The Dunwich Horror

Title: the Dunwich Horror

Genre: Horror

Story: Joe Landsdale

Artwork: Peter Bergting

Publisher: IDW Publishing

Issues/pages: 4 issues, complete

Year: 2011-2012

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ENGLISH(promo): H.P. Lovecraft is known as one of the key founders of modern horror, cited as a major influence by many prominent authors, such asStephen King. In collaboration with renowned Lovecraft historian and literary caretaker Robert Weinberg, IDW is bringing you the definitive Lovecraft comics updated for a 21st century audience. This unique series begins by adapting classic Lovecraft tale “The Dunwich Horror” by fright-master Joe R. Lansdale (30 Days of Night: Night, Again) and Peter Bergting (D&D: Dark Sun)...

Last Mortal

Title: Last Mortal

Story: Johan Mahoney, Filip Sablik

Artwork: Tomas Nachlik

Publisher: Image Comics

Issues/Pages: 4 issues, complete

Year: 2011.

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ENGLISH(promo): Alec King is a born loser. A small time criminal who has never succeeded at anything in life and whose fear of failure has crippled him. When his only friend, Brian, the brains and charm of their two-man operation, convinces Alec to help him with a hit contract on a mayoral candidate his life unravels to rock bottom. But sometimes we need to hit rock bottom to begin the climb towards a better day...

What would you do if you hit rock bottom and there was no way out? If you had tried to take the final escape and discovered that path was blocked? In the case of Alec King, the suicidal immortal, you pick up a gun and set out to take out the bastards responsible for your misery. A class noir revenge tale with a supernatural twist from Minotaur Press!


SERBIAN(review): "Last Mortal" jeste mini-serija koja se čita u jednom cugu, sva četiri broja, očiju fiksiranih na monitor/hartiju, sa razmenom ugljen-dioksida za novu dozu kiseonika tek kad um počne da se muti, sa "oh, fuck, I blinked!" mišlju svako malo, kao da će magične koprene, što su je pisci ove priče dogli oko vas, nestati u tom trenu mraka. 
Pratimo Aleka - sitnog lopova i krupnog gubitnika. Niz pogrešnih skretanja, doveo ga je maltene do dna - do života na ulici, nekog kontejnera, skladišta, do cimanja za jednu viršlu dnevno, do toga da ima jednog-jedinog prijatelja... prijatelja zbog kojeg ijeste tu gde je. Upravo prijatelj ima novi plan, samo jedan od stotinu pređašnih i okončanih epskim neuspesima, naime, oni, takvi, nikakvi, trebaju da ubiju kandidata za guvernera Filadelfije. Sve odlazi u kurac - ortak gine, politačr gnjida živi, Alek slomljen, sjeban puca sebi u glavu. 

I tu nije kraj, već zaista tek početak.
Sve što sledi je sjajno. Autori nas bacaju kroz vreme, kroz sate i godine, od koledža, do današnjih dana, svako malo ubacuju nove elemente, nova pitanja i odgovore, zanatski rade ono što holivud godinama ne uspeva - ispredaju jak akcioni triler koji je kul do bola, a, onako usput, stvaraju superheroja kakvog strip svet ne videše decenijama! 
Zaista, ne može ovo biti sve o Aleku.

Crossed

Title: Crossed

Genre: Horror

Story: Garth Ennis

Artwork: Jacen Burrows

Color: Juanmar

Publisher: Avatar Press

Issues/Pages: 9 issues, complete

Year: 2008-2010

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ENGLISH(wiki): "The story follows survivors dealing with a plague that causes its victims to carry out their most evil thoughts and wishes. Carriers of the virus are known as the Crossed due to a cross-like rash that appears on their faces. This contagion is primarily spread through bodily fluids, which the Crossed have used to great effect by treating their weapons with their fluids.

The outbreak spread rapidly, apparently overwhelming the entire United States, and in all probability, the world, overnight. Law and order quickly broke down as police and military were infected or deserted their posts, Air Force One was destroyed midflight and the infected run amok, killing, raping and maiming for fun. Jetliners were crashed into buildings, nuclear power plants were intentionally blown up and families and friends brutally butchered each other with whatever weapons they could find."

