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Review: “Veil” # 1

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“Veil” is a beautiful book soaked in mystery and subdued neon. The characters are bold with poetic and haunting dialogue it’s the type of book that pulls you into the abyss of human behavior. Centered on a enigmatic girl who wakes up in the subway with ridiculous strength and a constant rhyming ramble. Its goading is irresistible.


WRITTEN BY: Greg Rucka
ART BY: Toni Fejzula
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse
PRICE: $3.50
RELEASE: March 5, 2014

Thank you, Scott Allie. We can now breath a sigh of relief as Greg Rucka has his first project from Dark Horse. “Veil” is amazing. The book simultaneously evokes an eerie sense of wonder and dread. As you witness Veil wake up and wander through the city you feel her plight. Almost everyone she encounters sees her as an object, except for Dante, her knight in shining cornrows.

Together they begin a journey into the very nature of Veil’s existence. Who she is and what she’s capable of are only briefly teased in this debut issue. It’s enough of a taste to engage the mystery. She’s dangerous, beautiful, and oddly entrancing. It’s a recipe for certain disaster.

Toni Fejzula’s art paints the whole ordeal in a bold and alluring style. His art has a dream like quality that is soaked in soft neon. Every panel looks like a stained glass window. He uses hard edges to create texture and detail. Everything feels beautifully dreamlike and inviting. Which only adds to Veil’s magnetism. This dream like quality is applied to the most unsavory of neighborhoods. Everything that happens in this first chapter is soaked in vulgarity. The environment is threatening but inviting thanks to the color. The characters are vile, but seductive. You feel like Veil, lost in the wild tapestry of colors and unsure of who to trust. You almost want to stand still to take it all in.

Once you look into Veil’s enormous warm eyes its impossible not to fall in love. You’ll join Dante in wanting to help her. Rucka reminds us that this siren is as deadly as she is beautiful. She’s not just an object, she’s a person, and she’s capable of great things. She’s lost, seemingly in her own mind. Rebuilding to who she once was. I’m afraid of what she might become, but entranced at the same time. I can’t wait to see what comes next, and gaze upon Fejzula’s incredible work yet again. There is such symmetry between the art and script that I’m already dying for the next chapter.

“Veil” has the perfect combination of art and story. One could not exist without the other. Together Rucka and Fejzula create a waking dream centered on a captivating and mysterious character. It’s tightly paced, hypnotic, and impossible to read once.

Rating: 4.5/5 Skulls.

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‘Witchblade’ is Getting Resurrected This Summer in New Comic Series from Top Cow and Image Comics

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Witchblade, the popular comic series that initially ran from 1995 to 2015 and launched a TV series, is getting resurrected in a new comic series from Top Cow and Image Comics. It’s set to unleash heavy metal, black magic and blood this summer.

Look for the new Witchblade series to launch on July 17, 2024.

In Witchblade #1, “New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life was forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. How will Sara use this ancient power, or will she be consumed by it?”

The series is penned by NYT Best-Selling writer Marguerite Bennett (Animosity, Batwoman, DC Bombshells) and visualized by artist Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide Squad, Power Rangers, Red Sonja). The creative duo is working with original co-creator Marc Silvestri, who is the CEO of Top Cow Productions Inc. and one of the founders of Image Comics. They are set to reintroduce the series to Witchblade’s enduring fans with “a reimagined origin with contemporary takes on familiar characters and new story arcs that will hook new readers and rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the 90’s Image Revolution that shaped generations of top creators.”

Bennett said in a statement, “The ability to tell a ferocious story full of monsters, sexuality, vision, and history was irresistible.” She adds, “Our saga is sleek, vicious, ferocious, and has a lot to say about power in the 21st century and will be the first time that we are stopping the roller coaster to let more people on. I’ve loved Witchblade since I was a child, and there is truly no other heroine like Sara with such an iconic legacy and such a rich, brutal relationship to her own body.”

“The Witchblade universe is being modernized to reflect how Marguerite beautifully explores the extreme sides of Sara through memories, her personal thoughts, like desire and hunger, in her solitude and when she is possessed by the Witchblade. So, I had to visually intersect a noir True Detective-like world with a supernatural, horror world that is a fantastic mix between Berserk and Zodiac,” Cafaro stated.

Marc Silvestri notes, “This is brand new mythology around Sara, and I can’t wait for you to fall in love with her and all the twists and turns. Discover Witchblade reimagined this summer, and join us as we bring all the fun of the 90s to the modern age and see how exciting comics can be. I can’t wait for you to read this new series.”

Witchblade#1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 17th, for $4.99 for 48 pages. And it’ll come with multiple cover variants.

  • Cover A: Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover B: Giuseppe Cafaro and Arif Prianto (Full Color)

  • Cover C: Blank Sketch Cover

  • Cover D (1/10): Dani and Brad Simpson (Full Color)

  • Cover E (1/25): Marc Silvestri and Arif Prianto, Virgin Cover (Full Color)

  • Cover F (1/50): J.Scott Campbell (Full Color)

  • Cover G (1/100): Bill Sienkiewicz. (Full Color)

  • Cover H (1/250): Line art by Marc. Virgin Cover, Inks (B/W)

Witchblade #1 will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

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