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Review: Brody’s Ghost (One-shot)

Published

12 years ago

December 28, 2011

Young twenty-something Brody has been attempting to live a standard twenty-something existence, except this goal is hindered by the lingering presence of ghosts. Brody decides to build up his psychic and physical abilities (with the help of the ghosts) in order to unearth the identity of the elusive Penny Murderer. Dark Horse Comics has taken 4 stories from the series (originally posted on MySpace Dark Horse Presents) and put them into this campy and fun one-shot! Read on for the skinny…

STORY AND ART BY: Mark Crilley
EDITED BY: Rachel Edidin
PUBLISHED BY: Mike Richardson

This one-shot of Brody’s Ghost contains four tales from MySpace Dark Horse Presents, and this one-shot issue serves as a short anthology of the series. In the first story, “The Midnight Train,” Brody opens up a can of whoop-ass on some thugs who attempt to mug a young girl. In “The Scene of the Crime,” Brody goes back to the scene of the crime of one of the Penny Murderer’s victims. While there, he uncovers some useful information from someone he runs into. In the third installment, “The Test,” Brody learns the value of perseverance while training with the ghosts. In the last story, “The Big Game,” we glimpse into Brody’s attempts to live a normal existence, despite amusing interruptions.

Brody’s Ghost puts together some interesting episodes that establish the series’ story arcs really well. It serves as a solid introduction to someone who hasn’t read the series; the different episodes definitely keep the reader wanting to know what happens next. The order of the stories is confusing at first, but it is difficult to capture all the aspects of a series in one issue. Nonetheless, the stories are still interesting, funny, and they capture the essence of the characters quite well.

The art in Brody’s Ghost uses a more “sketched” look to capture some of the rougher details in faces and scenery. The city scenes especially look raw, a little dirty, and paired with the slightly dulled color palette, it adds an authentic quality to the characters and their surroundings. This realism, in turn, keeps the pace of each episode in check; the episodes that are supposed to be more amusing are relaxed and light, while the action episodes are full of expression and have a more suspenseful tone.

Make sure to check out Brody’s Ghost when it drops on December 28th! Preview right here

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

Published

6 days ago

April 18, 2024

Meagan Navarro

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.