JOHN
CARPENTER'S ASYLUM VOL. 2 (Storm
King, First Printing, 2016; Softcover)
Collects
John
Carpenter's Asylum
#7-14 (cover dates July, 2014- May 25, 2016)
Writers:
Sandy King and Trent Olsen
Artists:
Tom Mandrake (#7, 8) and Leonardo Manco (#8-14)
Colorists:
Sian Mandrake, Leonardo Manco, Marjana Sanzone, and Nick Percival
As
anyone who watches Horror movies knows, John Carpenter is the cream
of the crop. His audio and visual cues have become the standard in
Horror that so many others have aped. It is appropriate that Asylum
is cinematic in feel and tone. This could have just as easily been a
television show on FX or Netflix, but it's in comic form instead.
Religion and ultimate battles between good and evil are pet themes
for Carpenter, and it's played out here on a more personal scale.
In
the series' second arc Beckett and Duran arrive in a small town to
root out the mystery of a pattern of child abductions which have been
going on for decades. All signs point to a larger evil than just a
child abductor, and it turns out that they are right. While the arc
was finished with #14 it doesn't seem like this series has truly
ended. Hopefully we'll see a return of this series someday. Time will
tell.
John
Carpenter came to Detroit this past summer for a rare live
performance and I missed it. I was in the throes of a major upheaval in my personal life at that time and couldn't make it. I regret not
seeing him live but at the end of the day there was no other choice.
Such is life, and life goes on.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 5 out of 5.
The
OCD zone-
A hardcover version of this book exists but I must have missed the
boat, as I was in the midst of relocating when this book was released
and wasn't spending money on much of anything.
Paper
stock: Glossy coated stock. Not super glossy but not matte,
either.
Binding:
Perfect bound trade paperback.
Cardstock
cover notes:
Matte finish with spot varnish. The logo and creator names on the
front cover are embossed, an elegant touch on a softcover.
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