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Gunfighters and Ghouls, Part II
Spaghetti Western
Creator: Scott Morse
Oni Press, 136 pages, sepia-and-white, $11.95
So? Morse, creator of "Soulwind" and "The Barefoot Serpent" pulls out all the stops to make "Spaghetti Western" different from any other comicbook you're likely to grab off the shelf. The book is printed sideways in sepia ink with each page a full illustration, like a storyboard. The tale of two Old West bank robbers trying to pull a heist — and how they got there — looks like a faded old movie and has more than a few twists and turns of its own. The result is a like finding a great lost short film on paper. Grade: A
Closer
Creators: Anthony Johnston, writer; Mike Norton with Leanne Buckley, artists
Oni Press, 144 pages, black and white, $14.95
So? An old-fashioned whodunit with overtones of the supernatural, "Closer" is a decent horror movie more than a traditional horror comic. The survivors of Project Hermes thought the experiment a total failure and tried to forget it. But one survivor, Prof. Graham Butcher, reunites his colleagues to show he's continued the horrifying experiment and exact revenge. Johnston makes good use of horror cliches, drawing the cast to a secluded and creepy locale and cutting them off from help while terror runs through the house and personal conflicts come to the fore. While this runs through its formula competently, "Closer" doesn't have enough thrills or scares to lift it above average. The most fun comes from sexy young goth chick Serena, the daughter of one of the original scientists, who's now dead. Norton and Buckley use halftone effects to good use in this book, making it stand out as something that's neither superhero style nor manga. Grade: B-
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