Review: Big Man Plans # 1 and 2

Big Man Plans - an Image Central Real World Mini-Series 

Image Comics releases an all-new chilling story of revenge and recourse. Written and drawn by Eric Powell with a story assist from Tim Wiesch, Big Man Plans is the story of young boy born with a handicap, and this handicap will shape his future, lead him down a road of terror and horrors no-one person should ever have to endure. This handicap makes him the man he is, a Dwarf with a chip on his shoulder, and a man, a man who has been stripped of everything, family, pride, self-esteem and his home, a dwarf no-one will ever forget.

Big Man, as his father called him, and his sister lived on a farm with their daddy, Big Man’s mother left when he was child. Loathing the fact that she gave birth to a dwarf, she went, devastating Big Man’s father and landing the first blow. Soon after his father was killed in a freak accident. Second blow. Big Man and his sister were sent to an orphanage where his sister was adopted, but not the dwarf. Third blow. Beaten on daily basis Big Man waited for the day he could get out. When his day arrives he heads to the army recruiting station, only to be turned down. Fourth blow. After being denied from the army a devastated Big Man meets the man that changes his life, the man that would make him a cold-blooded, hard-ass, one man assassination team!

Big Man Plans is a dark heart wrenching story of struggle that grabbed me from page one and didn’t let go until the end. I would like to point out that this story in not for children, full of violence, nudity and profanity. The violence is graphic, not for the weak of heart. Big Man Plans moves along a good pace, developing the story quite quickly.

Overall a great read and I highly recommend this for our older readers. You can find the latest issues of this four-part min series at White Dragon Comics.

 - Barbie66

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Review: The Ride: Southern Gothic #1

The Ride: Southern Gothic #1 - 12-Gauge Comics

The Ride: Southern Gothic has been sitting around for a while, when I first picked it up I thought it sounded cool and could not wait to read it, but for some reason I forgot about? When I went into the comic book shop, on one of my scouring the shelves for something new to read, I spotted The Ride: Southern Gothic again and light bulb, I remembered I had new stuff, sort of to read and I rushed off in excitement.

The Ride: Southern Gothic, released by 12-Gauge Press is probably one of the best anthologies I have read in quite some time. Ride contains three completely different stories, but each story centers around one hell of a cool car! Murder, mayhem and sex, yep it’s all in there folks! The Ride, drawn in black and white, sets the tone of each story and enhances the mood.

The first story, Perfect Circle, was somewhat violent; it starts at a swinger’s party, they pull a keychain and follow the owner of said keychain a, well you know what for, and soon are psycho killer, who murders the innocent woman gets his karmic payback and it involves that beloved Camaro!

The second short story, Money Shot, contains wanton sex, a man who robbed a crime boss and the woman who picked him up alongside the road. This one has a great ending!

Lastly the third story, Paid in Full part one. When a Dixie Mafia boss decides that, a man’s girlfriend will be sufficient payment for his debt things heat up! Paid in Full was my favorite out of the three!

I highly recommend The Ride: Southern Gothic to our older readers, definitely not for kids and maybe not woman, although I loved it. The Ride is reminiscent of Grindhouse Comics, but with hillbillies, guns, mullets and ho’s. If your looking for some guilty pleasure, pick up a copy of The Ride its a great read and a lot of fun!

 - Barbie66

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Series Review: Wayward

Wayward - Image Comics Central Fantasy Series

Image Comics semi-new ongoing comic book series, Wayward, written by Jim Zub has been catching my attention lately, the story piqued my interest, and the cover art is quite compelling, with a distinctive Manga look and feel.

Rori, our soon to be hero is very unique, half-Japanese and half-Irish with a head full of red hair. In issue one Rori, who comes from a broken family (divorce) is on her way to live in Japan with her mother, who apparently is a very busy woman, always rushing off to work. Rori has a few days before school starts and instead of resting after her long plane ride as her mother suggests, Rori heads out to explore her new surroundings. While exploring, Rori takes a turn down a strange street following a cat, which soon turns into many, many cats and some bad guys who for some reason do not see the cats, and then the really strange happens; the bad guys are really humanoid turtles and their not friendly! In addition, Rori herself seems to have special abilities that are slowly revealed over the course of the issue, but, in true coming-of-age fashion, she does not know what the heck is going on.

Jim Zub brings readers a truly unique story of this young woman coming of age struggling with her family dynamics, a new city, a new school and no friends. I really enjoyed the first issue and look forward to the next one. Join me in this unique read, I guarantee you will be pleasantly surprised.

Wayward, issues # 1 through  # 6, are available now at White Dragon Comics, the best comic book store in the Poconos and on the Web.

 - Barbie66

http://www.superherocomicbooks.com