[REVIEW] IN THE ‘THE BLACK PHONE,’ HORROR TROPES DO NOT DIMINISH APPEAL
Stories about Cold War kids who ride bicycles, have special abilities, and fight monsters are a bit cliché by now, but I am here for it.
Stories about Cold War kids who ride bicycles, have special abilities, and fight monsters are a bit cliché by now, but I am here for it.
Locke & Key/Sandman: Hell and Gone #1 is every bit the amazing crossover event that you’d expect from two of comics’ finest universes. Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez have set up a story that perfectly blends the worlds of many beloved characters. In short, it’s the stuff that dreams are made of.
The mystery of the Derelth continues to sink deeper in Plunge #2 as the Carpenter Salvage team attempts to make sense of Moriah Lamb’s horrific discovery.
A long-time sunken oil ship is reemerging from its watery depths with a crew that is still very much all hands on deck in Plunge #1.
Dying Is Easy #1 from Joe Hill creates a masterful story that already allows you to build your own list of suspects before issue two.
The Comics Agenda: Its A Family Tradition
This week a movie trailer so bad it makes us all sick, a story about when a life sentence ends, and of course comics
For fans eager for more tales from Keyhouse, “Dog Days” somewhat scratches that itch, while the second story, “Nailed It,” briefly shows us how the Lockes are fairing after the events of Alpha and Omega.
If you’ve read The Cape, then you should definitely be reading The Cape: Fallen, you’ll feel like you never left its pages.
I advise reading Behind You: One-Shot Horror Stories this slowly, by a fire with a cup of tea, preferably in an old Victorian mansion.