Dear fellow comic readers, It has come to our attention at OMG Spoilzerz, Plz! that many, if not most, of you people aren't reading Northlanders. What the hell is wrong with you? Perhaps you are like me, suspicious of new Brian Wood projects, annoyed by his work in the past. To this I say, "I've been there, brothers and sisters! And I have seen the light!" Seriously, guys. It's so fucking entertaining. It's got all the sex, violence, and swearing that you could ever want from a comic about vikings. Beyond that, it has *gasp* really good storylines and character development! The way Wood is chopping up stories, keeping them short and sweet, is a great idea that helps the concept from getting stale.Northlanders is easily one of my favorite books coming out, and The Floronic Man and I will be wicked pissed off if it gets canceled. So, please, do your friends at OMGSP and yourself a favor and start reading it. The first trade came out a few weeks ago.
What the heck, people? I am getting ONE BOOK this week. Astonishing X-Men #27, pick up the pace plz kthnx.
In other news, The Floronic Man got hell of quoted by Avatar for his Crossed #1 review. Way to go, guy!
Also, a big hello to new contributor Negative Man, my pal in Austin, Texas. Hopefully his presence here will motivate me to start reading some more indie comics again (well, other than Jason, Jame Kolchalka, Adrian Tomine, and Jeffery Brown. I have those dudes COVERED.)
A reminder to all you fellow geeks who stumble upon our humble little blog: write for us! Email us at Spoilerzplz@gmail.com if you've got something on your mind, a review you want to share, some secret spoilerz news, etc etc. We know you've got something to say, and we'd love to hear from you!
-AR
PS. For some eye candy, here's one of my favorite pictures in comic book history (from Frank Miller's deliciously fucked up "Hard Boiled".)
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?
Hello! Amy Racecar here. Seth hasn't chosen his ultra cool blogger name yet.
I don't know who I'm talking to, no one knows this thing exists yet. I guess that's for the best, since I haven't read any of my book from yesterday yet.
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