Written by:El Torres
Art by Abe Hernando & Kwaichang Kraneo
Edited by: Edward Sellner
Published by Image Comics
If you are a fan of murder mysteries, Voodoo, reanimated corpses, wise old ladies, fortune telling and beheaded chickens then your probably going to enjoy this comic. Oh and murder mysteries. The story is centered around an FBI agent who is investigating a warehouse full of dead people. Suspecting this to be a cult style mass suicide, the FBI figures this case to be nothing out of the ordinary(except for the large amount of dead bodies) but as the investigating agent gathers more information, it becomes pretty clear that something else, something supernatural and sinister is at play.
The creepy atmosphere that comes with this type of story is displayed wonderfully by the artists. If your a fan of Hellboy then you’ll see the similarities in the colors used in this book, lots of black, brown and reddish-brown. The color palette helped contribute to the creepy atmosphere. No brite colors such as Blue or green were used. Why am I talking about the colors used in this book? Well, it helps to give you a feel for what to expect in this comic. Regardless, the coloring really works here.
I am a fan of stories that involve religion, however, if your not into stories as such then this book may not be for you. As mentioned earlier, religion plays a major part in this story, as a matter of fact, religion is one of the main focal points. Not in a “holier than thou” sort of way but in a story setting sort of way. That doesn’t bother me in one bit, like I said I love stories with a religious theme, especially when involving religions that are not necessarily “status quo”. In this case, we are dealing with Voodoo.
I don’t want to leave you thinking that all we have to deal with here is religion because there is more meat to this book than that, don’t forget there is a crime that was committed that must be solved and in the end, that is really what this book is all about, solving a crime. How we get to that points seems like it’s going to be interesting.
If there was one real knock about the story it was due to several of the characters seemingly way to cookie-cutter for me. Not enough personality, to many by the book types. For instance, you’d expect an FBI agent to act a certain way because he is an FBI agent, that’s all fine and dandy. However, that’s kind of boring, give him a little fire or angst. Make that character stand out even moreso. Something to break the mold, so to speak.
Overall I give this book a B grade as it really was an interesting read and the story has plenty of potential.
Reviewed by Drake McMann
