“When is love greater than your life’s loyalty?” Wrath of the Cursed Part 3 offers a deep dive into the psyche of Cole, The Cursed, and the conflicting ideas of his love and his loyalty. More empathising than the previous generation, he now has more challenges than ever before. Even then, the story neither fails …
Many think the job of a medieval monster trainer should be easy. Much like any job, it has its many stressful situations but it should also be fun. There are also situations where you screw up and everything goes wrong. Mythic Creature Trainer is a dark tale wrapped in a lighthearted story. Don’t let the …
What will you do when your loyal service gets repudiation from your master? This is the question that The Wrath of The Cursed Part 2 asks. It creates a masterful storytelling dilemma that you rarely find. Wrath of the Cursed #2 is powerful in its own right. It is a dramatic epic at its core, …
Good things sometimes need an end, and Collateral – Dear John #5 is the end to this brief inspection into the human psyche. Even with this temporary ending (it’s a 12 chapter story), the chapter feels abrupt, making you ask for more. It’s All Bad is not all bad at all. It has its good …
Stories of the Sengoku Era or Warring States period of Japan offer some of the most beautiful tales. Much like how we adore medieval stories like Game of Thrones, gritty stories like Wrath of the Cursed Part 1 show how much we love these exploits. Whilst Wrath of the Cursed is a fantastical tale, it …
When does hero worship become too much? When do civilians get the right to rise up and stop being collateral damage? These are the questions that Matt and Lee ask with Collateral – Dear John #4. Titled “One Door Opens, Another Closes”, we look deeper into the disenfranchisement of John, Mary, and their family. The …
It’s hard to be a supervillain, and nobody knows that more than the B-villains with low-quality superpowers. Crimson and Rascal #2 tries to foray into the classic betrayal trope, trying to recreate what’s basically a parody of The Dark Knight Returns. Compared to Chapter 1, this chapter is a funnier. The art is still impeccable, …
If you find out that much of the city you live in can kill you, your friends, or your family out of nowhere, what will you feel? Collateral – Dear John #3 is a realistic reaction to how people work their lives out with these situations. In School’s Out, the Vacant City is dying little …
When I was a child, one of the first exposures I had with comic books are Sunday comic strips. These three to four-panel stories were short but dense stories that made me love the mainstream stories even more. Rose Collection Volume 1 is among those that try its best to invoke the tickle of these …
It’s easy to say that everything will be ok until it’s your family that’s affected. Collateral – Dear John #2 continues to drive home how seemingly small problems can be bigger than the world around you. If you’re scrambling around looking for a job, no amount of villainy is more important than putting food on …
