Behemoth Comics 2020
Written by Christian Moran, Corey Kalman & Brockton McKinney
Illustrated by Walt Barna
Lettered by DAM
The Osiris Path is like Indiana Jones in space!
An archaeologist is recruited to join a covert, military space program where he and his team must face a black magic cult that will stop at nothing to prevent the crew from deciphering the meaning of The Osiris Path.
See people this another prime example of finding a book out of coincidence, i.e., going through artist alley or actually looking at Previews beyond the big name companies, which too many of you are too afraid to do. Finding a title is only part of it, the other is getting it to read which yes if you don’t have a history of ordering through your store. I have to say however, that it is extremely beneficial to your comic book reading that you find this book. I am a huge fan of alternate history tales and this one may be off to the best start I have yet to see.
I am in love with the way that this is being told. The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information as it is presented exceptionally well. I think the fact that we know as much as Doctor Alexander Hancock and learn right alongside him makes this as interesting as humanly possible. The character development that we see is pretty amazing. I really really am enjoying the way that we are getting to know these characters. From the naive and innocent Hancock to the nasty and hiding something West and everyone in between we see the beginnings of their personalities emerge and let me tell you that they are really the kind of folks you will want to know. The pacing is superb and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists and turns along the way we see how all of this works together to create the books ebb & flow.
I have to say this is incredibly impressive to me. The quality and level of work that has gone into this rivals anything and everything I have seen across the board. It also reaffirms my faith that small/indie press books really are home to the next wave of amazing creators announcing their arrival. While I know Brockton the rest are unfamiliar to me but thanks to this book they won’t be any longer. They are worth knowing, following and as this story continues I cannot wait to see what they will do next.
The interiors are absolutely stunning. How we see the linework with its varying weights and techniques being utilised to bring out the attention to detail is phenomenal stuff. There are times I forget this is a modern book with how classic, clean and strong the interiors look. It has this completely Grell, Adams or Aparo quality to it that just rocks my world. The way that we see backgrounds being utilised and how they work within the composition of the panels to bring us this depth perception, sense of scale and the overall sense of size and scope to the book is bloody brilliant. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show such a masterful eye for storytelling. The colour too is simply stunning to see. Whether it is the shades of white into the shading or the colour gradation of various hues and tones all of it has this remarkable feel to it. This is someone who knows colour, knows how it should work, knows the kind of effect that it has and how to properly utilise it to its utmost potential.
There is some crazy stuff happening within these pages and with every turn of the page we are welcomed into this world that shouldn’t exist in the manner in which it does. Taking old Ancient Aliens, no sadly there is no Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, ideas and renovating them for a modern take is the stuff legends really are made of.