Hellboy - Wake the Devil

Title: Hellboy - Wake the Devil

Genre: Action/Adventure

Story: Mike Mignola

Art: Mike Mignola

Publisher: Dark Horse

Issues/Pages: 144 pages

Year: 1997

Rate: 96/100

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PROMO: A murder in a New York wax museum and a missing corpse lead Hellboy into ancient Romanian castles on the trail of a sleeping legend: the original nobleman vampire. Nazi scientists prepare for the return of their occult master and the end of the world, and Hellboy confronts his purpose on earth.

Hellboy - Seed of Destruction

Title: Hellboy - Seed of Destruction

Genre: Action/Adventure, Horror

Story: Mike Mignola, John Byrne

Art: Mike Mignola

Publisher: Dark Horse

Issues/Pages: 130 pages

Year: 1994

Rate: 97/100

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PROMO: When strangeness threatens to engulf the world, a strange man will come to save it. Hellboy, the world's greatest paranormal investigator, is the only thing standing between sanity and insanity as he battles the mystical forces of the netherworld and a truly bizarre plague of frogs. And if he fails, we all fail with him!

Dead Irons

Title: Dead Irons

Genre: Western/Horror/Zombie

Story: James Kuhoric

Art: Jason Shawn Alexander, Jae Lee

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Issues: 1-4, complete

Year: 2009

Rate: 9.0

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PROMO: Three bounty hunter siblings blaze a path of death and destruction across the old west. Traveling by moonlight they rip criminals screaming for mercy from their hiding places, but none is ever given. The Irons are the most feared bounty hunting killers in the west, but that fear isn't based on them being the fastest with a pistol or rifle. It's because they're the Walking Dead! A lone, tortured soul tracks them with vengeance and salvation driving him to end the curse upon his family. Those who he rescues call him savior but those who look upon his twisted and scarred face call him monster. Silas Irons is the only hope his brothers and sister have of salvation from the abominations they've become. But even the purity of his heart can't stop the unnatural rage and bloodlust building in his diseased soul. A black curse turned these siblings into monsters but deep rooted and twisted family history made them into the worst kind of horrors. This year's biggest supernatural western tale begins here! Written by James Kuhoric (Freddy vs Jason vs Ash), illustrated by Jason Alexander (BPRD), and based on character designs and covers by Jae Lee (The Dark Tower).

Crawl Space - XXXombies

Title: XXXombies

Genre: Trash Horror/Zombie

Stroy: Rick Remender

Art: Kieron Dwyer

Publisher: Image Comics

Issues: 1-4, complete

Year: 2007-2008

Rate: 9.5

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PROMO: Crawl Space issues #1-4, featuring a blood-drenched thriller of the pornographic undead, XXXombies! With hopes of paying off his debt to a ruthless mob boss, sleazy porn producer Wong Hung Lau gathers a bevy of adult stars for a sequestered weekend of filmmaking. However, when they emerge days later, they discover a zombie plague has overrun a now-quarantined Los Angeles. Eisner award nominees Tony Moore (The Walking Dead) and Kieron Dwyer (Remains), return to the zombie genre with fan-favorite writer Rick Remender (Fear Agent) to illustrate these boogie nights of the living dead.

REVIEW: Treš horor je žanr koji mi je drag od... pa, od zaista najranijih dana mog detinjstva. gledajući još kao klinac, zajedno sa sestrom, bezbrojne nastavke Petka 13-tog i smejući se gluposti tih filmova, eto, razvio sam prilično nakazan smisao za humor, jebiga. Zombie thrash mi je, pak, omiljeni podžanr podžarna i nešto bez čega mi život ne bi bio lep kao što jeste.

XXXombies je vrhunski pripadnik žanra, ma, dominantni. smešten u sedamdesete godine prošlog veka, u holivudu, sa brkatim porno glumcima, glumicama bez silikona i režiserom entuzijastom-oportunistom i zombi apokalipsom koja divljha napolju sve je postavljeno tako da ne može da omane. Iako, prvi broj i nije spektakularan, već sledeći, a posebno onaj iza njega, donosi bezbroj genijalnih "wow" i još više "eewwww" momenata zbog kojih ćete ih voleti. Glupi protagonisti, nadrealne i apsurdne situacije, bezbroj otkinutih kurčeva, i prosutih crev, hektolitri krvi i sperme.

