VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS VOL. 6 (Bluewater, 2013; Softcover)
Collects
Vincent
Price Presents
Nos. 2, 6, 12, and “The Hampster”, which I cannot find (cover
dates October, 2008- August, 2009)
Writers:
Nick Lyons and Chad Helder
Artists:
Bang Thai, R.H. Stewart, and Giovanni Timpano
Colorists:
Alexander Tobler, Jesse Heagy, and Ryan S. Burt
This
is readable Horror stuff, but the artwork is pretty bad. The stories
themselves are okay, but the artwork and coloring are strictly
amateur hour. I mean, the artwork stinks. The first two
stories are about a gumshoe detective who stumbles onto macabre
happenings. There is some potential to this tried and true scenario
but it is squandered by the subpar artwork.
This
is a print on demand book, available at www.comicfleamarket.com. I do
not understand the whys and wherefores as to how Bluewater collects
their issues. Why not just collect every issue? It's not like these
issues in this book are their best foot forward or anything. I have
read a few single issues of the title over the years and there are
certainly higher quality ones than these to choose from. I am more
disappointed that the potential of this title hasn't been realized as
much as I am in the low quality of these stories.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 2 out of 5.
The
OCD zone- The mapping of this book is pure clowntown. The pages
are out of sequence in chapter one (Issue 6), making it seem like you
are reading some Garth Ennis time displaced story...only you're not,
it's just that someone made a huge mistake mapping this book out. A
page in chapter 2 is repeated. Both sides of the same sheet of paper
have the same page.
There
is no indication where these issues were originally published. I had
to waste a fair amount of time on various comic book database sites
and still wasn't able to piece everything together. Terrible. There
are also typos on the Table of Contents on the inside of the front
cover.
The
cover to issue 1 is used for chapter 4, even though it is not issue
1 which is reprinted. The covers of this series are some of the best
things about it, and yet they are rarely collected in these books.
Why? The only thing that I can guess are royalties.
DVD-style
Extras included in this book: Extras?
I'd have been happy with the basics, like listing which issues are
collected in this particular book!
Paper
rating: 4.25 out of 5. This has a surprisingly decent weight
coated stock paper, which shocked me given the independent, small
press print on demand thing. I like it.
Binding
rating: 3 out of 5. While the glued binding is solid and doesn't
creak, man is it tight. It takes a lot of effort to hold open and
read. If the book were heavier it could be used as a pectoral workout
machine. Having said that, I have zero concern about this book
falling apart. I believe that I will fall apart before this
binding will.
Cardstock
cover coating rating: 4.5 out of 5. While the cover doesn't have
a super thick lamination, it is decent and scuff resistant. I'm
happy.
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