Heavy #1 is a high-powered, fever dream of cosmic violence where time has no meaning. Equal parts Preacher and The Punisher, Heavy wears its influences on it’s sleeves…then proceeds to shred them to pieces.
In a world as complicated as ours, do the ends justify the means? Does the world need men willing to compromise their morality for the common good? These questions and more are considered in Lost Soldiers #1 by writer Ales Kot and artists Luca Casalanguida and Heather Moore as they seek to examine the consequences of actions.
A Mortician’s Tale challenges the status quo thanks to a smart narrative and uncomfortable subject matter. But art is supposed to push us beyond ourselves.
Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies gives away its ending in the title. But the writing is good, and the love story Ausiello weaves is beautiful.
Without dramatization or excess, The Body was able to explore the feelings of despair and pain that accompanies the death of a mother.
