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Criminal Macabre: Two Red Eyes #1

Creators: Steve Niles
This is the first issue of the new Cal McDonald ongoing series, and Steve Niles has decided to crank the volume up. There's a lot going on: higher stakes, more subplots, more monsters, more freakiness. As a fan of the previous few miniseries, that makes me a little nervous--sometimes you can go too large and it's hard to find anything else to build up to. On the other hand, widening the scope for an ongoing is probably the right call. So far so good, though: the series has everything the past minis did and then some. Kyle Hotz' art is clearly influenced by Kelley Jones, but he's starting to develop a more distinct personal style, and it's definitely shadowy and creepy enough for the story being told.

If you like your noirish P.I.'s physically and emotionally bruised and not quite smart enough to get out of the way of the next beating, and you like the idea of an undead ghoul as a Girl Friday, this book's for you. Additional draw for total geeks: Patton Oswalt's cameo as a fat, balding, beady-eyed, skull-chomping ghoul.

--Sleazy

Other Reviews of Criminal Macabre: Two Red Eyes #1

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