.acecomicals.com/articles Sat, 29 May 2021 18:00:00 +0100 Ace Comicals Blog en-gb The Collected Meanwhile... Indiegogo Campaign https://www.acecomicals.com/articles/the-collected-meanwhile-indiegogo-campaign Sat, 29 May 2021 18:00:00 +0100 acecomicals@gmail.com 491a83cf-f6c8-4a96-93e6-d652d67fadee A look at the recent Indiegogo campaign for "The Collected Meanwhile..." by Soaring Penguin Press Pics-Art-05-29-07-14-08

By Greg Driver Twitter: @Battou

I really do love comic Anthologies. I enjoy being in that hall full of doors. The anthology comic as a concept is the very purest form of escape in my opinion, it's the freedom you get as a reader when you pick one up. Here you are presented with all these options. We can glance into each world or universe behind each door for a short time and be fulfilled before moving onto the next. We don’t have to stay there. We sometimes get to choose which stories we experience and when. There are no rules with an Anthology. If the most enticing chapter is at the back of the comic you can start there! The bones of the thing itself create a liminal space, the hall of doors offering glimpses into different worlds and stories. Snapshots and single chapters. Sometimes we get to visit a story multiple times across the span of the series. Other times the tale is resolved and the door locked behind us upon returning to the hall.

Anthologies represent for me the closest we will ever get to being inside someone else's mind in an observational capacity.

“Meanwhile…” is one such hall of doors, Soaring Penguin Press’ twisting, diverse, wonderful hall of doors! This book has been running in its current form since 2015 but has its foundations in the late 90s. Now, Soaring Penguin Press have launched an indiegogo campaign to publish the first four issues as a collected volume. This really is something cool and I feel like anyone who is a fan of comics will really appreciate the breadth and depth of different styles and stories showcased throughout.

**"Meanwhile…" **boasts contributors and creators from across the world! It's a real cross section and celebration of what comics has to offer as a medium. What “Meanwhile…” does well, it showcases this diversity while also feeling cohesive and together as one. One celebration. One hall of doors into many universes.

Each issue of **“Meanwhile…” **presents the reader with a collection of self contained tales and also ongoing narratives. We are treated to glimpses into worlds realised by the exceptional talent of: Gary Spencer Millidge, David Hine, Mark Stafford, Yuko Rabbit, Chris Geary, Fionnula Doran, Bridget Mayne, Sean Bright, Sally Jane Thompson, Krystian Garstkowiak, Krent Able, Jenny Robins, Euan Cook, Frances Castle, ILYA, Rainbow Buddy, Thierry Labrosse and Darryl Cunningham. The stories contained within range from the sci-fi fantasy Manga "10 Minutes" to my favourite of the bunch, with its twisted cartoon styling and fantastic sense of humour "The Bad Bad Place".

What sets “Meanwhile…” apart from other anthologies is just how eclectic it is. How different each piece of this wonderful patchwork project is. Most anthologies have a common theme or message across the tales collected but the theme and message with Meanwhile is its diversity and the expansive possibilities to be explored within the comics medium. That is why it is totally worth your time! so please take a look at the Indiegogo page here and if you like what you see consider backing this project. Come on, pick a door, any door.

"The Collected Meanwhile..."

Published by Soaring Penguin Press

The Indiegogo campaign can be found here

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Urban Tails Kickstarter Campaign https://www.acecomicals.com/articles/urban-tails-kickstarter-campaign Wed, 14 Apr 2021 23:00:00 +0100 acecomicals@gmail.com a34fd6bf-783b-4d67-812b-292307ba5e71 Greg takes a look at the recently launched Kickstarter campaign for Ilana Zeffren's "Urban Tails" Pics-Art-04-14-10-31-38

A Review By Greg Driver Twitter: @Battou

It's going to come as an enormous shock to you that I love cats (it's not. It's a well documented fact). Enter "Urban Tails" the subject of a recent Kickstarter campaign by Soaring Penguin Press.

