CREEPY COMICS: THE LURKING FATE
Collects Creepy Nos.10-13 and selections from Creepy Nos. 8, 9 (cover dates April, 2012- August, 2013)
Writers:
Doug Moench, Dan Braun, Peter Bagge, Matt Weinhold, Jim Keegan, Ruth
Keegan, John Arcudi, Gilbert Hernandez, J. Torres, Alisa Kwitney,
James S. Rich, Richard Corben, Matthew Allison, Josh Simmons, John
Habermas, and Cullen Bunn
Artists:
Kelley Jones, Peter Bagge, Darick Robertson, Richard P. Clark, Jim
Keegan, Ruth Keegan, Richard Corben, Gilbert Hernandez, Amy Reeder,
Chrissie Zullo, Joelle Jones, Matthew Allison, Julian Totino Tedesco,
Dean Haspiel, D.W. Frydendall, Lucas Ketner, and Tyler Crook
Veteran
creators and newcomers rub shoulders in this 21st century
update of the classic Horror anthology series. The quarterly Creepy
Comics is comic book size as opposed to magazine size like the
original series. Most of the stories are decent, although I cannot
get into the Peter Bagge stuff which is abundant in the book. His
style is rooted in the Crumb school of '60s underground comics
(comix?) and doesn't work well for Horror comics.
Fan
favorite Batman creators Doug Moench and Kelley Jones reunite
for The Lurking Fate That Came To Lovecraft, which does what
it says on the tin. I have never read Lovecraft books and feel like I
probably should. I'll get right on that as soon as I catch up on my
comic book reading.
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| Artwork by Lucas Ketner. |
I
am a huge fan of Witch Doctor (published by Image, on hiatus
for now), so I was thrilled to see series artist Lucas Ketner on The
Last Stop. In this Dan Braun written story we get one of those
age old train to Hell scenarios which always work for me.
This
stuff is pretty tame by Saw standards, but if you enjoy old
school Horror comic books then you should enjoy this.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 4 out of 5.
The
OCD zone- Nothing OCD-worthy going on here. Unless you count the
fact that the first book in the series had a Volume 1 on the spine
and the second and now third one do not.
DVD-style
Extras included in this book: None.
Paper
rating: 5 out of 5. Nice weight coated stock with a slight sheen.
Binding
rating: 4 out of 5. Perfect bound trade paperback.
Cardstock
cover coating rating: 5 out of 5. Nice thick lamination on the cardstock cover.
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