Crossed #1

Holy cow. Aren't people supposed to get softer as they grow older?

Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrow (Chronicles of Wormwood) return to Avatar with Crossed. Crossed falls into the survival horror genre, but it's Garth's take on survival horror so it's...uh...REALLY FUCKED UP! I mean one look at the cover will probably clue you in as to whether or not you'll want to steer clear but I'm guessing there has got to be at least a few people who picked up this first issue that probably won't be reading on. And 98% of the book is low key story set up. It pretty much all comes down to a splash page near the end of the comic that will determine which path you take. But no matter who you are, no matter how much Ennis you have read...you will stop and say to yourself "Holy SHIT! That is FUCKED UP!"

As for plot: if you are familiar with one survival horror plot structure, you have the gist of this one. If anything it will be the minor details and twists here and there that will make this stand out. The antagonists don't appear to be full fledged zombies, although they are zombie like. Most likely there will be some tie in with religion (duh- right?). Anyways- you have a small town being ravaged by a group of undetermined infected beings. You have the small group of non-infected survivors banding together to find a way out. And that's about it so far. Oh- and that FUCKED UP splash page.

Based off of issue 1 is this series going to be great? It's still too early to tell. Will I keep reading? You bet your sweet bippy. After all- it's Garth Ennis, ain't it?

- TFM