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Echoes of the Damned #1 Out this Wednesday
Ecohes of the Damned #1 comes out this Wednesday from Devils Due Publishing and done by James Pascoe and Roger Robinson(Batman: Gotham Knights.) The story revolves around a detective with a tortured past who has to capture one more killer before hanging up the badge, the story sounds super familiar until the mystical vibe kicks in….
The one big thing that really stands out to me in the title is the artwork from Roger Robinson. It has a definite Sin City feel to the comic with it’s heavy contrasting lines, layout of the panels and onomatopoeia. This is very evident in the first and last couple pages. I do not want to say too much about the storyline until I see issue #2 to see how more of the story pans out. If you are a fan of Noir style comics and want a little supernatural flair, check this one out on Wednesday.
IDW Dark and Paramount recently joined forces to launch limited comic book tales set in the worlds of Smile and A Quiet Place, and we’ve learned today that they’ll continue hanging around in those franchise universes with two brand new limited series tales.
Entertainment Weekly has exclusively revealed this afternoon that IDW Dark’s Any Given Smile debuts in September, while A Quiet Place: Rising Tides arrives in November.
First up, from writer Stephanie Williams and artist Pablo Collar, Any Given Smile puts a football-themed twist on Parker Finn’s successful Smile movie franchise.
The five-part limited series is “set in January 1995, during the American Arena League football championship game in St. Augustine, Florida. The rising superstar of the Sharks, backup quarterback Dupree, is feeling the pressure from his teammates, the fans, and also the city’s gambling underworld, to whom he owes a considerable debt. Meanwhile, a sports journalist investigates a string of suicides that may be connected to the big game. At the very least, they are connected to a sinister entity that preys on the minds of its victims.”
From writer Declan Shalvey and artist Luke Sparrow, A Quiet Place: Rising Tides will also be a five-issue limited story. The comic book tale “brings the creatures to the Florida Keys, where a father-daughter duo attempt to survive on water in a houseboat.”
EW further details, “This tense family reunion coincides with the arrival of the vicious creatures that hunt through sound. Grace and her dad find safety on the open ocean, but she’ll have to make landfall sooner or later; the father’s oxygen tank and their supplies are running low, while a hurricane swiftly approaches.”
Learn more about both comic books over on Entertainment Weekly.
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