Issue: Asylum of Horrors #2
Writers and Artists: Tim Vigil, Frank Forte, Symon Billy George, Riste Sekuloski, Nenad Gucunja, Marcin Ponomarew
Cover: Aly Fell
Publisher: Asylum Press
Release Date: October 2009
Pages: 64
Price: $4.95
“This anthology features a great collection of disturbing tales
for the discerning horror fan. A programmer gets double-crossed by a
greedy girlfriend, ‘Survival Extinction Z’ takes place in a
post-apocalyptic Earth, giant worms confront Armageddon, a man finds
truth and horror in a classic painting, and a mad doctor tries to find
the source for a voice inside his head.“
Artwork: 4.0 out of 5
There are a few things that really disturb me visually. One of them is
a dark bleak looking future. You can see things like this in 80’s
movies. Maybe it’s just childhood trauma from watching them but it just
gets me. That’s what works so well in this issue. It just gets me
creeped out instantly and I love it. The mood set by the artwork in all
of these stories just shines through. To me the highlight, other than
the amazing cover, was the work of Billy George. His art style is so
different compared to the rest that it easily stands out to me. Overall
though you can not go wrong by enjoying the look of this issue.
Story: 3.5 out of 5
So while the artwork sets up a great atmosphere for these stories to
live in, I just didn’t think they could match up. Now don’t get me
wrong I was highly entertained from start to finish, but I didn’t think
that the dialogue flowed well in certain stories. My favorite of the
stories was Jacked. I am just a sucker for the things that come from Frank Forte’s mind.
Dying Breath: 3.7 out of 5
So overall I liked it. I just have a thing for Asylum’s titles. The
more I think about it they really have this edge to them that just
feels like your reading an issue of Heavy Metal. If I had one main
gripe it would be that some of the stories were done to carry over into
the next issue. While it will get me to grab the next one, I would have
liked this issue to be self contained only because I don’t know exactly
when #3 will come out. Other than that this issue is great. I like to
see what can come from asylum Press because they don’t hold anything
back and it works every single time.
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