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Twiztid’s Jamie Madrox Reviews ‘Baltimore: The Plague Ships’
Jamie Madrox is back again with another Dark Horse Comics review. This time, he takes on Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden’s “Baltimore: The Plague Ships”.
From Jamie:
After careful consideration and a few impromptu conversations with some of the local comic shops I ventured into, I chose “Baltimore – The Plague Ships” by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden with art by Ben Stenbeck and colors by Dave Stewart as my fourth comic title to read and review from Dark Horse Books.
The main story is about a character named Lord Baltimore and his quest for a particular vampire called Haigus who has a horrible scar and a missing right eye.
During a war in France, Baltimore and his troops were defeated and left for dead. As they lie there, most dead and the rest quickly dieing, giant vampire bats flew down out of the sky to feed off the still warm blood of the fallen. Baltimore, still alive, grabbed a bayonet blade and slashed the face of the bat that was trying to feed off him, kicking off what becomes a war between him and and the vampire know as Haigus.
Joined by a witch’s granddaughter, Vanessa, Baltimore and her jump aboard a ship and set sail to find Haigus but soon become faced with an all new type of infected evil in the form of fungus zombies.
This book has it all, a main character / hero with a wooden leg that kicks ass, vampires, infection, fungus zombies, a plague and monstrous villains.
Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden deliver on the story aspect making the reader’s crave for more with the turn of every page and the dark timely mood is perfectly established courtesy of Ben Stenbeck and Dave Stewart.
READ THIS!
jAMIE Madrox
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The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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