"Urban Tails" is a collection of autobiographical, slice of life-y comic strips by Ilana Zeffren, an Israeli comic artist who lives in Tel Aviv.
Urban Tails was known as Rishumon when it was originally published in Israel. The comic began life as a weekly strip in a newspaper called Ha'ir, as part of the entertainment supplement Akhbar Ha'ir (City Mouse). This will be the first time these comic strips will be collected and translated into English.

These are heartwarming comics about life in Tel Aviv for Mom 1 (Ilana), Mom 2 (her girlfriend) and their two cats Spaghetti and Rafi. Part of this comic's genius is in the commentary provided by the charmingly nonchalant felines!

There's beauty in the small everyday dramas, and in the way the book presents and deals with larger more complex subjects like feminism, gender studies and mental health. These comics also provide a candid look at life in Tel Aviv as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. These comics provide a gentle place to relax with a lovely little family.

The art is gorgeously delicate caricatures with great attention to detail in expressions and emotions, especially with the cats. I love the way that Ilana has deftly captured and rendered their movements, behaviours and individual personalities, as they question and comment with that air of self centeredness only cats are capable of. A fine line is struck between abstraction and realism.

Touching, poignant, humorous and incredibly relatable, these little strips can really lift your day. There truly is something here for everyone. Give the Kickstarter and the preview pages a look and if you find yourself in it, if you connect with it then please consider backing it! There is a Sampler available on the kickstarter page that you can check out and see if it piques your interest like it did mine.

I am truly excited to see this fully translated and printed!

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I couldn't resist the oppportunity to introduce you all to my own two cats, so meet:

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"Urban Tails"

By: Ilana Zeffren

Published by Soaring Penguin Press

The Kickstarter campaign can be found here

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All The Places In Between- Advanced Review https://www.acecomicals.com/articles/all-the-places-in-between Tue, 06 Apr 2021 21:00:00 +0100 acecomicals@gmail.com 50e23767-2b02-4504-ac48-bbe37d0d39ca An advanced review of "All The Places In Between" by John Cei Douglas Pics-Art-04-05-04-43-25

A Review By Greg Driver Twitter: @Battou

Every so often, a book comes along and in perfect, stark clarity and accuracy mirrors feelings or experiences from your own life.

All The Places In Between is one such book. A piece of sequential art, that perfectly describes and distills feelings or thoughts that can often be difficult to communicate clearly and can seem cryptic to someone looking in from the outside.

This Beautiful piece of work by John Cei Douglas Is a journey through emotion. It is a depiction of the cyclical nature of poor mental health episodes and the thought processes that come along with that.

The book takes you through the tranquility of outer space, the chaos of a tempest, the anxiety of a timed exam and also the safety and comfort found in companionship. A lover or a friend as a rock or a lighthouse to guide you through a storm to safety. The book also explores themes of isolation and navigating shared isolation as the characters explore daunting wastes and ruins together (which I find especially relevant in the current state of things!).

The book is presented mostly in a 4 panel page layout and is entirely silent. The square format accentuates the beauty of the work in its simplicity with its fluid forms and whimsical scenes. The fact that it is also presented in black and white adds to this. With the comic being silent it leaves space for the reader to interpret the work based on their own experiences with the subject matter more clearly. I especially love the rendering of the night sky in certain scenes throughout!

My favourite part comes in the portion of the book that deals with Anxiety. The pages depicting a solitary character filling out an exam paper. With fine lines and sparse details, panels depicting clocks and a break in form from the square 4 panel page layout, the passage of time is felt presently and more intensely as forms loosen.

The wide eyed panic of the page layouts as panels overlap in various sizes, really capture those anxious moments in the throes of an anxiety attack. Those heightened feelings of panic and racing thoughts as you catastrophize, it's all there in these wonderfully crafted pages.

