Writer and artist
Ryan Browne

Publisher- Image

The Hook- A parody of sci fi and Super heroes.  Mixture of The Trick, Rick and Morty with their own unique set of weirdness.  It starts off with a superhero team falling apart via in fighting and infidelity. All while dealing with a Russian leading an Army of beat

 Plot

God hates Astronauts is a work of pure madness. Create by a mixture of what I assume is Cocaine, cheap beer, and madness. It’s a spoof of sci-fi, pop culture and superheroes.  It had weird animal/human hybrids and bear fighting Carl Winslow

Review-

This always keep you on your toes. Some of the tangents and ways they go truly unexpected. it goes all around superhero and scifi fiction.  It some strange turns but manage to flow really well. Now most of these character not what you call likable. So it hard to find someone to grab onto. Some may find some of the humor pretty damm mean. But it moves at just a fast pace, it never gets to angsty. It so silly that it doesn't seem that Dark as it could be.  I absurb enough most of any horror stuff don't matter that much. The art is great and colorful. The part of the trades where they go into the origins pretty fun.

The Undone

The Undone

Publisher- Mikebooks

Writer- Michael Dolce

Artist-  Soussherps- Drawings Todd Rayner- Colors

The Hook- A man finds he can rewind time for 24 hours and keep his memories. Unfourtionaly there are slight changes in events every time where he can just bet on the Lottery. But it does seem for some Reason Betting on the Stock Markets works. Unfourtionaly he finds other people has the same power, and don’t like a new guy moving in her their turf.

Review-   Some of these stories start with a good idea but they don’t know how to write a multiple part story with it. They blow it all on the idea. But this one manages to match good idea with good character and story pacing. It starts out with the character in a bad place then rewinds. Like the dialogue, and the brisk pace of the story. It a nice what would you do story. Most people may do what the character does. They limited the powers enough where he not a god...or you won’t ask why he doesn’t stop 911 or kill Hiler (Hitler HATES time travelers).  They never really explain why on Stock market doesn’t change. Also since the character is basically cheating the stock market...it hard to root against the other people that cheating. Other then the fact those people seem to be violent sociopaths. But kind of like that. The fact the character not perfect, and somewhat cheating makes him relatable. Because I think a lot of us would use those powers that way.  The bad guys are nice and creepy. Their faceless people who secretly runs things. You wonder how the character will get out of it the art is pretty good. Although sometimes, the character eyes seemed kind of dead. On the Plus sides the facial expression are pretty distinct and so is the different faces. The color muted and fit the tone.  Still it’s a fun read and looking forward to what next.

Justice For Hire

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Written by- Jan Lucanus and Jan C Childress

Art- Antonio Rojo

Publisher- Creative Impulse

The Hook- Two martial artist takes up their parent business of disking out Justice for hire. They add their own twist to it, using media and reality TV. This tell takes place in a world that a throwback to 70’s martial artist but still take place in modern day

Always like the heroes for hire idea. It takes me back to the A-Team. It is good for a comic because you get different clients each time. Here it involves 3 heroes. There are, white male, a female and black male.  There race worth mentioning because it seems to have a MOD SQUAD type vibe...fro and all. While the girl wears high boots and dress like a sexy limo driver. The two males are long time friends who trained together and who fathers were martial artist. One thing I like is they didn’t kill the parents like most super hero origins. Well at least, not at the start. So it no Simba...or Bambi mom scene at the start. This gives a good old school vs. new culture clash because the parents don’t like the way the kids show off a bit. While the younger crew figure it about business. We don’t know yet which is wrong since I am only 1 issue end, but something tells me the show boating will get them in trouble. You have to suspend some disbelief that they would be allowed to go on. One scene involves a sex trade where they opening...well sex trading. Instead of just sending the FBI, CIA, or you know arresting them the SECOND they leave the building they send the martial arts crew in. Also they allow someone getting a head shot on national television. As bad as 24 hours news have gotten it hasn’t reach faces of Deaths level yet. But they establish in this world this is par for course where you can accept it. It even at the point they have completion with rival heroes for hire groups. That a neat idea I hope they explore. Also it shows not everyone cool with how they do business. The arts pretty sweet with a nice dark pencil style. The clothes people where is a nice throw back that I expect people to whip out a bottle of colt 45 at any second. It’s a fun read with some nice action scenes. The action scenes are fluid and shows motion well.  The character isn’t super deep but the passable enough to get you through the action story. All it all a very good read B

Scam

Scam
Publisher- Comix Tribe
Writer- Joe Mulvey
Art- Joe Mulvey

The Hook- Its a classic heist movie with Super powers. Double crosses, fast talking, and action

