Pull-O-Rama – February 2012
For the latest in comics, check out my reviews of CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1, B.P.R.D.: HELL ON EARTH: THE LONG DEATH #1, and THE DARKNESS #99. Two of these are awesome and one falls flat.
Posts Tagged ‘The Darkness’
2K Games announces The Darkness II
If you’ve been waiting for publisher 2K Games to release a sequel to its video game adaptation of The Darkness … well, you’re going to have to wait a little bit longer. Thankfully, a deadline is in sight for fall.
Check out the news over at Spawn Kill.
Pull-O-Rama: August ’10
Ancient Roman vampires, apocalyptic horsemen-gangsters from Mexico (or possibly hell), and soul-hungry demons—monsters are coming out the wazoo this week at Impulse Creations.
Below are a few teasers, but you can read the full reviews here.
“David Hine dumps in all the right ingredients for a classic Darkness tale, lets it simmer, and before readers can catch their breath, they’re peering over a heaving pot of perfectly seasoned hellfire-side cuisine.” - The Darkness: Four Horsemen #1
“Fans of vampire fiction like True Blood might relish another half-naked glimpse into the undead world, but for those of us without a fang fetish, Ides of Blood does introduce a somewhat different means of examining the same old corpses.” - Ides of Blood #1
“Demons are creepy. Demons illustrated by Alina Urusov are even creepier. Unfortunately, the goosebumps-inducing demon in Witchblade: Due Process only adds a margin of the oomph the one-shot sorely needs.” - Witchblade: Due Process
Review: The Darkness #82
If you’re familiar with my work for the Girls Entertainment Network, then it’s probably obvious how well The Darkness sits with me. Interviewing Phil Hester at last summer’s San Diego Comic-Con was an amazing experience, and the writer continues to impress with a consistent run on the comic. You can read about the latest issue of The Darkness over at OneMetal.
The forces of light and darkness operate hand-in-hand, but in the Top Cow universe the dual elements shape the fate of the world. The soul-collecting hell overlord known as the Sovereign doesn’t present the only menace to gangster and powerful Darkness host Jackie Estacado’s well-being. In the prologue of The Darkness #82, the resurgence of an unbridled power threatens Jackie’s very survival with a prophecy centuries in the making. Legend tells of a weapon composed of a once mighty star and forged by the Angelus long ago, and its modern day discovery implies an unpleasant death for the current human embodiment of the Angelus’ long-lived enemy, the Darkness. Recent events wrapped around the rebirth and strength of the Angelus only increase the likelihood that danger of the cherub kind is on the warpath.
Darkchylde Meets Darkness
There’s nothing overly special about my latest article for GEN—it’s just a press release, in its basic form. But the content is what excites me. The Darkness will be coming head-to-head with Randy Queen’s popular indy comic, Darkchylde, in a standalone comic this December. Packed into the jumbo comic will be some extra goodies, as well, but because of the nature of Ariel Chylde and Jackie Estacado, this could be another great team-up like Illyria’s confrontation with Fallen Angel of late.
You can read the full scoop over at the Girls Entertainment Network.
SDCC09: Phil Hester Interview
I love the Top Cow comic The Darkness, currently written by Phil Hester and illustrated by Michael Broussard. I got to talk to Hester at the Con, and he was one of the most delightful and easy-going people I talked to the whole time. Three cheers for Hester!
You can read my interview with him over at the Girls Entertainment Network.
