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Brimstone and The Borderhounds Comic ReviewIssue #1Publication/Launch date: October 31st Click Here to Order Your Advanced Copy Our Review
Brimstone and The Borderhounds is co-written by the team of Will “Brimstone” Kucmierowski and Marcello Carnevali. Kucmierowski is more commonly known as Brimstone by his friends and fans and has had a successful wrestling career fighting in several local and regional circuits, and has more recently broadened his career in entertainment though acting engagements, the development of a clothing line, authorship, and conducting charity work. The main character of this pulp-work is based on his wrestling persona of the same name. The wrestling persona has been developed through many years of toil in and out of the ring, and has boiled over into the main concept for this character and his demonic background. Unfortunately, we do not learn much about the comic’s namesake during this first of a four-issue mini series – but we are left with a teaser and an invitation to discover the underlying details of the Brimstone character during the remaining arc of this series. However, we are also introduced to a spackling of the “main” characters that are wrapped around the main plot within this premier issue. My favorite being Chavez Raoul, the voice of Hell, that provides somewhat of a narration to the ongoing events. Other individuals introduced include Dawg & Lucious, whom could have been taken from an 80’s script for an over-the-top WWF wrestler. To contrast the large personalities of D&L is the character of Detective Altar, a seemingly no-nonsense cop that looks to also have the weight of the world on his shoulders. I look forward to seeing how his character develops and his interactions with the non-worldly characters. It is interesting to note that many of the characters have been given some stereotypical trait that may, or may not, define their character later on – or place undue personal stress upon their lives beyond the main plot of the comic’s storyline. Then there is Hostile, which will be an interesting case study for any psychiatry expert. It will hopefully be enjoyable reading how this undead mastermind. akin to the recent characterization in the theaters for DC’s Joker, shall play a part in the spoils or torments of Brimstone and his team of hired guns known as The Borderhounds. In my opening paragraph I made note of the spiritual and ethereal nature of some of the concepts that are brought into the storyline for Brimstone and the Borderhounds. Although one might see hints of concepts used in other story lines within and without the world of comicdom, such as the existential existence in The Matrix, parallel worlds as portrayed in numerous formats, or demonic based heros and anti-heroes in Spawn, Hellboy, etc., the team of Brimstone and Carnevali bring it all together to create a new and unique universe of their own that is worthy of taking a literary tour. Growing up, as a young lad I read many comics and never really appreciated comic art as art. To me, the pictures of each panel were there merely as a backdrop to help the story, not the other way around. It was not until my late teens in the mid-80s that I began to understand and appreciate what the art brought to the story – and it was about that time that comics also began their own transformation where the pictures began coming to life and bleeding out of splash panels and became, at times, as much of the story than the text itself. Although, to me, the text is what makes the story, art has come a long way to becoming part of the story itself (although comic art began to be taken a little too far and overtook too many story lines beginning in the 90s). I am not going to say that the art for Borderhounds was the best I had ever seen. It was very good, not great, however, Sajad Shah (the Penciler) did a fantastic job of depicting the story onto the pages of the pulp. As a comic artist, this is the toughest thing to do, and he has it pegged. I am sure if we watch, his artistic prowess will grow over the upcoming three issues and beyond. I also must give kudos to Allen Chickering (Inker) and Thiago Castro (Colorist & Lettering) for their bold colors and bringing the pictures to life. All-in-all, this was a pretty good read as modern comics go, especially as the freshman efforts ot this team. The comic still has some work to do, I would have liked to see more character development. There was not enough to get myself “attached” to any particular character. Also, there is a lot going on in that first issue and hopefully subsequent issues will help flush out many of the questions I have about the storyline and background behind their newly created universe and the characters themselves. I am looking forward to reading issue #2 of Brimstone and the Borderhounds. Reviewed by LED PopStarsPlus.com
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