Needless to say this book really did resonate with me. The book opens with an appropriate quote from Tove Jansson whose whole influence can be felt throughout the art and in the gentleness and mindfulness of the work:

"There are empty spaces that must be respected, those often long periods when a person can’t see the pictures or find the words and needs to be left alone."Tove Jansson, Fair Play

This really is a book to add to your collection if you have ever struggled with your own mental health or if you know someone who is struggling. Especially important right now is the message I took from this book that there is a light at the end of the cave and calm after the storm.

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We were given a review copy of this book by publisher Liminal 11.

“All The Places In Between”

By: John Cei Douglas

Available for pre order from www.Liminal11.com

Price: £11.99

published/ released April 2021

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Sea Of Sorrows #3 Advanced Review! https://www.acecomicals.com/articles/sea-of-sorrows-3 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 acecomicals@gmail.com 08aa84ef-f36d-4bd3-84a5-3b113c5cad59 An early look at Sea Of Sorrows #3 due to be released 03/02/2021! sea-of-sorrows

A Review By Greg Driver Twitter: @Battou

I think it's safe to say that most people are prey to a primeval fear surrounding the deep of the ocean, obviously manifesting as just one facet of the firmly rooted and built in fear of the unknown. The unexplored dark below the surface of the water, a place the sun never reaches. An inhospitable alien landscape of strange creatures twisted and formed over millennia away from the light.
We feed it with stories of monsters that dwell in the depths and myths of sailors led to their doom, shipwrecked by sirens and mermaids.

Sea Of Sorrows. One such book that stirs and feeds the waters of such fears.
The story takes place off the Canadian Atlantic coast near Newfoundland in 1926 with a sunken WWI U-Boat full of German gold and an american team of salvagers/rough sailors willing to go and get it. However, beneath the water and amongst the wreckage, something else waits. We talked about Issue 1 on our 100th episode that you can listen to here. I’ll make no secret of the fact that we loved it! Mined from the same ore rich vein as Road Of Bones, Sea Of Sorrows is a mighty fine historical horror. I am firmly under the influence of this comic’s irresistible siren song.

We have been lucky enough to get an early look at Issue 3 due to be released 03/02/2021 which I am going to say is a triumph in plot escalation, much to the credit of writer Rich Douek. The vice grip tightens, and you can feel the anxiety. The uneasy atmosphere aboard the SS Vagabond getting increasingly strained by the panel! What lies beneath amongst the U-Boat wreck and the gold within? The salvage mission increases in danger and complexity. I must say I do enjoy feeling uneasy at seeing this absolute pressure cooker of a story get ready to explode.

Like we mentioned when we talked about Issue 1, artist Alex Cormac plays with light and darkness beautifully in the underwater segments. The inky deep punctuated by small amounts of light that give us just enough, but also leave us to the unknown allowing us to wonder, building that fear. The way this is woven in with the hostorical elements of the book is incredible. We get a full experience of the dangers invloved with deep sea diving in this era. You can feel how heavy and cumbersome the equipment is and how precariously life hangs in the balance each time someone dives. The way in which he manages to breathe life into the side glances and heated exchanges aboard the Vagabond is masterful, you can feel really the emotion across the panels. Fear, anger, frustration and madness dripping from each page, alongside Justin Birch helping to dictate pace and intensity with lettering that adds feeling and makes the experience altogether more visceral.

I love the way that this book plays with folklore and intertwines history with horror, much the same as Road Of Bones before it. Taking old legends and folk tales and breathing new life into them. What better medium than comics is there to tell stories like this? Dive in, catch up, buy issue 3 just don't get the bends.

Also check out these gorgeous covers!

