Showing posts with label wildstorm. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

A nightmare on Elm Street


Released in 2005 / 2006 by Avatar Press: One, two, he's coming for you... Freddy's back in this all new three issue series from the same intense creative team as the sold-out Nightmare Special! The master of the macabre, writer Brian Pulido, and the illustrative genius, artist Juan Jose Ryp, return to bring Freddy Krueger back into the tormented dreams of children. This new series finds the kids of Springwood all drugged up with Hypnocyl, trying to keep Krueger from their heads. But Freddy has a plan, stop the shipments of Hypnocyl from reaching the town! As they start to dream again, his power grows, and so does the carnage! Let the splatter begin!

Released June 2005 by Avatar Press, this one-shot special continues the Nightmare mythos in one stand alone story. After the events of Freddy vs. Jason, the adults of Springwood have turned the town into a police state, out to suppress any knowledge of Freddy so their kids don't keep dying. If teens are afraid of Freddy he can invade their dreams and murder them, but as a lost secret, he is powerless. Emily, a rebellious teen and aspiring journalist wants to blow the lid off Springwood's secret and tell it to the world. When her best friend Lindsay is abducted by police, Emily enlists aid from Alex and Sandy that leads them to Westin Hills Psychiatric Center. As Freddy hunts them one by one, Emily comes closer to the truth.Will she survive to tell it?

Released in 2006 by Avatar Press: There is no rest for the wicked as Freddy is back in this all-new, full-length epic story written by the master of horror, Brian Pulido and featuring the art of Dheeraj (Escape of the Living Dead) Verma! Using the dream suppressant Hypnocil, The town of Springwood has successfully locked Freddy Krueger out of the local kids' dreams. What's a dream demon to do? When a carload of gang bangers rob the local pharmacy, it all goes to Hell and Freddy is back in business, but not how you might think! The terror lives on several covers including the Regular, Wraparound, Gore, and Body Count by Juan Jose Ryp, the Terror by Dheeraj Verma and a special leather cover by Juan Jose Ryp limited to just 900 copies!

Friday, June 20, 2008

21 Down



The book wears its cinematic influences on its sleeve, sometimes veering almost into derivative territory, but it's incredibly well-executed, and it reads less like a super-hero comic and more like a drama/action with super-heroic elements. Taking a fantastic premise of a psychic with one year to live, Gray, Saiz and Palmiotti have crafted a good read with a strong central character.21 Down starts in the middle, as we don't see where Preston gets his powers or his curse (although those who read Gen 13 #0 got a hint), and that works very well for the book. We are immediately immersed in Preston's life, and it's not the greatest thing in the world. His brother uses him to get promotions as a cop, the visions of death that he gets are beginning to wear on him, and he knows full well that he only has one year to live, which is screwing up his psyche something fierce. Gray and Palmiotti wisely make Preston likable and even heroic despite his beleaguered attitude, though; he's having a rough go of it, but he still has time to spend with an old man who doesn't have any other friends, and he still does the right thing when he knows a crime has been committed.