John
Carpenter's Asylum #6 (Storm
King, cover date 2014, released June 4, 2014)
Writers:
Sandy King and Trent Olsen
Artist:
Leonardo Manco
Colorist:
Kinsun Loh
This
title has backed itself into a dangerous corner. The high quality is
no longer a pleasant surprise, it has become par for the course. The
bar has been raised, makers of Horror comics! I am of course being
tongue in cheek. I savor and enjoy each issue of this title, reading
it twice in a row.
The
conclusion of this round in the battle between good and evil has
reached epic, almost biblical, proportions. Ancient good fighting
ancient evils . It could come off as preachy or corny but thankfully
it is not. It's hard to do this sort of thing without coming off as
either Dungeons & Dragons, Death Metal nerd demonology or,
worse yet, Christian Metal holy righteousness.
The
conclusion to the first arc is really the beginning of something much
bigger. I am so happy to see this series continue, as I was wondering
what the goal was after the first arc concluded. This series could do
what American Horror Story does, where the entire setting
changes from one “season” to the next. For now it appears that it
will continue on with this setting.
Beginning
with #7 we get a two issue, two-part sidebar story with artwork by
the incredible Tom Mandrake! Then the second arc will begin with
issue 9, where Leonardo Manco's artwork returns. When it comes to
Mandrake and Manco, one is an apple and one is an orange but they are
both delicious.
The
folks over at their Facebook page recently posted that there will be
a trade paperback solicited in July for an October release. Seeing as
how the bulk of this blog is dedicated to collected editions, you can
bet your bottom dollar that I'll be picking that one up! To all of my
fellow trade waiters, this is your chance to find out what I have
been gushing about for the past year or so. I know what I will
be giving everybody for Christmas...
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 5 out of 5.
Finally! I was wondering when we'd get a trade......After reading all of your glowing reviews, I was nearly ready to (Shudder....) buy the floppies........Brrrr!
ReplyDeleteI'm in for a copy!
Dan, this is a comic where you should be buying the monthlies. It's an independent book published by Carpenter and King themselves, and they've had problems with Diamond. (Who only distribute books with high pre-orders numbers.) Fans need to be buying the monthly issues in order to support the comic and ensure there can even be trade paperbacks.
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