Filed under: Comic Reviews, IDW Comics | Tags: 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, IDW, Menton3, Monocyte, Robots, Steve Niles, Vampires
A grim post-apocalyptic world is laid out by writer Steve Niles & artist Menton3 in IDW’s latest release….and with a tagline that includes ‘Vampires versus Robots’ – it all sounds pretty damn cool to me.
Filed under: Comic Reviews, Previews | Tags: ghanbari, IDW, menton, Monocyte, STEVENILES
I usually wait until the end of a review to give out my inconsistent and occasionally irrelevant scores but today I’m giving you the score for Monocyte #4 first. Then I’m going to try and back that up by talking about this comic in a way that properly justifies it. I’m almost certainly going to fail. I’m not the most eloquent of reviewers and I’ve never discussed or read a comic like this before. I’m not sure I will, ever again. At least until the next Menton/ Ghanbari series is commissioned.
Monocyte #4 gets a 10/10. Continue reading
Issue 3 of Monocyte from creators Menton3 and Kasra Ghanbari is out on 21st March and promises a further 36 page fine art horror fest. It boasts 3 wraparound covers. Cover A by Menton 3 is the headline image above. Cover B by Ben Templesmith (Fell, 30 Days of Night, Wormwood) is below: Continue reading
All too often I come back from my local shop with a huge stack of comics and devour them furiously, one after the other. With the many spin-off titles and big ticket characters appearing in the multitude of books, they can easily blur together and become forgettable. Sure, I can remember story details and hold a conversation about ‘what Cap did next’ just as well as the next reader, but I’ve been getting a little jaded when it comes to feeling my comics. The comic book that imparts a real feeling that stays with you, long after you’ve read it, is getting rarer than ever. I suppose that’s why I took so much notice of Monocyte. Continue reading
Filed under: Comic Reviews, IDW Comics | Tags: IDW, Kasra Ghanbari, Menton3, Monocyte
30 Days of Night, particularly in its infancy was one of the top horror comics around, so when I hear that IDW are planning something else in the scary vein both my interest and my expectations are understandably high.
Comics Anonymous 