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Sea Of Sorrows #3 is Published by IDW Publishing and is due to be released 03/02/2021

Sea Of Sorrows credits:

Writer: Rich Douek

Artist: Alex Cormac

Letters: Justin Birch

Cover: Alex Cormac

Variant Cover: Joe Mulvey

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The Fabulous Baker Girls #1: A Statement About The Power Of Burlesque https://www.acecomicals.com/articles/the-fabulous-baker-girls-1-a-statement-about-the-power-of-burlesque Sun, 08 Mar 2020 21:00:00 +0000 acecomicals@gmail.com 0e6c8c04-381f-43e5-adb5-0826de59fcef A review of the upcoming title from publisher Belfast City Comics, The Fabulous Baker Girls #1. A Review By Greg Driver Twitter: @Battou

"The Fabulous Baker Girls" is an upcoming title from publisher Belfast City Comics written by Dawn Hargy and David Louden. With art by David Louden and lettering by Aaron Flanagan. It will hit the stands on Wednesday 1st April (limited initial run of 100 so grab it while it's hot!) and will also be available digitally through comixology. We were kindly sent a digital copy for review.

Burlesque is an art form that is often recognised for empowering women, a protest against the patriarchy with the agency and power that the performers embody. this book celebrates the power of burlesque and turns it into a white hot blistering right hook to the face of the male dominated establishment.

Taking place in Belfast, Northern Ireland "The Fabulous Baker Girls" is a cool and humorous kidnapping-heist style story about an all star crack burlesque troupe who put their amazing skills to aid justice for oppressed and harassed women. It is a comment on today's society and the essentialness of Feminism. A story of how women can lift and empower each other, highlighting how Burlesque as an art form can be instrumental in that. The story explores through awesome humour and shenanigans, how the art form allows women to take control of how they are perceived and unleash that power to fight against ingrained societal imbalance.

The comic format and visual storytelling power of sequential art is the perfect tool for capturing and communicating the flair, power and spectacle of burlesque, the well planned heist element of the book is wickedly entertaining with this fantastic A-Team/ Oceans 11 collection of burlesque performers each with their own on stage skills and talents that they put to use in a wonderfully convoluted and madcap way. The resulting action is something that could only be achieved in comics.

David Louden punctuates and gives life to Dawn Hargy’s words with bold flat colours, graphic realism and striking lines. It’s like photography gone pop art. This type of bright bold imagery goes miles towards capturing and communicating the tone of the comic and the outlandish heist sequence which I especially loved.

Some of the best pages in this book are the trippy burlesque sequences. Psychedelic, colourful, chaotic dream-like splash pages that put you right in the crowd watching the stage.

At the end of this issue there is a fascinating essay that discusses the history of burlesque and burlesque as a political act. There is also an interview with Arlene Caffrey. A performer who was crowned Miss Burlesque Ireland 2016, and who also features as the subject of a limited run variant cover.

Overall i'd say this book is great fun and uses that to its advantage to communicate an important message. You should all go check this one out!

This book will be available Wednesday 1st April. digitally on Comixology or direct from Belfast City Comics at https://belfastcitycomics.bigcartel.com/

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Obscura: A Penny Dreadful Tale Of Post-Mortem Photography And 19th Century Spiritualism https://www.acecomicals.com/articles/obscura-a-penny-dreadful-tale-of-post-mortem-photography-and-19th-century-spiritualism Sat, 08 Feb 2020 13:00:00 +0000 acecomicals@gmail.com 87aa11db-97c1-47ef-b683-426d39d5aa6d A review of the graphic novel “Obscura” by Luke Cartwright and Lukasz Wnuczek A Review By Greg Driver Twitter: @Battou

Dear reader,
It is my pleasure as host of Ace Comicals to suggest to you this film script turned graphic novel eight years in the making. A fine effort of a comic that is sure to delight fans of the macabre or gothic tales of crime and victoriana. I present to you my musings on the strange tale titled “Obscura”. Written by Luke Cartwright with art by Lukasz Wnuczek.