Imagine if you had super power. What would you do Save the world, help stop crime, maybe save some kitten?  Naa you would do none of that crap. You would go to Vegas and get to thieving. That is the idea behind this. It has couple of low level thieves with big level dreams using their powers to do it. The plots pretty cool. They tossed you in it pretty fast showing you the heist that turns bad quickly. The story follows a couple of thieves who could rip off by one of their partner and they seek revenge. The revenge goes bad and they force to work with the double crosses to face an even greater threat. It has a lot of factions going against each other. It is pretty good. Lot of this thing hence all if the plan actually make sense. That once everything is revealed does everything hold up if you read it again from the start. Lot of the times in these things it doesn’t. But here it all make sense. They knew the right amount of double crosses to do. They didn’t get to crazy and say “It was the DOG the whole time”. The art is very good, very colorful and it’s the atmosphere. Some of the powers pretty creative and the dialogue pretty crisp. I do wish they did more creative things with the powers and the setting. They didn’t really explore Vegas that much. It kind of could have taken place anywhere. I kind of wanted to scene with these guys just going to town on the Casino and either getting away or getting in trouble for it.  Of course that may because the character is smart enough not to pull that stuff. If it was me I probably end up got buried in a desert because I got blackjack 1000 times in row. But it still might have been fun to see. Also they didn’t use the power that much. The end also seem kind of rush. Think originally it was meant to be a longer miniseries and they missed some deadlines. Still its real fun story. The art was very good and colorful. It’s a very breezy read. Like if your order a nice heist flicks on Netflix.

The Dream Police

The Dream Police issues 1-3

Writer-  written by J. Michael Straczynsk
Artist-  Sid Kotian.
Publisher- Image
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The Hook- Dragnet meets the the movie DREAMSCAPE

plot- I discovered the Dream Police a few years back as a one shot. It was under Marvel Icon line and written by Michael Straczynski. It was basically Dragnet in the dream world. Two police, walk around the dreamscape to make sure everyone dreams going ok and no one getting out of line. The make sure the figments (actors) in the dream doing their Job and dreamers don’t mess up the dreamscape too much. It was a nice little one shot, pretty fun. When Image decided to make a sequel...and make it a series I was worried how they going to stretch this concept. Because it seem like a concept that works as a one shot because you don’t have to explain too much. Like for instance do dreamers know about the dream Police? If not why would they look at figments of their imagination with that much authority?  Why would you listen to something that was created by you watching too much David lynch before bed. The story in the series explores on the world and explains a few things. It adds mystery when one of the dreams cops question who they are, why do they do what they do, and disappears and gets replace for doing so. The other cops don’t seem to notice he now has a female partner, till he himself starts dreaming of his old partner. Something Dream cops were never able to do. It also adds in a cool concept of people who create nightmares...a group of being that freak the dream cops out but apparently have a place. The world is pretty interesting. I like that the dream cops but just there to help and really care about the dreamers. They basically there to make sure you don’t go crazy and upset when it fails. Some of the dreams cops themselves not that deep least on the surface. It takes a few comics for you to see personality. There basically BY the book. Also sometime it seems no stakes...since some people can’t die. Not sure they have the) if you die in the dream you die in a real world) thing. So the stakes won’t be super high. That say the mystery slowly adds stakes. It one shot stories, but with a big mystery throughout that builds. I like that type of storytelling sometimes. The arts pretty good but wish they go more wild with it sometimes considering the world they in. I hope they get more creative as time goes on. Some might thing it a little too metaphoric and trippy. But that stuff right up my Alley. If like stuff like inception and Dreamscape, you like this. So far it was a fun ride.

Forgive me father

Forgive me Father

Company – www.thecreatureentertainment.com

Written and Creature by John Ulloa

Art- Ulises Carpentero- Arts and Pencils

       Greg Narvarsa- Colors

The Hook- Taxi Driver with a priest and a non Jail Bait Woman. Or Falling Down with a priest

Plot- This is follows two people. It follows a down on her luck Hooker, and a priest obsessed with her who wants to clean up the town. The type of priest that probably starts his sermons with “On Day a rain will come”.  He starts of as not that insane. He has dreams about the woman but nothing to crazy till later on in the story. It is a death of one of his flock, and the woman’s confession that drives him over the edge. I like that it not a regular revenge story. You’re conflicted about what he doing.  The people he kills may have it coming but him doing it for F up reasons. He ends up causing a lot of fall out for the woman and not really helping her us much as he thinks. Its 3 issues, and then it are done. So you get an ending and nice story with a good flow. The arts pretty nice, very vibrant strong strokes, and have a dark and muddy feel. It fits the story. The story can be clique at times. The Hooker's back story is a bit by the numbers of a downer. But to be fair most really hookers probably have that story. I doubt you get into street walking if your life going GREAT. Although given how hot she is and the age of the internet escort sites, does she have to go that way. But then again the story feel like one of those 80’s/ 70’s revenge flicks. You get the idea the city a hell hole and you feel the despair. So everyone storyline fits. The action scenes pretty tense. B