Dark Horse: Fatima The Blood Spinners

Fatima The Blood Spinners #1 of 4
Creator: Gilbert Hernandez
Dark Horse
US size
24pp
black and white
$3.99 US  £2.90 UK

A drug called “spin” offers the wildest trip imaginable, followed by its users’ inevitable, rapid deterioration into undead flesh eaters. Despite the side effect, the drug is so popular that the human population is dying out! With no cure to be found, the beautiful, lovesick Fatima may be the only thing standing between the survivors and the apocalypse. Get ready for four issues of zombies, drug lords, and gorgeous women!
Somewhere at the top of my “I Really Do Want To Work With This Artist Soon” fantasy list are Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez.  Jaime does not seem to be as prolific as Gilbert which is a big shame because I drool over his artwork.  However, we are writing about Gilbert here.

Mr. Brown, the 40-something teenage angst ridden wrist-slasher creator of Browner Knowle “hated” this.  I’m guessing he was just not in the mood to read it! The story has some nice twists and turns and works well.  Then we have Gilbert’s art style.  Really, look at the art and ask yourself “Do we REALLY need colour comics?”

I can only show certain pages because we get a mixed age group of hitters -and CBO also gets a lot of traffic from countries stricter on what people can access. Shame, but I’ve two pages.

I really look forward to adding this series to the space on my shelves put aside for Gilbert Hernandez.  If you see it -buy it!