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Review: ‘Six-Gun Gorilla’ #1
Sci-fi westerns are becoming their own genre nowadays, thanks, Mr. Whedon. “Six-Gun Gorilla” #1 is the latest and greatest version of the old/new west future and reads just as crazy as it sounds. And that’s a good thing, pardners.
WRITTEN BY: Simon Spurrier
ART BY: Jeff Stokely
PUBLISHER: Boom! Studios
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE: June 12th, 2013
This future seems bleak in most senses. Signing up to become cannon fodder for a war to ensure financial stability for family back home is one example. Having your POV be a live feed for people to experience back home sounds twisted. Having focus group / TV execs focus or hinder the war efforts is a disturbing thought in itself. Where does this book get fun?
Creators Simon Spurrier and Jeff Stokely somehow keep this depressing sounding future light. How? For starters, the dialogue and banter is so fun and fast paced it’s hard to realize how messed up everything is. Plus, I really enjoyed their swearing. All that &$&@/! always makes me laugh and try to figure out which swears fit best.
Jeff Stokely’s art is just so original and fresh it’s nigh impossible to not be impressed. Giant turtles with tanks on their shells, wind-up guns, crazy creatures, and, of course, the beast with big guns. It’s all so beautiful and insane at the same time I didn’t stand a chance. Andre May’s coloring adds another element that makes it a spectacular first issue.
I’m already hooked on this story and The Six-Gun Gorilla was barely in it! I can’t wait to see what happens next.
4/5 Skulls
Reviewed by – Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady
Comics
‘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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