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Review: ‘Dream Thief’ #2
Fall asleep, wake up. Fall asleep, wake up. We all do this (hopefully) every day. But do you ever wake up with bruises or aches you don’t recall getting? I noticed a bruise on my finger this morning. Now imagine waking up somewhere else, somewhere foreign with dead bodies everywhere, and a smoking gun in your hands. Welcome to John Lincoln’s life in “Dream Thief”.
WRITTEN BY: Jai Nitz
ART BY: Greg Smallwood
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE: June 19th, 2013
Lincoln’s new toy (his mask) seems to do something to him when he goes to sleep. He gains memories of the recently departed as well as the living and whatever skills they have. We learn everybody is an expert in something. Writer Jai Nitz brings readers into a world I’ve never even thought of but must exist somewhere because the details are so vivid. “From skin flicks to booger sugar” is a great line Lincoln uses while disarming a man with his own abilities. This world The Dream Thief shows us is a dirty underbelly of America. Even here, people need revenge.
Expert shooting, scrubbing a crime scene clean, close quarter fighting, boxing… I’ve no doubt this list will grow and grow as the series progresses. When Lincoln is awake, he has an aversion to killing. I would too if every time I woke up there were dead bodies everywhere.
I really enjoyed Greg Smallwood’s opening page layout. It looks exactly as described by Lincoln’s monologue. Red is effectively used and the grays, blacks and whites all paint a great picture. His panels capture the reader and keep the story flowing in an innovating fresh way. Smallwood’s art reminds me of Dave Johnson’s 100 Bullets covers in all the good ways.
Dark and dirty revenge appears to be the way of The Dream Thief. I like how all these seemingly random events appear to be connected. The hooks at the end of each issue are great and remind me of the classic TV show Quantum Leap in that everything from the previous adventure has been resolved and oh boy the next tale looks even better than the last one. This is series is a fun and bloody version I’ll be tuning into next month.
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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