Written By: Simon Spurrier
Art By: Javier Barrenos
Inks By: Gary Erskine
Colors By: Juanmar
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“There are two types of running in this world and what they have in common is: They don’t last.”
Beginning with what I now consider to be my favorite scene in any Crossed title, we see a man of the “new world”. A man who, without question, has succumb to a great many horrors since the Crossed epidemic had begun. What he has yet to experience though, is the turn of their desires from human only to something far past the line of beastiality. Can you say Crossed is back?
Now I normally don’t enjoy web comics, but, this chapter of Crossed had made me question my hatred almost instantly. The smoothness of the design likely helped in this, but, I am slowly realizing that comics created for the soul purpose of being a web comic shouldn’t be categorized as shit along side their made for paper counterparts that tend to come out terribly once formatted for online.
I really enjoyed the perspective taken in this issue. Unlike other Crossed installments, we find ourselves reading the diary of a man, Shaky, with no hope – not even an ounce He has nothing to live for other than the sake of living and that has me wondering, is that even enough? If life involves nothing but misery. Nothing to be grateful for beyond your own pointless existence. Is it even worth the fight at all? This is a grim topic, I know. I bring it up for one reason only: I haven’t thought this hard while reading a horror comic in a long time – Spurrier’s got some skills. He has proven through a single release that he is by far a much more worthy a writer to tackle this title than I had originally imagined. He is following in the footsteps of Ennis and Lapham perfectly, while still adding his own touch to this Crossed infested land and I am LOVING it.
It feels almost needless to say, but, Barreno’s art rocks! For those of you who have yet to devour the tale that is Crossed: Family values I will give you a very clear breakdown of his works in Crossed: Bloody astonishing. His understanding of the human anatomy is overwhelming in a series such as this. When you take a dude who knows his body parts and let him tear folks to shreds, your end result is a plasma covered torture fest that leaves any horror fan begging for more.
Crossed: Wish You Were Here proves that free stuff is always the best kind. Great writers with amazing artists and an even greater plot is a recipe for comic success that, when not overcooked, can blow minds. So go give it a read, what’s the worst that can happen?
You can find this chapter and all those to come here: http://www.crossedcomic.com/webcomic/volume-1-chapter-1/
5/5. Happy C-day!
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