Comics
Review: ‘Dream Thief’ #1
Ever wake up in a strange place? Your memories of the night before…a little hazy? How about waking up with a stolen mask on and some dead bodies? Don’t answer that last one. Instead, you should just read Dream Thief #1 and see what craziness a mask can bring into a person’s life.
WRITTEN BY: Jai Nitz
ART BY: Greg Smallwood
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE: May 15th, 2013
John is a slacker / pothead/ deadbeat boyfriend who has many undesirable character flaws. Those flaws make for good storytelling but not a very likable guy. He cheats on his traumatized girlfriend, smokes pot on the reg, and generally wastes away his days. It’s fun in the way Californication is amusing to watch: how is this guy going to screw up his life even more. So John and co. might as well light one in a museum and see where the night takes you.
The art by Greg Smallwood feels like this artist grew up admiring Richard Corben’s work. There’s texture and depth and excellent use of black to the work and that is a good thing. While much of this first issue takes place in ‘real world’ environments, it all looks great. The shifts in time and locations are really smooth and refreshing.
Our ‘hero’ wakes up in mysterious places and use skills he never had before. John also awakens both times wearing a stolen mask from the museum. It’s a nice premise combined with the cryptic narration for this miniseries. Combine all that with the seemingly random places “Dream Thief” finds himself and I have no idea where he will show up next. I would like to see more and I look forward to next month’s installment.
4/5 Skulls
Reviewed by – Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady
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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