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Comic Book Review: We Dare You To Read “Intersect” #3

Published

9 years ago

January 21, 2015

“Intersect” #3 in no way wakes us up from the nightmare that began in #1: nothing is resolved, cleared up or answered, the “plot” progresses only in the very loosest definition on the term, and if anything the series has gotten weirder, darker, and more confusing with each issue. Some may feel intellectually challenged by it and reject it, some may let it wash over them and enjoy that madness of it all, and some may be inspired to search for meaning, to dig deep and organize the chaos. I’m somewhere in between the 2nd and 3rd camp, this is the kind of book I am daring you to read.

WRITTEN BY: Ray Fawkes
ART BY: Ray Fawkes
PUBLISHER: Image
PRICE: $3.50
RELEASE: January 21, 2015

Reviewed By Eric Switzer

It is difficult to even recap what we’ve learned from this issue. Jason/Allison and Kid (who is Allison’s brother somehow, I thought Kid was a new person growing out of a guy in a coma) escape Lucky down a ladder into the sewers. Architecture and geography seem to be getting topsy turvy as well as buildings and spaces seem to change and collapse into each other. Kid shoots a humanoid in the sewer who refers to them as “candidates” and seemed to be pleasuring itself. Kid has had just about enough of all this nonsense and is ready to take the Big Sleep. We see glimpses of a new person: a seemingly beautiful woman who may or may not be the source of those cryptic messages are heros are hearing.

We definitely aren’t any closer to figuring out what is going on in this world, and we may never find out. This book is kind of astonishing in that it can be utterly nonsensical the images can be basically undecipherable and yet I am transfixed and in a way mesmerized. This book makes me think a lot about story telling; about german montage theory and in turn Dialectics and Semiotics. What Fawkes is saying, how he is saying it, and how I am interpreting that message has got me all giddy over linguistics and narratives and the ontology of comics as a medium of expression. “Intersect” inspires me to think about communication in a complicated way, what better compliment could you give some one’s work?

It may not be Fawkes’ intention to inspire these kinds of discussions. Perhaps he is the kind of person that gets off on confusing people, knowing that he is leading us down a pass and only he knows the way. Maybe the conversation he is trying to inspire is on an entirely other topic altogether and his message is thus far lost on me. No matter what, I think the sheer uncertainty of it speaks to the beauty of what Fawkes is doing with “Intersect”. I hope that this series leads you somewhere just as thought provoking as it did for me.

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Eric Switzer is an aspiring filmmaker and screenplay writer living in Los Angeles. His work tends to focus on the lighter side of entropy, dystopic futures, and man’s innate struggle with his own mortality. He can be found on twitter @epicswitzer or reached via email at ericswitzerfilm@gmail.com.

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Comics

‘Witchblade’ is Getting Resurrected This Summer in New Comic Series from Top Cow and Image Comics

Published

2 weeks ago

April 18, 2024

Meagan Navarro

Witchblade, the popular comic series that initially ran from 1995 to 2015 and launched a TV series, is getting resurrected in a new comic series from Top Cow and Image Comics. It’s set to unleash heavy metal, black magic and blood this summer.

Look for the new Witchblade series to launch on July 17, 2024.

In Witchblade #1, “New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life was forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. How will Sara use this ancient power, or will she be consumed by it?”

The series is penned by NYT Best-Selling writer Marguerite Bennett (Animosity, Batwoman, DC Bombshells) and visualized by artist Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide Squad, Power Rangers, Red Sonja). The creative duo is working with original co-creator Marc Silvestri, who is the CEO of Top Cow Productions Inc. and one of the founders of Image Comics. They are set to reintroduce the series to Witchblade’s enduring fans with “a reimagined origin with contemporary takes on familiar characters and new story arcs that will hook new readers and rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the 90’s Image Revolution that shaped generations of top creators.”

Bennett said in a statement, “The ability to tell a ferocious story full of monsters, sexuality, vision, and history was irresistible.” She adds, “Our saga is sleek, vicious, ferocious, and has a lot to say about power in the 21st century and will be the first time that we are stopping the roller coaster to let more people on. I’ve loved Witchblade since I was a child, and there is truly no other heroine like Sara with such an iconic legacy and such a rich, brutal relationship to her own body.”

“The Witchblade universe is being modernized to reflect how Marguerite beautifully explores the extreme sides of Sara through memories, her personal thoughts, like desire and hunger, in her solitude and when she is possessed by the Witchblade. So, I had to visually intersect a noir True Detective-like world with a supernatural, horror world that is a fantastic mix between Berserk and Zodiac,” Cafaro stated.

Marc Silvestri notes, “This is brand new mythology around Sara, and I can’t wait for you to fall in love with her and all the twists and turns. Discover Witchblade reimagined this summer, and join us as we bring all the fun of the 90s to the modern age and see how exciting comics can be. I can’t wait for you to read this new series.”

Witchblade#1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 17th, for $4.99 for 48 pages. And it’ll come with multiple cover variants.