The Saga of The Metabarons

Title: The Saga of The Metabarons

Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Story: Alejandro Jodorowsky

Artwork: Juan Gimenez

Publisher: Humanoides Associes

Issues/Pages: issues 1-4, 249 pages

Year: 1992-1997

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ENGLISH(wiki): "The Metabarons or The Saga of The Meta-Barons is a science fantasycomic series relating the history of a dynasty of perfect warriors known as theMetabarons. The Metabarons series was written by creator Alejandro Jodorowsky and illustrated by Argentinian artist Juan Gimenez. The series, published by Humanoïdes Associés, is complete, the last volume having been released at the end of 2003."

SERBIAN(review): Suvoparan, optimistični Sci-Fi sa prejakim akcentom na nauku nikada ne beše moje parče idealne literature. Da, kao klinacklinacklinac voleh Verna, zatim Klarka i srodnu mu ekipu, ali tek otkrićem Simonsa i Herberta pronađoh svoju pravu ljubav - epski SF. Kasta Metabarona je jedan od najboljih, ako ne i najbolji,predstavnika tog žanra u strip svetu.Tako da je kultna serija koja je brižno, koliko i sporo stvarana više od jedne decenije, obavezno štivo svagog fana "Hiperiona", "Dine" ili recimo TV serije "Betlstar: Galaktika" - raskošna space opera o kasti savršenih boraca, tzv. Metabarona, obiluje nasiljem, ljubavlju, setom, besom, razočaranjima, krvlju - bivajući generalno daleko humanija od većine SF kako u stripovnog, tako i književnog ili onog sa velikih platna ili malih ekrana. 

Metabaron je jedan i uvek jedan, ritual i obaveza se prenosi s kolena na koleno u surovoj borbi oca i sina na smrt - gde će sin pokazati da je dostojan, ubiti oca i produžiti kastu ili pak ispasti nedostojan, bezvredan i pasti od sečiva sopstvenog oca. rituelno samo-sakaćenje i nadomešćivanje odstranjenih delova tela (čulnih organa, udova...) metalnim implantima je još jedna tradicija Metabarona.

Kroz osam epizoda (ovde obajveljene prve četiri) pratićemo nekolicnu generacija Metabarona, priča posvećene samim borcima, kao i njihovim životnim saputnicama, nesuđenim ljubavima. ne očekujte od ovih savšenih boraca debilnu potrebu za lutanje univerzumom i ispravljanjem krvih drina, ne - pobude i ciljevi Metabarona su uglavnom lični, nekad čak i sebični, a putevi do njih nelišeni prljavštine, lukavosti i manipulacija - ne neka nedostižna vaseljenska pravda i ravnoteža, već lična istina, osveta i opet ta ljubav. 

Suštinski, uzimajući u obzir likove, priču koja protilče kroz praćenje više generacija (deda, očeva, unuka...) i opšteg univerzuma u koji je smeštena Saga o Metabaronima najlakše je povući paralelu sa herbertovom Dinom i ako vam se dotični biser svetskog SF-a dopao, morate pročitati i ovo. 

Conan - Road of Kings

Title: Conan: Road of Kings

Genre: Fantasy/Sword and Sorcery

Story: Roy Thomas

Artwork: Mike Hawthorne and Johan Lucas

Color: Dave Stewart

Publisher: Dark Horse

Issues/Pages: issues 1-6

Year: 2010-2011.

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ENGLISH(promo): “Conan: Road of Kings picks up the barbarian on the Vilayet Sea, at nearly the easternmost edge of Robert E. Howard’s map of the Hyborian age, and has twelve breathless issues to deliver him — black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand — to the westernmost shores of that age undreamed of,” Thomas continued. “To reach his destination, he must travel the fabled Road of Kings that winds its way through the civilized kingdoms — but along his path lurk inhuman monstrosities, malevolent sorcerers and not a few power-crazed men and women who are determined to see to it that he doesn’t make it.

“Dynamic artist Mike Hawthorne and I intend to make Conan’s westward odyssey a chapter in the Cimmerian’s life that readers won’t soon forget,” Thomas explained. “This will be a quite different take on Conan’s life than the one I pioneered at Marvel in the seventies and the nineties, with new adventures, new antagonists, even new and alternative sides to characters you thought you’d met before.”

Drums

Title: Drums

Genre: Occult/Horror

Story: El Torres

Artwork: Abe Hernando and Kwaichang Kraneo

Publisher: Image Comics

Issues/Pages: 4 issues, complete

Year: 2011.

