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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

#IReadsYou Review: SINS OF THE SALTON SEA #1

SINS OF THE SALTON SEA #1 (OF 5)

AWA STUDIOS

STORY: Ed Brisson

ART: C.P. Smith

COLORS: C.P. Smith

LETTERS: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

COVER: Tim Bradstreet

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Mike Deodato, Jr. with Lee Loughridge; Chris Ferguson; Mike Deodato, Jr.

32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (June 2023)

Rated: “Mature”

Sins of the Salton Sea is a new five-issue comic book miniseries from writer Ed Brisson and artist C.P. Smith. Published by AWA Studios, the series focuses on a professional thief who finds himself with lives on his hand rather than the money promised in his hand. Letterer Steve Wands completes the series creative team.

Sins of the Salton Sea #1 opens somewhere out in the American West. It introduces Wyatt, a professional thief living off the grid. What he doesn't know is that his brother, Jasper, has been keeping tabs on him, and now, he has come asking for help. Jasper has allegedly scored information on one of those proverbial “last big scores.” If Jasper and his team can pull this off, everyone will be set for a long time, maybe even life.

Problem is that Jasper needs a fifth member of his team, and that would be Wyatt, an explosives expert. Wyatt reluctantly agrees, and he is right to be cautious. This heist is not anything like what Jasper and his team expects.

THE LOWDOWN: AWA Studios marketing recently began providing me with PDF review copies of their comic book publications. Sins of the Salton Sea #1 is the latest.

I don't have a lot to say about Sins of the Salton Sea #1, but it is a damn good read. Writer Ed Brisson offers a tale that when it blows up in the reader's face – and it does – it leaves everything changed and the direction of the story totally different from what the reader expected.

Meanwhile, artist-colorist, C.P. Smith, depicts the West in true grand fashion with a clean compositional style and panels that feel wide and cinematic. Smith's colors, however, give the story a deeply intimate feel. Not only the drama, but also the action scenes bring the readers up close and personal. I felt like I was there and in trouble with everyone else.

I highly recommend Sins of the Salton Sea #1. It promises a lot for the rest of this series.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of action thrillers and conspiracies will want to try Sins of the Salton Sea.

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

You can buy the SINS OF THE SALTON SEA trade paperback at Amazon.

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

#IReadsYou Review: NIGHT CLUB #4

NIGHT CLUB #4 (OF 6)

IMAGE COMICS

STORY: Mark Millar

ART: Juanan Ramírez

COLORS: Fabiana Mascolo

LETTERS: Clem Robins

COVER: Juanan Ramírez with Fabiana Mascolo

EDITORIAL: Sarah Unwin

VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Juanan Ramírez

28pp, Color, $1.99 U.S. (March 2023)

Rated M / Mature

Night Club created by Mark Millar at Netflix

Night Club is a six-issue miniseries written and created by Mark Millar and drawn by Juanan Ramírez. An Image Comics publication and a Netflix production, Night Club focuses on a teen boy who is bitten by a vampire and decides to make the best of his new condition. Colorist Fabiana Mascolo and letterer Clem Robins complete Night Club's creative team.

Night Club introduces 17-year-old Danny Garcia, who had ambitions to gain fame and fortune as a YouTube star with his friends, DJ Sam Huxley and Amy Chen. Then, after a terrible accident, a vampire bites him, and his life goes awry. Instead of living like a stereotypical vampire, Danny decides to live “la vida loca” of a superhero.

Night Club #4 opens with Starguard (Danny), Thundercloud (Sam), and Yellowbird (Amy) having to deal with the fallout of their disastrous rescue mission. Danny is trapped, weak, and without a source of food … and the cops have him cornered. Sam and Amy aren't better, but maybe Amy can't think a way out of this.

So they need someone to come to their rescue. But what if a rescue isn't quite a rescue when Laskaras is involved?

THE LOWDOWN: Netflix/Millarworld sends me PDF review copies of their comic books. Thus, I have been lucky enough to get review copies of the first four issues of Night Club.

Writer Mark Millar specializes in a variety of bad-ass and crazy-ass mutha f**ka type characters. Big Daddy and Hit-Girl of Kick-Ass; Magneto-killing Professor X from Ultimate X-Men; beat-your-wife Henry Pym/Giant-Man of The Ultimates; Nemesis of the Nemesis comic books; the descendants of an evil Earth in Prodigy; and every single character in The Magic Order.

Detective Nick Laskaras, a powerful vampire, is one of Mark's newest “bastard of bastards.” He is the great darkness at the edges of Night Club – soon to strike at the heart of the narrative. I'm so scared of him that I was hoping he would stay away for a long time, but he couldn't stay away forever. After all, this is the fourth issue, so Laskaras returns with a vengeance, swinging the biggest d*ck possible.

Artist Juanan Ramírez and colorist Fabiana Mascolo, a team whose graphics and storytelling stand out from everything else, present Laskaras in all his reptilian and lava-eyed glory. The art and colors create a sense of anticipation; doom is coming. And we'll want to back for the fifth issue, dear readers, because the bastard seems ready to be a bastard to three young, dumb vampires.

Night Club is infectious and addictive, a vampire comic book determined to be a new kind of batty. I am recommending Night Club #4 as I did the previous three issues. Drink deeply of its fun; this comic book has flavors in layers and waves. And it only costs a $1.99.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Mark Millar and of vampire comic books will want to be bitten by Night Club.

A+

10 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

You can buy the NIGHT CLUB trade paperback here at AMAZON.

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