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Review: ‘Colder’ #3
A terrifying journey into madness, Colder #3 continues to be an entertaining supernatural thriller. Readers will be talking about Juan Ferreyra’s artwork as they tag-along into the detailed visuals of the nightmarish wasteland. The haunting imagery of the “Colder” series is definitely worth looking into.
WRITTEN BY: Paul Tobin
ART BY: Juan Ferreyra
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE: January 2nd, 2013
Years ago, a mental patient, Declan Thomas, became the sole survivor of a deadly inferno. Since that horrible night of blazing fire, Declan’s body has been mysteriously changing. Though he never gets sick or feels pain, Declan’s body temperature is slowly dropping. He remembers someone coming out of a portal and invading his mind. While Declan has been comatose, an evil entity named Nimble Jack has been stealing innocent people’s souls. After waking up from his coma, Declan needs help from Reece to stop this sadistic killer.
Paul Tobin lets loose this issue and has fun exploring the bizarre aspects of the narrative. Because of his first encounter with Jack, Declan can enter the minds of the insane. Now that Jack has set his sights on Reece, Declan must be her protector as they jump from reality and enter a nightmare world. But if Declan stays too long in crazy town, Reece will slowly lose her mind and succumb to insanity.
What I really like is how Tobin slows down the cat-and-mouse game and concentrates on the relationship between Reece and Declan. Since the first issue, I always wondered, “Why does Declan care so much about Reece if he was in a coma all this time?” Tobin answers this question with some nice comic relief. There is such a witty sense of humor as Declan becomes a total slacker, unsure of his feelings for Reece. Tobin adds more insight into Reece, who became much more than Declan’s nurse during their three years spent together.
Ferreyra illustrates eye-catching surrealistic images that will surely hook the reader’s attention. Jack has a memorable and incredibly gory introduction in this issue. To present himself to Reece, Jack comes out of the mouth of a homeless man. Jack pokes his face through the mouth, then bursts out of the vagrant’s chest. Enhancing the creepiness, Ferreyra has Jack soaked in blood and smiling throughout this entire sequence. This is disturbing imagery but Ferreyra doesn’t allow this scene to become so gross and unpleasant.
As Declan travels deep into crazy town with Reece, Ferreyra distorts the faces and hands of the insane dwellers. Adding to the chaos, Ferreyra depicts a giant worm, made up of eyeballs, coming out of the floor. In an impressive use of detail, the eyeballs are all looking at different directions. Ferreyra adds to the scares as more creepy things start punching through the pavement.
Readers will be glued to the surrealistic imagery within “Colder” #3. The eerie images in this issue will definitely stick with readers and won’t make them forget.
4/5 Skulls
Reviewed by – Jorge Solis
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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