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Review: ‘Hellraiser’ #16
Since the new “Hellraiser” series began, the battle lines have been drawn, the mighty leaders have translocated, and the balance between good and evil has been obliterated. Kirsty is now all alone and has to make a large sacrifice, and the world of Hell is still calling Elliot Spencer. The universe wants them both back in their rightful places. Now is the time for reckoning.
WRITTEN BY: Clive Barker & Mark Miller
ART BY: Janusz Ordon and Stephen Thompson
PUBLISHER: BOOM!
RELEASE: July 25th
Issue #16 of “Hellraiser” is entirely composed of setting up for the almighty shit-storm that is going to be the next issue. Project Heaven’s Reply is in full swing and preparing for the impending wreckage, while Kirsty Cotton and Elliot Spencer attempt to take their rightful places in their respective dimensions. The universe is slowly imploding from the inside out, and soon (as always), all Hell is going to break loose. There’s a lot going on, but not a lot that can be described without entirely ruining what’s to come. It’s building up for what could possibly be the best issue of “Hellraiser” that anyone’s ever seen.
I sound like a broken record when I say that every issue gets better and better, but it’s true. And we’re going on 16 issues. If this series gets into triple-digit issues (which is a possibility at the rate it’s going), we’ll probably have to read with paramedics on standby because we’ll all be at risk for “badassery” attacks.
The art in this issue is, not surprisingly, just as fantastic as every preceding issue. The fantastic artists that have contributed such beautiful scenes of horror and destruction in the past have returned to help make this issue stylistically stunning. Hellraiser’s traditionally realistic drawing style and dark color palette do not disappoint. The final panels, with the blinding LED-blue against the ink-black sky, give me chills.
Barker and Miller and their team have once again provided us with a kick-ass issue of “Hellraiser”. However, the next issue marks a new arc, which means that it’s probably going to be the most mind-blowing issue yet. Any fan of the franchise that hasn’t picked up this comic yet is missing out on the most epic revival of any large-scale horror series. Clive Barker has restored the intricate mythology of “Hellraiser”, and now Kirsty and Spencer are literally about to rock the world.
4.5/5 Skulls
Reviewed by – Kaity McAllister
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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