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Malignant Man

Title: Malignant Man

Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller

Story: James Wan, Michael Alan Nelson

Art: Piotar Kowalski

Publisher BOOM! Studios

Issues: 1-4, complete

Year: 2011

Rate: 9.0

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PROMO: Alan Gates, a cancer patient with a terminal diagnosis, is resigned to his fate...until he discovers that his tumor is actually a mysterious parasite! Granted a second lease on life and incredible, otherworldly powers, Alan must fight against an evil army buried beneath society's skin, all the while unlocking the secrets of his forgotten past. Dark, twisted, and unlike anything else on the stands, MALIGNANT MAN is a sci-fi thriller that can't be missed!

REVIEW: Ovaj promotivni tekst iznad prilično dobro sumira radnju Malignant Mana, tako da tu i nema šta pametno da se doda. Jednostavno, odličan, zabavan strip sa jakim holivudskim šmekom, i to kažem u najpozitivnijem smislu - one zabave i onog šmeka kojem tom holivudu fali minimum dve decenije. 

Penny for Your Soul

Title: Penny for Your Soul

Story: Tom Hutchison

Art: J.B. Neto

Publisher: Big Dog Ink

Issues: 1-7, complete

Year: 2010-2011
Rate: 9.0

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PROMO: Everyone has a price, and no one knows that better than Danica, the beautiful granddaughter of Lucifer. She's set up shop at the Eternity Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, where anyone can sell his soul for ten thousand dollars. Mortals are lining up in droves. But Heaven and Hell are taking notice, and they want Danica to know the don't appreciate the competition!


REVIEW: Penny for your Soul je apsolutni i potpuni trijumf alternativnog, nezavisnog stripa - novi autori, gotovo patetično mali izdavač, a strip? Strip remek-delo! Bez trunke amaterizma u sebi, sa veoma dobrim dijalozima i sjajnim art-om, Penny... lagano može proći kao delo nekog od najvećih autora devete umetnosti, izdato pod daleko poznatijim etiketama. Ultimativna blasfemičnost stripa je, naravno, podsetila na Gartha Ennisa, pa ako cenite njegov stil i stav prema hrišćanstvu ovo definitivno trebate čitati, inače bi moglo biti čak i uvredljivo za vas (ko vas jebe). 
Strip izgleda prelepo - bivajući smešten u Las Vegas, dobio je kičerajski glow, jarke boje pršte na sve strane, dok recimo reči demona sijaju kao neonski natpisi po kojima je moderna Sodoma poznata. 

Jedina zamerka stripu je prenaglašena seksualnost, do neke tačke je OK, da pokaže grešnost tog grada, čak i izopačenost demona i anđela, ali negde usput postaje zaista preterano i opterećujuće po samu priču...

Battlefields - Tankies

Title: Battlefields - Tankies

Genre: WWII

Story: Garth Ennis

Art: Carlos Ezquerra

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Issues: 1-3, complete

Year: 2009.

Rate: 7.0

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PROMO: After D-Day came the battle for Normandy, when largely untried Allied soldiers met the seasoned veterans of the German army. As Panzer units and SS troops turn the French countryside into a killing ground, a lone British tank crew struggle to rejoin their squadron. Cut off behind enemy lines, their only hope lies in their fearsome commander, Corporal Stiles — but no one in the crew can stand him, and Stiles isn't too fond of them either. And there are Tigers lurking in the undergrowth... Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher) teams up with Judge Dredd co-creator Carlos Ezquerra for this third installment of Dynamite Entertainment's Battlefields series, featuring covers by John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men) and Garry Leach (Dan Dare)!

REVIEW: WWII jeste jedna od fascinacija Gartha Ennisa - čoveka kojeg, uz Alana Mura, verovatno i najviše cenim u svetu stripa, koja je izrodila zanimljivu metaseriju. Ovde su predstavljene prve tri mini-serije, koje, nažalost, donose kvalitet koji sa svakom sledećom značajno opada.
Prva priča - The Night Witches - je odlična! Priča o sovjetskom odredu devojaka-pilota koje su, against all odds - trpeći poniženja i nepoverenje muških saboraca, leteći u sramno zastarelim avionima, veoma brzo poslate prava noćna mora Nemaca na istočnom frontu, je uspela u potpunostu, brzo i efektno prikazujući svu strahotu tog ili bilo kog drugog rata - strah, krv, ratne zločine (silovanja), ljubav koja se nastaje samo da bi smrću završila... 

Nažalost, sledeće dve nisu tako zanimljive. Dok je druga - Dear Billy - još i OK ljubavna priča o devojci koja je doživela i preživela silovanja japanskih vojnika i streljački vod sastavljen od istih i mladog američkog pilota, treća - Tankies, je suvoparni, za čitanje naporni prikaz rata u Normandiji...