Nameless -- Issue #01

This is a comic that I'm nervous to like right off the bat. The artwork, specifically the perspective in the illustrations are amazing, stuff like I've never seen before. Although it was a classic first issue, and you really have no clue how to describe what the story is actually about, the base idea seems really awesome. I read further online about what Grant Morrison's idea was with this, and I stumbled upon something that lead me to find out that this series is supposed to be a very dark, very gruesome thriller/horror story. Not that I got that intense of a vibe from the first issue, but Morrison made a warning about the first issue giving just a slight taste of the storyline and then its going to blast off and just continue to get more and more horrible as the story goes on.

I just .. don't want to have nightmares.

Rasputin -- Issue #01

THIS COMIC IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
CAN'T SAY MUCH BECAUSE NOTHINGS REALLY HAPPENED IN THE FIRST TWO ISSUES THAT I'VE READ SO FAR, BUT THE ARTWORK AND COLORING IS ONE OF THE BEST I'VE SEEN THUS FAR.

Black Hole -- Graphic Novel

Such an awesome story. The story is set in 1970s Seattle where high schoolers are getting what they call, "the bug", which are genetic mutations caused by a sexually transmitted disease.

The story follows a few specific characters and how it changes their lives. Lots of suspense, reads kind of like a thriller, because there is an underlying mystery throughout the story that doesn't get solved until the very end.

The illustration is very rad, just black and white with lots of high contrast. The illustration and the story seem familiar but looking at Charles Burns' other works, I haven't ready anything else of it.

Grotesque drawings of the mutations, but really sick illustrations and imaginative and pretty crazy idea of what would happen if STDs got out of hand and turned into mutations. There are a few dream scenes that are really well done that I appreciated.

The Fade Out - Issue #01

Very righteous noir comic with mystery, intrigue, murder and more. Lead character is a male, who in my mind is Leonardo DiCaprio - seems like he would play this guy pretty well.

Lets see..

A guy wakes up! Next to a dead woman! Who done it! I have no idea! I have to read more!

Cliffhangers are a trip and these dudes know what is up. Reading one issue of The Fade Out is not enough, not even close to being enough.

Mind MGMT - Volume 1: The Manager

 Mind MGMT - Volume One: The Manager

While reading through this I was very interested with the themes of dreams and mystery and mind control, it reminded me of the TV show LOST which I am, to put it lightly, very into. Then! After I was done I read the forward to the book, which was written by one of the co-creators of LOST. WHICH IS CRAZY I THOUGHT THE FLIGHT 815 THING WAS JUST ME BEING A FREAK ABOUT LOST. But I feel like definitely now, it is something else. Something cooler.

While reading this collection, I found myself becoming very into the story. But a lot was going on with the story and it wasn't as fast of a read at I thought it was going to be. It is not a light read at all, it was in fact very dense.

I read half the book one day before work and told my manager that I wasn't able to get through the entire book overnight. He then told me that there are three story lines going on at the same time. The first is what you are reading, the second is what you are seeing, and the third is the secret story written in the binding of the book.

I hadn't noticed the third story at all so I'm really glad I was able to finish the book another day. I also hadn't thought about how what I was reading and what I was seeing really were two different stories. My imagination was following so closely with the narrative that everything seemed to flow together really nicely, less needed to be said because of how descriptive the imagery was.

Can't wait to read the other volumes of this. A very cool story.