READING WITH A FLIGHT RING
  • About
  • reviews
  • Contact
  • Cosplay of the Day 2
  • Company News
  • Entertainment Section
  • Convention News/Updates
  • original artwork
  • My Best Books of the Week
  • Cosplay of the day!
  • FCBD
  • Interviews
  • Webcomics

Today's reviews!

Reviews for 19-12-21 
​Reviews for 18-12-21 Reviews for 17-12-21 Reviews for 16-12-21
​Reviews for 15-12-21 Reviews for 14-12-21 Reviews for 13-12-21
​Reviews for 12-12-21 Reviews for 11-12-21 Reviews for 10-12-21
​Reviews for 09-12-21 Reviews for 08-12-21 Reviews for 07-12-21
​Reviews for 06-12-21 Reviews for 05-12-21 Reviews for 04-12-21
​Reviews for 03-12-11 Reviews for 02-12-21 Reviews for 01-12-21

Facebook Link

Psycho List #1 Advance Review

6/29/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
Psycho List #1 Advance Review
BlackBox Comics 2019
On Sale August 21st 2019
Written by Kevin Grevioux
Illustrated by Jonathan Lau
Coloured by Adriano Augusto
Lettered by Dezi Sienty


     After a former FBI agent becomes a therapist, he has a hard time staying out of his patients lives, taking on their problems as his own. FBI calls him back in for a special case that requires his unique skill-set.

     I had seen BlackBox being offered somewhere and thought wow that looks interesting so I contacted them and asked if I could work with them. I am so very glad that I did too because this right here is interesting, it’s well done and it has the kind of story and storytelling that should make headlines at comic shops and sites. The opening is interesting and does precisely what it’s supposed to do and that’s grab the readers’ attention making them intrigued as to what this is about and get them to read further.

     I am enjoying the way that this book is structured and how we start off with narration of the main character as we get a clue as to what he does and that leads into that event in his life that led him to where he is currently. Wow you want to talk about some pretty powerful stuff too I mean what we see and what they see is something that should absolutely never happen and it’s heartbreaking, disturbing and not to mention it’s what can cause someone to grow up and become somebody they never wanted to be but history has a way of repeating itself and this this is the kind of stuff that can scar you for life no matter how much you’d want otherwise.

     I am not so sure if there is a better example of irony than what we see when Dr. Priete, Donovan, at his job and learning what it is he does. My god the writing here is so phenomenally good and the way the story unfolds before us with all these layers, twists and turns that Kevin kept me guessing the entire issue as to what was truly going on here. The fact that I was wrong at every turn and how we see things playing out keeps me thinking what the hell is really going on here. So many possibilities and so many different behind the scenes manipulations going on here but the real question is who’s using who?

     Jonathan is an amazing artist and I have loved seeing his work over at Dynamite and it’s nice to see someone else snatch him up to use. His linework is so incredibly delightful and how we manages to utilise the varying weights to create this bloody marvellous attention to detail makes me so very happy. I will say it’s too bad that Donovan was wearing shorts and didn’t have hair on his body, I mean not even a happy trail sigh. Still here’s hoping we’ll see more of him like this because it’s high time rolls were reversed. I love the imagination and creativity that we see here as Jonathan creates the look of the buildings, apartments, offices and outfits. The colour work is just as amazing and to see it used to stretch a shirt so we can see the musculature underneath is spectacular. There are plenty of moments when colour is utilised to not only show a light source but to complete the facial structures and it’s truly impressive to see this. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a stellar eye for storytelling.
​

     I always say that you need to branch out and find books that are “off the beaten path” as it were and this is the reason why. The writing is executed strongly and the overall feeling the reader is going to get is sensational. Combine that with the interiors and ya know what you will be telling all your friends about this series because it’s that damn good.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.