Obscura begins as the story of a boy mortician in a fictionalised version of 19th century Van Diemen's Land, which is known today as Tasmania. The name Van Diemen's Land carries with it alot of dreadful weight and pain and evokes the brutality of colonialism. While the book does not deal with this subject, the artist and writer do recognise this fact in a short statement at the beginning of the book which I reproduce here:

“Obscura is set in a fictionalised Van Diemen’s Land – the Australian island state now known as Tasmania. The authors wish to acknowledge the muwinina people, the traditional andoriginal owners of Tasmania. We pay respect to those that have passed before us and ac-knowledge today’s Tasmanian Aboriginal community who are the custodians of the land.”

From then on a heavy atmosphere of dread and death hangs around each page as the story explores how people coped with death and loss, particularly through the practices of postmortem photography and spiritualism. We are thrust into the 19th century obsession with the afterlife and shown how some swindlers and charlatans of the time would cash in on it. The story takes definite strong influence from “Penny Dreadfuls”; Victorian era weekly pop literature pamphlets that would tell serialised tales of urban legends and outlaws, crime the supernatural and other such tales usually with a sensationalist bent. I found this to be a rather nice touch and it really served to enhance the experience of reading the comic and getting immersed in its dark waters. Right down to the fact that the story is introduced by a character named “Bloodworth” (who also appears in the video trailer for the graphic novel that you can find here) the chief editor of such a publication. The story also serves as an exploration in part of Photography and its role in our lives. The importance and centrality of photography in memory creation and proliferation. You begin to realise as you read, how special photography was in its earliest days.

The art on display here in this book really does set the mood in black and white with dark shadows and a textured, smokey loose quality to the overall design. There is a starkness to it and a bleakness that carries the story like a pallbearer, head bowed. In places it's almost like the book is made up of old faded photographs. There are some interesting techniques used with some of the page layouts and the way that the book displays passage of time with some quite nice full page work particularly in a sequence towards the end of the graphic novel which I shall not spoil!

Overall the comic was enjoyable and to reiterate how I started this piece, if you are a fan of the macabre or gothic tales of crime and victoriana then this will be a comic for you.

Obscura will be available March 2020. I suggest you keep an eye on www.obscuracomic.com where you can sign up to a mailing list for updates and information. There is also a free 30 page preview! alternatively you can follow the book on twitter at: @ObscuraComic.

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Bone Parish #1: The First Dose of A Great New Horror laced, Supernatural Crime Thriller https://www.acecomicals.com/articles/bone-parish-1-the-first-dose-of-a-great-new-horror-laced-supernatural-crime-thriller Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:00:00 +0100 acecomicals@gmail.com 2b12c28f-50d4-425a-a71e-a1bf2a934746 A review of the awesome new horror infused, supernatural, crime comic "Bone Parish" by: Cullen Bunn, Jonas Scharf, Alex Guimarães, Ed Dukeshire, Lee Garbett, Rod Reis, and Tyler Crook! Bone_Parish

A Review By Greg Driver Twitter: @Battou

I'd love to get these things done more often! I enjoy doing it but I sometimes struggle to find anything to say between podcasts. Not because there is a lack of things worth talking about, oh no! But because sometimes trying to do this, is like one of those horrible nightmares where you open your mouth to scream in the presence of some supernatural assailant or other horrifying series of events (be it earthly or not), and are rewarded with nothing but pure silence. The air seems to move back into your lungs and you choke. Your mouth is like space, like a vacuum... In the event you do find a sound it is an insignificant squeak and you feel as though it should remain unheard. The point I'm making is when I do find it hard to say anything, aside from the aforementioned squeak I'm going to publish those squeaks here for better or worse! So from here forward im going to talk here about some of the other Comics past, present, current or classic, that I don’t get around to on the cast!

I’m going to kick this off with a really good new title I have picked up and devoured like some ravenous cosmic entity sustained by the delectable energy provided by the printed sweet spot where art and words meet.

The book I want to talk about is Bone Parish #1. This book is, on its surface, a crime thriller. It reads like a heavy, humid night full of tension. The kind of night where you wish for a storm. That storm is on the horizon, It’s building, It's supernatural and you should be careful what you wish for.

