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FRIGHT SITE Reviews and Commentary By Adam Groves |
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7/30/10: I seem to have caught the "Con Crud." This is a sickness unique to the San Diego Comic Con, and it's kept me out of commission for most of the week. In any event, I've completed my report on the Comic Con, imparting a grunt's-eye view of the event different from most of the Con reportage currently suffusing the web. Enjoy! New Reviews: FROM INSIDE By JOHN BERGIN: A uniquely grim and gruesome graphic novel with an impressively sustained apocalyptic surreality. KID ETERNITY By GRANT MORRISON, DUNCAN FEGREDO: Arguably one of the most twisted comics ever scripted by the demented Grant Morrison, with profoundly nightmarish artwork by Duncan Fegredo. BLACK CHERRY By DOUG TENNAPEL: More graphic novel madness, this one an over-the-top exercise in noirish mayhem. A MAZE OF DEATH By PHILIP K. DICK: If any of PKD's novels can be said to be horror-related this one can, a dark account of cosmonauts stuck on a distant planet where each is killed off in various horrific ways. UNHOLY TRINITY By ROBERT BLOCH: An omnibus edition of three mid-20th Century novels by the late Robert Bloch, all pivoting on crime and psychosis. New Commentary: THE 2010 SAN DIEGO COMIC CON: My report of last week's San Diego Comic Con, the world's biggest pop culture event. Some Past Reviews: RAIN By ROLF E. STARK, MARLENE STEVENS: For those wanting a really twisted, unique and unprecedented graphic novel experience! RICHARD MATHESON'S HELL HOUSE By IAN EDGINTON, SIMON FRASER: A graphic adaptation of Richard Matheson's immortal novel HELL HOUSE, boasting a goodly amount of gore and perversion. TEENAGE TIMBERWOLVES: LUST FOR LIGHTNING By JAMES HAVOC, DANIELE SERRA: More twisted graphic novel thrills, this one scripted by the incomparably deranged James Havoc--you have been warned! PERRAMUS: ESCAPE FROM THE PAST By ALBERTO BRECCIA, JUAN SESTURAIN: From Argentina, a bleak and disquieting graphic novel evocation of oppression and madness. Some Past Commentary: THE STATE OF THE COMIC CON: My reportage on last year's Con. |
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