Amigo Comics 2020
Written by Victor Santos
Illustrated by Alberto Hernandez
Lettered by Monkey Typers
It ain't just a job
In a world where the living dead won, Ezequiel Himes travels with a heavy burden on his shoulders. He looks for vengeance. He looks for the one who sold his family. And Ezequiel won't be stopped even by the "Fathers", the telepathic undead who rule this world.
All I know is that we the people are going to need so much more than two issues of this. I am already craving knowledge about this world, how it came to be and how many actual humans are left alive? It isn’t just that either because in all fairness we’re seeing something done here that we really haven’t seen before and I like it. Sure we’ve seen or read about zombies who kind of live amongst the living, hiding in plain sight if you will, but never to this degree. So the originality that I am seeing here is utterly amazing and already I want, nay I NEED more than two issues of this.
The way that this is being told is brilliant! I love the synergy we see between Victor and Alberto and how each of them utilises their strengths to bring this alive in such a spectacular manner. The story & plot development that we see though how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is bloody awesome. There is such a connection between the words and the visuals in how they convey what is intended and I am left gobsmacked by how well it’s rendered. The character development that we see is nicely done as well. How we meet the characters, their interactions with others as well these crazy unanswered questions that it generates causes the reader to become engaged at a higher level than you expect it to. The pacing is amazing and as it takes us through the pages revealing the little and large aspects we need to see it’s easy to see how well the book is structured as well how the ebb & flow has been created.
No offense to the big boys but the little guys are where it’s at right now. They’ve been waiting for their day in the sun and with so few books out from the big guns that time is now. With books like this, which is just what Amigo does, it deserves all the attention from you, so get on that.
The interiors here are marvellous! One of the most unique qualities of the work we see here is that instead of black and white it has this earthy tone to it instead. So we see this gorgeous linework and the varying weights and techniques bring some of this utterly bloody brilliant attention to detail. This medium is unforgiving and there’s nowhere to hide any mistakes, of which you’d never be able to tell if there is one, and what we see evokes this emotion and feeling just by looking at it. The way that backgrounds are being utilised not only enhance the moments but they bring us this depth perception, sense of scale and that overall sense of size and scope to the book. It is simply beautifully put together from every angle. How we see the utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show this really smart, talented eye for storytelling.
This came out of left field and the only reason I knew about it is because of how I follow Amigo Comics. Never has a book from them disappointed me and I doubt they ever will. This is why I keep doing these reviews, I want you to get excited and read it and feel that excitement for yourself. This is the reason for you to try something new.