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ENGLISH(promo): In our world there exists an ancient religion with many names and many disguises:

Candomble, Palo Mayombe, Santeria... Voodoo.

FBI agent Martin Irons is sent to investigate the sudden deaths of an entire gathering of followers at a ceremony, an assignment horrible enough before one of the mangled corpses rises and leads him on a sinister path. A new horror story with possesions, santeros, zombies... all set to the thunderous boom of drums!

Chronicles of Wormwood

Title: Chronicles of Wormwood

Genre: Fantasy/Horror

Story: Garth Ennis

Artwork: Jacen Burrows

Color: Andrew Dalhouse

Publisher: Avatar Press

Issues/Pages: 6 issues, complete

Year: 2006-2007

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ENGLISH(promo): Garth Ennis unleashes his next major religious epic in the vein of Preacher, but this-time, he's taking it up a notch! Wormwood is the anti-Christ, no way around it, his dad is Satan and his demonic powers help him fit right into New York. His best friend is Jesus, who is a black, mentally-challenged, man that just isn?t performing many miracles these days. The pesky Armageddon is coming right up, and it doesn?t look like Pope Jacko is going to be any help in stopping it. Ennis drags the whole world into the gutter with his trademark razor-sharp dialogue, biting wit, and the stunning art of Jacen Burrows, all in full-color.

SERBIAN(review): Garth Ennis je još jedan mag devete umetnosti čija su dela prosto obligatorna na jednom strip blogu koji iza sebe nosi makar zrno objektivnosti. Svaki ljubitelj stripa će svakako priznati silne kvalitete njegovih dela, ali možda navesti i nekolicinu mana. Ipak, autor konkretno ovog bloga je prilikom posete suđaja ostao kratak sa objektivnošću i poštovanjem tuđeg mišljenja (kao i sa sluhom, vidom, fizičkom snagom, polnim organom...), pa će samo zbog lične opsesije ovom autoru u budućnosti posvetiti maltene centralno mesto uz još par velikana, napistai bezbroj postova o njemu i njegovim stripovima i uvek govoriti u superlativima!

 Bivajući čovek, manje-više, nevernik i čak neko ko misli da je Hrišćanstvo (i svi ostali derivati židovske jednobožačke religije) najveće zlo što se čovečantsvu dogodilo još od  silaska sa drveta, posedujem možda kontradiktornu opsesiju istim. Recimo to ovako - starozavetna planeta zemlja mi je zanimljiviji fantazijski svet od tolkinove Srednje Zemlje, lukasove "galaxy far, far away..." i vasecelog Dungens&Dragons lore-a. S tim u vezi pisanija Gartha Ennisa su just my cup of tea. Od ennisovih nezaboravnih epizoda "Hellblazera" ("Beli Put" objavi na srpskom neke od njih), preko fenomenalnog "Preachera", pa evo sad do "Chroniles of Wormwood" traje bezgrešna niska sjajnih bisera epsko-religijsko-fantazijskih-horor priča. Upravo tu kritičari ennisovog lika i dela nalaze glavno uporište - u određenoj derivatnosti njegovih radova nakon Hellblazere, nabijem ih na kolac/lightsaber sve! 

Ovo je ennisova, verovatno, najhrabrija i najkontraverznija priča do sada! Cela biblijska ekipa izmeštena u moderni svet, sa Antihristom kao glavnim likom, koji svoje večeri provodi u kafani s asvojim najboljim prijateljem - novim Hristom u vidu crnca alkoholičara sa dredovima razočaranog u svet i život, sa Kurvom babilonskom, sa Jovankom Olreankom (kurava francuska obična), zecom perverznjakom koji priča, papom rasistom i seksomanom, barmenom sa penisom umetso nosa i tako dalje. Kroz šest epizoda nabijenih spektakularnim otkrovenjima, vizionarskim prizorima raja i pakla, akcijom i prejakim crnim humorom, Ennis bezmolno pripoveda o nastanku crkve, njenoj pravoj svrsi i baji koji stoji iza svega toga. Iako je u suštini priča religiozna i na Hrista i njegova učenja gleda blagonaklono, istovremeno predstavlja jedno od najsurovijih udaraca u jalove mošnice Hrišćanske, katoličke crkve. Ultimativna šlajmara u lažljiva lica većine sveštenika ovog sveta što besramno nose beli kolar oko vrata.