I was sucked into the idea of this book immediately, a combination of the blindingly cool standard cover ( featured in the banner and at the end of this article) and the name Cullen Bunn whose work on “Harrow County” along with Tyler Crook, yielded one of the best horror comics I have had the pleasure of reading.

Upon picking up Bone Parish you are immediately struck by the image of a splayed out pile of bleached-bone-white powder on a solid black background. There is a razorblade placed beneath it. Instantly the mind moves to narcotics, and then you see that the splayed powder is in fact shaped like a skull. I struggle to imagine a more fitting visual introduction, and primer for what to expect with this comic.

The story takes place in New Orleans. It starts with a family trying to make a name for themselves in the criminal underground and build an empire on the back of a new drug to hit the streets that they have developed. The drug is called “Ash”. The drug is a powerful hallucinogenic, you don’t just see things, you experience and feel them. The sinister part? This drug is manufactured from human remains. Bones. Your experience when using the drug depends upon exactly whose remains were used in the manufacture of the particular batch from which you are taking your dose.

This first chapter plays out wonderfully in the way it builds the tension and sticks you with barbed hooks that will keep you on the line and leave you craving more. The creeping introduction of the heavy occult shadow that looms over this book is just one of the many ways that it achieves this. The art on display here fits the tone of the story perfectly, combined with the colour work it really communicates the mood of the story and draws you deep into this dark environment, full of shadows and eldritch goings on.

There is a wonderful sequence at the beginning of this issue where I think the artwork really flies high, We see an ash user in the midst of a trip. Singing out loud in public and miming almost uncontrollably, the actions of a rockstar on stage. It transpires that he is actually experiencing the concert fully as the vocalist of a rock band who appear to be playing to a festival crowd. The panels of the sequence switch between the real world showing our subject in a drug addled state in muted shadowed tones, and panels showing what he sees awash with ethereal pinks and purples. The whole 3 page sequence comes together with horizontal panels and a beautiful full page image that help to create a real sense that the events of the experience and the real world are happening simultaneously.

This book presents an excellent opening to what promises to be something very different, A supernatural crime thriller from the perspective of the criminal. There's a storm is on the horizon, it’s building, it's supernatural and I want to see what happens when it hits!

Bone Parish #1 is Published By Boom! Studios and was released on 25/07/2018

Bone Parish credits:

Writer: Cullen Bunn

Illustrator: Jonas Scharf

Colourist: Alex Guimarães

Letters: Ed Dukeshire

Cover: Lee Garbett

Variant Covers: Rod Reis, Tyler Crook

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Deadhorse: A Large Double-Scoop Serving of Adventure Thriller Mystery Topped With Twin Peaks Sprinkles https://www.acecomicals.com/articles/deadhorse-a-large-double-scoop-serving-of-adventure-thriller-mystery-topped-with-twin-peaks-sprinkles Sun, 20 May 2018 14:15:00 +0100 acecomicals@gmail.com f40cbbd6-540b-445c-9e5e-b5f97a9a162c A review of the adventure thriller mystery comic "Deadhorse" by: Eric Grissom, Phil Sloan, Marissa Louise and David Halvorson! Deadhorsebanner

A Review By Greg Driver Twitter: @Battou

If there's one thing I have learned through being a comics fan, it's that great stories sometimes, very easily fly under the radar undetected. You have to keep your eyes peeled and ears to the ground or you will easily miss them in the crowd. It’s easy to stay on the main street and be dazzled by what is in plain sight but sometimes you need to dig a bit deeper and duck into an alley, because, more often than not, that's where real gems are on display!

