Reverend Cross 5
Page Count: 24
Format: American comic sized.
Colour Cover/Black and white interiors
Cover Art: Gabrielle Noble
£2.99
This is a one off full issue story titled Cold War that is written by –John A.
Short, of course. The art is provided by
none other than the legendary Gabrielle Noble! You should check out here blog
which has a lot of colour work - http://gabbysdigital.blogspot.co.uk/
Nutshell: Abby versus the two most famous monster in
literary fiction… at the North Pole. Now we are talking Frankenstein’s monster
(which we have established is a big favourite of mine) and Vlad Tepes –Vlad the
Impaler or…Dracula. Now copme on this is
a monster team-up worth more than £2.99 and it celebrates 200th anniversary
of the creation of Mary Shelley’s “Modern Prometheus”.
This was a great read and Noble really went to town on this.
I cannot fault it. However, apart from
what you see here there is no promo art.
When I reviewed Casterman BD books I found that they were not showing
the potential buyer/reader what was in the book. They eventually saw my point of view. The
lack of promotional art is of no use to a reviewer and that gives Kult
Creations the first -3 ever given.
There is a promotional video but to be honest this is a
comic and the potential buyer needs to know what they are getting. I’ve used promo videos in the past but with back-up artwork.
That said, I like the way Noble depicts both the Monster and
Dracula and you might think a fight in the frozen wastes would be bland. No. It
was the one thing I suddenly realised when I got to the last page: each panel
was quite “busy” and there was no copping out by just drawing figures on a
white background. I love the look of Noble’s colour work (it is very
eye-catching) but she is also top notch when it comes to black and white and
grey tone art.
If you are a Frankenstein Monster fan –a Dracula fan and you
enjoy the two clashing in a great fun adventure then this is a must
buy. I actually got distracted while writing this and re-read the story
for a third time!
Check out the link because as either a single issue or a 1-5
pack this is a title well worth checking out.
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