Dead Run #2
Reviewed by Liam Bradley
Title: Dead Run #2
Publisher Name: BOOM!
Writer: Andrew Cosby and Michael Alan Nelson
Art: Francesco Biagini (Pencils) Mathew Wilson (Colors)
$3.99, 24 pages, Color
Safety Content Label: T+ TEENS AND UP - Appropriate for most readers 13 and up, parents are advised that they might want to read before or with younger children.
Publishers Blurb:
"All Speed. No Limits." The end isn't near... it's here. America has become a wasteland, leaving the few cities that remain transformed into impenetrable fortresses. NICK MASTERS a driver, the best there is. If you need something picked-up, delivered, or disposed of, Nick's your man. But when he fails to deliver... all hell breaks loose. Part two of the epic saga that redefines the science fiction action genre. From the writer of HEXED and FALL OF CTHULHU, Michael Alan Nelson, collaborating for the first time with EUREKA creator Andrew Cosby!
Reviewer Comments:
As Nick and Becki continue through the wasteland, we get a perfect balance of great writing and artwork. This book is just awesome (even if the title header is practically identical to the "RUN D.M.C" logo).
Cosby and Nelson really is a match made in heaven. When I first read Dead Run #1 I came out of it with a feeling of great satisfaction. The book was just awesome. I then saw that Cosby and Nelson were joining forces on another book named "Swordsmith Assassin", so I had to get me some of that action, too. I read Swordsmith Assassin and somehow the dream team managed to fly by the bar that they set so high on Dead Run #1. Finally issue 2 of Dead Run arrived and now I'm pretty certain that those first issues were definitely not a fluke. Cosby and Nelson are just THAT good. I'm so glad they found each other.
However with this Dead Run series, I truly don't think I'd enjoy it as much if it wasn't for the brilliant artwork from Francesco Biagini. Francesco's work really takes this comic to a whole other level. His style fits the book perfectly and I couldn't imagine it any other way. As good as Biagini's work on this book is, I'll go ahead and say this. It's not as good in the second issue as it was in the first issue. It's still great but I think everything artistically in the second book has dropped a level from the first book.
Mathew Wilson's colors on the book are good, but not as great as they were on the first. In the first issue they just really seemed to pop out at you. Whereas now they seem to just lie flat on the page. By no means are they bad, though. I would just like to see Wilson turn it up a notch to the standard of the first issue, where he seems to have more enthusiasm and adventure with his palette.
Marshall Dillon's lettering on this book is just plain weird. But I love it! I've never seen it done in such a cool, modern and weird way. Great work!
Great writing, great pencils, good colors and cool lettering. What more could you want?
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Reviewer Bio
Liam Bradley / Creator and Writer
My name's Liam Bradley and I live in Glasgow, Scotland. I've been a major comic fan since I was six years old and since then I've always wanted to create my own comics. I've recently been converted from a Marvel Zombie to an Indy Snob. I still love Marvel and DC stuff but most recently I've been picking up a lot of Indy titles. I'm currently scripting two projects right now, and toying with some ideas for a third and fourth project. I also do Indy reviews over at projectfanboy.
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