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Review: ‘The Strain: The Fall’ #7
Did you ever come and just channel surf? Before the downloading / streaming era most people live in now, folks would gather around the picture box and flip channels to see what was on TV. Every now and then, you would stumble upon something completely new that grabbed your attention. “The Strain: The Fall” #7 is precisely that for me. I was entirely surprised by how exciting, thought out, and accessible this issue was.
WRITTEN BY: Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan, David Lapham
ART BY: Mike Huddleston
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE: 15 January 2014
Normally, when I see that many names for writing credit on a story, I am wary to read it. Fortunately for readers, the entire creative team are exceptional at their jobs. Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan, David Lapham keep the pace of the story moving ever forward in a truly engrossing tale. The first part of the story fills us in on the history of a revenge tale and leaps into the present battle. Decades pass but still vengeance pushes one Professor onwards.
I’d seen the covers to this title before but didn’t even know it was about vampires. The look of the monsters here are wholly unique and no doubt Del Toro’s influence can take some credit for that. Artist Mike Huddleston keeps everything looking fast-paced and kinetic-looking. Each character looks entirely distinctive while the vampires’ monstrous look makes them look like an oncoming storm of white and red.
I need to toss a coin as to how to proceed reading this series in the future: do I find all the previous issues or do I just wait until next month’s chapter? Either way, I don’t think I can lose. My tastes in horror are growing by one more title that has me in its thrall. “The Strain: The Fall” is a great horror comic that is worth picking up no matter what issue.
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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