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Review: “MPH” #1
Reviewed by – Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady
Remember Mark Millar? He blazed trails for big comic titles like “Ultimates” and “The Authority”, and then started making his own titles. And thus Millarworld was born and grown and grown. The latest world has had only one superhuman and he went real fast. All that plus speed, drugs, double-crosses, and vision boards. I think “MPH” #1 is the first leg of what is looking like a good run.
WRITTEN BY: Mark Millar
ART BY: Duncan Fegredo
PUBLISHER: Image Comics
PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE: 21 May 2014
I like going fast. I think everyone has imagined that. That’s why car chases are fun to watch. If you’ve ever watched any NASCAR races or highlights, you know the best parts are the crashes. Heaven forbid anyone gets hurt…but it’s so thrilling to see it when they happen. I think writer Mark Millar is going to take down a similar track.
Our new speedster, Roscoe Rodriguez, was mapping out his life plan with his sweetheart. Sounds sweet, right? It’s the fact that he’s a middle-of-the-pack thug working for a Michigan gangster that makes his dream boarding so fascinating and bizarre. You never really think about gangsters and their drug runners having bigger dreams than being criminals, do you? There are plenty of ways for this story to go into. Knowing Millar’s past work, I think this will be a story of merriment and hopefully some carnage too.
The art by Duncan Fegredo is granular and grubby exactly when it needs to be. This world isn’t polished and vivid. I’m reminded of Sean Phillips’ Sleeper and Criminal works in the best ways. Nothing looks like it’s out of place. I’m already imagining these pages as storyboards for the movie version coming soon to a theater near you.
I think “MPH” #1 is on a good pace to show us a how much trouble and fun a minor thug can get into with major super speed. While the pace started slowly, I imagine that’s the plan. I predict this series will pick up momentum and hopefully finish well.
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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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