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Review: ‘Clone’ #3
People like to imagine how their lives would be different if they made a different choice. How tough can a choice be? You go left or right. You put on your blue tie or red tie. You kill as many as it takes to keep you and your family alive or you die. Wait, what? The utterly insane and unpredictable day for Luke continues in Clone #3. Tough choices come hard and fast in this fast-paced issue.
WRITTEN BY: David Shulner
ART BY: Juan Jose Ryp
PUBLISHED BY: Image / Skybound
PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE: January 9th, 2013
Our main clone, Luke, is thrust into more and more impossible decisions in our latest issue. So far, we have at least three clones each with their own agendas. Luke just wants to get his wife and unborn child home safe. Patrick, the evil manipulative clone, wants Luke to make a choice: become a human and kill all the other look-alikes or stay a clone. And then there’s our third super-spy clone who is trying to help Luke and stop Patrick.
If this sounds confusing, don’t worry. Shulner’s writing and Ryp’s crisp and heavily detailed art keeps everything clear despite every other character looking the same. Each clone has its own style and voice which may be tricky down the road if more are given room to grow. However, it works well here with some twists that reminded me of the face mask gimmick from the Mission: Impossible films. It’s cool to see it but hopefully it doesn’t become a common tactic.
The themes of survival and protecting family run rampant through this chapter. The subplot with the Vice President being forced to choose between country and family pushes through succinctly. I look forward to when these two very different storylines converge. The action and all the moving parts are fast paced yet easy to follow in this issue.
Being shown piles of dead bodies is traumatic enough. Now imagine how you would feel if the choice you had to make was to add to that pile until you were the last one. Oh, and the corpse pile all looked like you. Yeah, good luck, Luke. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
4/5 Skulls
Reviewed by – Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady
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‘Curse of the Where Wolf’ Bites Into August Release With Trio of Werewolf Theatrical Screenings [Exclusive Preview]
Larry Chaney‘s hairy misadventures are continuing in the sequel graphic novel Curse of the Where Wolf from creative team Rob Saucedo, Debora Lancianese, and Jack Morelli, and its author is celebrating with a trio of horror’s greatest werewolf films.
The Curse of the Where Wolf hits shelves on August 7 from Encyclopocalypse Publications.
That coincides with the launch of a theatrical screening event in Houston, Texas, featuring a trio of seminal werewolf flicks turning 45 this year: The Howling on August 7, Wolfen on August 14, and An American Werewolf in London on August 21.
Each screening features a “werewolf in film” presentation as well as a book signing from Where Wolf author and River Oaks Theatre artistic director Rob Saucedo.
In the new graphic novel, “Being a werewolf sucks. Reporter Larry Chaney wanted to be a hero. Instead, he became a werewolf. Now, caught between incredible new powers and a desire to eat everything (and everyone) in sight, Larry must find a cure for his curse. Or die trying.”
“With Where Wolf, I wanted to tell a whodunit set in a furry convention, so the story was pretty contained within a very specific setting and genre. With Curse of the Where Wolf, I wanted to celebrate everything I love about the possibility of comic books. Curse of the Where Wolf is a funny book, in every sense of the phrase, but it’s also an earnest look at a person’s struggle to become a better version of themselves, especially when the alternative is to become a literal monster,” Saucedo says of Curse.
The original graphic novel was previously serialized as the first webcomic hosted on Fangoria before being collected by Encyclopocalypse Publications in 2023 and has already been optioned for film, podcast, and television development ahead of launch by producers James Fino (“The Freak Brothers” for Tubi, “Rick and Morty” for Adult Swim) and Charles Horak (First Date for Magnolia Pictures).
Expect Larry to find himself in even weirder situations in the 362-page full color sequel; Saucedo has provided Bloody Disgusting with exclusive art pages from the upcoming graphic novel that showcase lupine humor.
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