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Review: ‘X’ #2
Blood, guts, ultra-violence, corruption, and a red X. “X” #2 keeps the body count rising through his dirty city and the mystery behind his mask intact. Is that enough to keep readers intrigued? Is a truly nebulous anti-hero worth reading? So far, so good, “X”.
WRITTEN BY: Duane Swierczynski
ART BY: Eric Nguyen
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE: June 12th, 2013
The corrupt inner circle is still reeling from their failed attempt to trap X last issue. A renegade blogger inadvertently joins up in X’s cause and helps in his escape. For a character that doesn’t really speak, adding a talkative journalist make sense.
Writer Duane Swierczynski adds to his initial chapter’s web of dirt and lethal justice by making the bad guys worse and keeping the man called X a mystery. Sometimes a mystery is better kept unsolved the longer it lingers. I don’t know anything about previous incarnations of X but this one seems better served remaining masked. Finding out who he is is less enticing than who and how he’s going to kill more crooked cops and politicians.
“X” seems more like Jason Voorhees than an antihero vengeance seeker. He keeps getting shot, stabbed, and blown up but keeps coming back. Artist Eric Nguyen excels at depicting the horrifying ways X eliminates his targets. Is this a new genre mash-up: slasher / horror / crime / superhero? If so, it’s only going to get bloodier from here. “X” means red and lots of it.
3.5/5 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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