Dave Hendrick's Short Sharp Schlock #1
Reviewed by David O' Leary
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Story by: Dave Hendrick
Art by: Pete Marry, John Cullen, Dave O'Sullivan & Zak Kinsella
Cover by: Will Sliney, Declan Shalvey, Stephen Mooney, Stephen Thompson & Jordie Bellaire
Publisher: Self Published
This book from writer Dave Hendrick, whose previous works include the book Downstairs, is an anthology book featuring some great upcoming talent on the interiors and Ireland's top professionals collaborating on the cover. This book was produced to be distributed for free at this years Heroes-Con and I came across it while in Dublin recently.
Firstly, Hendrick's friendship with the Eclectic Micks sees them contribute the cover with Stephen Mooney (Angel, Teen Wolf), Stephen Thompson (Hellraiser, Die Hard), Declan Shalvey (Thunderbolts, Northlanders) and Will Sliney (Star Wars, Farscape). And to top it off it is also coloured by rising star colourist, Jordie Bellaire. Truth be told, that's not a bad line up to do a cover, is it?
Inside the issue Hendrick has several strips of varying length with ';The Devil's In The Details' with great art by Dave O'Sullivan leading off with a nice twist at the end. Next up is a one pager with art by John Cullen on pencils called ';Friendly Skies' which I believe is the fist time I have seen John's pencils in colour. And it looks gooood! Next up is a four pager with Colorado artist Zak Kinsella called ';The Look' which was a pretty cool sci-fi story. Finally there was a cool time travelling stag party story with a hilarious ending that was full of historical references and is probably the highlight of the issue. Drawn by Pete Marry, I would like to see more of these characters again.
Anthology books like these are pretty useful tools in showcasing your talents by writing/drawing different genres. Hendrick is a talented guy and he used the talents of his artists quite deftly to produce a good advertisement of what he can do.
Rating the Issue
| Story Story: Overall 8 Concept - 8 out of 10 Plot - 8 out of 10 Dialogue - 8 out of 10 |
Art Art: Overall 8.5 Style - 8 out of 10 Storytelling - 9 out of 10 Colour/Tones - 8 out of 10 |
Importance Importance: Overall 9 To the Title - 10 out of 10 To the Company - 10 out of 10 To the Medium - 7 out of 10 |
Reviewer Bio
Name: David O' Leary
Email: idwfan@yahoo.co.uk
Bio: David has been with CR since June 2008 and started out as a reviewer and has expanded to do a couple of columns for the site also; starting with 28 Words Later with artist Declan Shalvey and later 5 Minutes With... where he talks with the industries best and brightest from Kubert to Moore.
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