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Review: ‘Harvest’ #2
After an outstanding premier issue, Harvest is back to continue exploring the seedy black market organ transplant industry, and by the looks of it, the industry is quite nasty. Though this issue lacks excessive amounts of graphic operations that its predecessor provided, it advances the plot with a few twists and turns along the way to set up a big third issue. The co-creators A.J. Lieberman and Colin Lorimer are pulling out all the stops in this dramatic horror melange.
WRITTEN BY: A.J. Lieberman
ART BY: Colin Lorimer
PUBLISHER: Image
RELEASE: September 5th, 2012
Starting off right where “Harvest” #1 left us, Dr. Benjamin Dane’s wastes no time getting his hands dirty as an underground surgeon. Ben is given a quick run down on how this whole black market world works, simultaneously informing the reader. The dark world grows constantly as events unfold, like the brokering of an organ donation deal, or Ben being shown where his “practice” is. As the doctor becomes more involved, we begin to see the human side of him that wasn’t present in the previous issue. He finally feels some real moral objections to his actions, which lead him to a fiery breaking point.
At only issue #2 Lieberman delivers a full 180 degree plot turn, showing that the first two issues have only skimmed the surface “Harvest”. If you remember from the first issue, it begins with Ben at the operating table talking about how he wants “everyone to see” what he’s doing. That flash forward comes to the front as this issue comes to an end, tying it all up nicely.
A very intriguing touch that seems will be a reoccurring theme of this book is the return of the son of the woman who died on the surgical table due to Dr. Danes drug problems. This boy is nothing but a manifestation of the doctor’s subconscious, but it goes to show that he may not be mentally checked in, which allows us as readers to empathize, at least a bit, for this man.
The art is just as clear and concise as the first issue, but issue #2 lacks the stylish amount of blood and gore. The images themselves seem very clear at first glance but upon a deeper inspection you can see a certain grittiness that bring you into the seedy underworld. This issue shows more of the world, letting the creative talent of Colin Lorimer take off on its own. Lormier really shines in the final few page of the issue when all goes to hell.
“Harvest” has me hook, line and sinker. This is shaping up to be one of the year’s most refreshing horror stories.
4/5 Skulls
Reviewed by – GreenBasterd
Comics
‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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