Review: Darkmoon – Avatar of the Demon #1 (of 5)
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This month is a huge month for small press publisher Evil Kat Comix with a number of their books seeing the light of day for the first time. Ironically then, this book is the total opposite of “light of day”.
The book starts with a desolate Frank Gideon, alone in a hotel, looking to embed a bullet into his head. Despite his desperate need for release, that which haunts hims refuses to let go. With the unknown, at least at this point in the issue, burden weighing heavily on his shoulders, Gideon seeks the help of a professing expert who happens to be an actual Professor. But what is the horror that lies beneath: the horror that must be set free; the horror that must hunt?
This book is written by Evil Kat Creative Director and Co-publisher, Rob Ferreri, who has shepherded a number of Evil Kat books. Here, he is taking a stab at the horror genre with a book that a cynic may feel is mish-mash of popular tropes; there is a monster, there is the moon; it doesn’t take a genius to work out their relationship. Reading this book, I get more of an impression of homage. This may be me being generous, after all, every trick in the genre is used throughout the book. The dialogue, which is wooden, stilted and formulaic, manages to get the key story beats right. There are seeds of a greater plot in play, which hints at where and how this story will develop.
The art is provided by Randy Meyer who has a square jaw type of style at least in the first few pages. At times, there is a lot of line work on show, which shows a lots of skill, although can at times, confuse the overall image. Sometimes less is more and Meyer could take this on board in order to let the reader’s eye fill in the details. New artists can suffer from trying to hard and trying to do too much. In this book, this elements displays itself as odd camera angles and action poses that lack a certain perspective. The book is black and white, which given the detail of the pencils, is probably a good call, as colors may well confuse proceedings.
Monsters of the moon are as synonymous to “bumps in the night” as vampires and zombies. Overall, this is a solid attempt at covering off a story in a typical horror infused genre.
Writing – 3 Stars
Art 2.5 Stars
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Writing by; Rob Ferreri
Art by; Randy Meyer
Published by; Evil Kat Comix
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- I am a long time comic book fan, being first introduced to Batman in the mid to late 70's. This led to a appreciation of classic artists like Neal Adams and Jim Aparo. Moving through the decades that followed, I have a working knowledge of a huge raft of characters with a fondness for old school characters like JSA and The Shadow
Currently reading a slew of Bat Books, enjoying a mini Marvel revival, and the host of The Definative Crusade and Outside the Panels whilst also appearing on No-Prize Podcast on the Undercover Capes Podcast Network
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