Deadhorse. A comic that sort of just dropped into my lap here in the Attic space-cum-office I call Ace Comicals HQ. (I was sent the latest chapter: Deadhorse, Ballad of the Two Headed Dog #3: This Isn't Happening. And also first 6 issues collected under the title Deadhorse, Book 1: Dead Birds, This review covers the entire story so far)

At the core of this story is a man named William Pike. In possession of a key that had been sent to him by his father, long thought dead. In search of what the key unlocks and the truth about the fate of his father he takes a journey to a town at the edge of nowhere. But this is not without its perils: Dangerous bounty hunters, a scheming industrial kingpin, a decades old plan and mind bending revelations that stretch back to the dawn of time! This is a well designed jigsaw of an adventure thriller mystery, courtesy of writer Eric Grissom (Gregory Suicide, Planet Gigantic, Animals, The Mark).The kind where the parts fall into place easily and with great timing! There’s also a nice comedic element that never feels mishandled or out of sync. This book has influences from classic weird fiction and thrillers and also has this “Twin Peaks” twist to its presentation that I really enjoyed!

The art throughout, by Phil Sloan (IDW's War Of The Undead and Weird NJ) has this awesome abstract cartoon thing going for it. Its minimalist with clean bold lines and has this art deco 1930s movie poster aesthetic that I think works great with the tone of the story. This is punctuated and enhanced by bold textured colours. Praise owed to both colouring talents on display throughout these books, Marissa Louise(Galaktikon, The Wilds, Spell on Wheels, Wonder Woman Annual) and David Halvorsonwho also works under the pen name Marcus Emerson (Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja, Recess Warriors,The Super Life of Ben Braver, Planet Gigantic). There’s some fantastic and creative panel play, especially in Ballad of the Two Headed Dog #2, where we are treated to a page within a full page that looks as if it is reflected in a glass on a bar. Another layout that pops uses the design of a certain symbol to great effect. The cool lettering design and sound effect work also really works well with the grand design.

I really enjoyed reading and catching up on this book and I can tell you that the latest chapter is just as awesome as the rest. It really carries through on the promise of the previous issues, and delivers some great sequences that I can’t talk too much about here for fear of spoiling it! What I can say is "Some mysteries are revealed, frozen fingers are packed in ice, and a human carpet points the way."

We are currently up to chapter 3 from book 2 of the Deadhorse story: Deadhorse, Ballad of the Two Headed Dog #3: This Isn't Happening. Book 1 collects the first 6 issues under the title Dead Birds. Below are some preview pages from the latest chapter due for release on Wednesday May 23rd. Deadhorse is available at deadhorsecomic.com, ComiXology and EricGrissom.com. Deadhorse is published by Frankenstein's Daughter.

Credits:
Writer/Letterer/Designer: Eric Grissom
Cover/Interior Artist: Phil Sloan
Colorist: Marissa Louise(#2-#3 of Deadhorse, Ballad of the Two Headed Dog), David Halvorson(#1-#6 of Deadhorse, Book 1: Dead Birds and #1 of Deadhorse, Ballad of the Two Headed Dog)

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So what are you waiting for? Get reading, catch up on this awesome book and grab the latest chapter!

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Blog: Where to buy Comics https://www.acecomicals.com/articles/where-to-buy-comics Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:00:00 +0000 acecomicals@gmail.com ddd381e4-2691-41fc-bf2e-30235184df42 A brief guide on where to purchase both digital and physical comics. Physical Comics

Digital Comics

DRM-Free Digital Comics Reading Methods

(eg .PDF or .CBR format reader)

DRM-free means that you are given the comic as a file to download without any restrictions (think of them as .mp3 files, but for comics). DRM-free comics can be obtained from many places, such as directly from the publisher, from other 3rd party storefronts, Humble Bundles, etc.

Certain publishers provide DRM-free copies of their titles via Comixology/Amazon.

Note: Ace Comicals does NOT condone pirating comics. We believe that the artists and writers of your favourite comics deserve to be paid for their talents and their efforts. Art should not be stolen. Support your favourite artists so that they may continue to gift us with their work.

We recommend the following apps for viewing your DRM-free comics.

If you have any questions, or would like to suggest some information we may have missed, please contact us at acecomicals@gmail.com or via our Contact Page. We welcome any and all feedback!

- Rahul

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