Review: Starve # 1

Starve #1 - Image Comics

Image Comics release of Starve #1 had me in quandary, the title sounded interesting enough and I could not imagine where this story would go, would it be twisted tale of horror or a story of people who were starved for god knows what reason?  What I found was not what I was thinking, it was a lot better! Starve is a well-written, intriguing story that is going to get really messy.

Starve starts off somewhere in South Asia and our main man here, Gavin Cruikshank, is celebrating winning a kickboxing event, when he is approached for an autograph and a whole lot more.

It seems Gavin is the star of a reality cooking show called Starve, the number one show world-wide, watched by everyone from the poor to the very wealthy. After leaving his show for a walkabout, the popular Starve fell into the hands of a rival chef; and his money and possessions in the hands of a bitter wife.

A representative from the network shows up in Asia and demands that Cruikshank return to the States to fulfill his television contract. As soon as the chef returns and realizes what he's left behind is worth fighting for, he must crawl his way back through the mess he'd made to take back what is his.

Can a reality television show chef that has to prove he’s alive and complete an entire season of his own show make it? Find out in Starve #1

Brain Wood is the writer and Danijel ZeZelj along with David Stewart are the artists. Woods writing is right on target and the artwork supports Wood’s story. Starve is a great story and left me wanting to go out and grab issue two, well as soon as it’s released.

As always you can find the latest issue of Starve at White Dragon Comics.

 - Barbie66

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Series Review: Suciders

Suiciders - Vertigo Comics

The all-new Suiciders comic book from writer/artist Lee Bermejo and published by DC Comics, under the Vertigo imprint is one of the best comics written today. Suiciders is a story of survival, in the not too distant future, after the big one hits California, devastating Los Angeles. Normalcy is gone.  After the government turns their back on this once beloved destination, things go from bad to worse.  A city known for its entertainment, turn the tables doing what it does best, turning survival into entertainment.

Thirty years later New Angeles, is thriving and a highly sought after destination once again. Blood sport has rejuvenated New Angeles via a television show, Suiciders, that combines hand-to-hand combat with high-tech obstacles that test each competitor’s ability to survive. Plastic Surgery, technology and drugs gives New Angeles’ Suiciders freakish strength, powers and moves.

Plastic Surgery seems to be the in thing in New Angeles, residents talk freely, seemingly bragging about having multiple plastic surgeries. But, there is another city on the outer area of New Angeles, a city of suffering, a city that is on its own. Denied access to the same health care (plastic surgery), outsiders will do anything to get in.

Well-written and drawn, Suiciders is a good comic book. Matt Hollingsworth’s coloring sets the tone, driving the scenes home, enhancing Lee Bermejo’s story of a dark, post-apocalyptic epic of this strange, brutal world.

You can find the latest hit Vertigo comic book, Suiciders, at White Dragon Comics, the best comic book shop on the internet.

 - Barbie66

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