January
30
Criminal Macabre: Two Red Eyes #1
Creators: Steve Niles, story; Kyle Hotz, artist; Tim Bradstreet, cover
Dark Horse, 32 pages, color, $2.99
So?
The most recent installment in Steve Nile's ongoing saga of Cal
McDonald, a private eye whose cases have a supernatural bent. This
issue makes an excellent intro to the character, thanks in particular
to the excellent art of Kyle Hotz. Unlike so many new comics, this book
tells its story clearly and well. The coloring helps the art leap off
the page by avoiding the idea that horror art needs to be dark and
moody — a practice that turns too many otherwise good comics into
muddy, incomprehensible reading experiences. Niles writes some very
cool scenes for Hotz to draw, and a quick flip through this book will
make at least a few of them hard to pass up for horror fans. Grade: B+
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