*Book source ~ NetGalley
Title ~ Tortured Life
Series ~
Author ~ Dan Watters, Neil Gibson
Illustrator ~ Caspar Wijngaard, Jan Winjgaard
Publisher ~ T Pub
Published ~ 24 September 2015
Genre ~ Graphic Novel | Horror
My Rating ~ 4 bites
From Goodreads:
Richard is
having a bad year. He’s lost his job, lost his girlfriend, put on weight… and
developed the ability to see the deaths of everyone around him. Plagued by
horrific premonitions, he decides to end it all, but there are old and powerful
forces at work that have their own plans for his power. Pitched into a world of
eldritch horror that lurks just beneath the surface of London’s civilized
veneer, the only chance Richard has of finding peace is to unravel the
mysteries of his own past. He’s having a really, really bad year.
This graphic novel is visually appealing. Well, for
me, the gory parts aren’t so much, but you know what I mean. Horror isn’t my
main genre. It’s not even in the top five, but I like the artwork. What? I’m no
art aficionado. I don’t wax poetic about shit. I like stuff or I don’t. Horror fans will
probably swoon over it though.
The story is an interesting one. Poor Richard
has suddenly developed the ability to see how everyone dies. It’s practically driven
him ‘round the bend. His life is shot to hell. He’s tried to end it all, but
hasn’t. Then Alice comes to him. But so does the Bloodyman. Next thing Richard
knows his life has spiraled even further out of control, but at least he
finally gets some answers. The door closes on this story. I’m told it’s meant
to be a standalone and it is. However, there is a possibility of a sequel in
the works. In the words of Spock…Fascinating.
*Book source ~ A review copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
Title ~ Twisted Dark
Series ~ Twisted Dark, Vol 1
Author ~ Neil Gibson
Illustrators ~ Caspar Wijngaard
Ant Mercer
Atula Siriwardane
Heru Prasetyo Jalal
Dan West
Publisher ~ T Pub
Published ~ 25 June 2014
Genre ~ Graphic Novel | Horror | Anthology
Pages ~ 199
My Rating ~ 4 bites
From Goodreads:
Twisted Dark
forms the first book in an upcoming. This, the first volume, is formed of 12
individual and unique stories comprising of nearly 200 hundred pages. The
stories vary from 10 year old girls to Columbian drug lords and everything in
between but the stories are all somehow connected some obviously so and some
not. It is left to the reader to find the connections, with some connections
impossible to see unless you have read multiple volumes. The books contains
horror, dark, at times demented, stories incorporating every human emotion,
illegal activity, and brutal reality. Using various illustrators allows each
story and character to develop their own form the reader is left desperate to
turn the pages. The book has been embraced by the comic book world receiving critical
acclaim and a cult underground following.
Twisted
Dark ~
Definitions
Suicide ~ Pouring out feelings
online. {4 bites}
Routine ~ A man and his son
living in a cabin in the woods. {4 bites}
A Lighter
Note ~ A
poor man aspires to rise above his beginnings with hard work. {4 bites}
Windopayne ~ A mysterious, rich
and eligible man invents a revolutionary window. {4 bites}
The Game ~ A man in a mental
institution. Crazy? Is he or isn’t he? {4 bites}
Blame ~ Assigning blame. Or
not. {4 bites}
Heavenly
Note ~ The
poor man from A Lighter Note is back.
{4 bites}
Cocaína ~ One sentence, so many
meanings. {5 bites}
The
Pushman
~ This is an actual job?! {3 bites}
Münchausen’s
Little Proxy ~ Doing something to yourself is
one thing, doing it to someone else is a whole different kettle of fish. {4
bites}
The Last
Laugh ~
What? WHAT?! {4 bites}
Each story has a dark twist at the end that I
wasn’t expecting. Talk about a jolt straight to the system. Eeek! The
illustrations fit the story matter. Done all in black & white they are dark
yet that doesn’t detract from the artwork which I enjoyed. Even though horror
is way down on my long list of genres I love to read, I would definitely
continue with this series.
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