New Horror Mag!

[Jayman]

Wow, Just to see this on the shelves was cool! From IDW comes a new horror mag (it's about time) that has some decent black & white stories in it. I don't know whether or not it was because it happened to be a dark and stormy October night here on the east coast when I read it but it sure fit the bill. Liked the stories and size, didn't like the $6.99 price!

 

 

The TOC had a nice retro look like the old Warren mags, nice touch that did not go unnoticed...

 

[the blob]

I've been fishing IDW comics out of the 50 cent bin over the last few months, trying to get some consecutive issues to read 'em

 

the magazine looks cool, but $6.99 does not! i understand that we're talking about 70 or so pages of comic entertainment, so it's really not out of wack with everything else, but....

[Jayman]

I agree, $6.99 is a hefty price. Lets hope this mag is not "Doomed" by it and comes down in price.

[sterlingcomics]

Thanks for the post, Jayman. I'll pick up a copy this weekend at the LCS!!!

[mike h]

Cool! I'll be checking this out... stories by Bloch, Matheson, Schow... wow! Count me as one of the happy!

[Jayman]

Welcome to the boards!

 

"Cuts" and "Final Performance" were my favorite 2 stories out of the bunch!

I also got a chuckle from the intro by Ms. Doomed!

[mike h]

Thanks for the welcome... I've actually been around for a bit, but I don't post much (obviously!)

 

I found DOOMED yesterday and opted for the other cover by Ashley Wood... a bit darker, though still not a great horror mag cover, IMHO. I really hate the concept of alternate covers... i.e. forced "collectible", but whatever.

 

Overall, I'm pleased with the mag! Wood's art on "Blood Son" was a bit sketchy, but nice overall. Being a Richard Matheson story helped...

 

"Cuts" was fun, but I hated the art. That's why I like the older mags... good art, not all style/ no substance. This artwork just looked busy to me.

 

Schow's "Blood Rape Of The Lust Ghouls" was a hoot... sex and gore and lotsa four letter words! Would you expect anything else form David J Schow? Eduardo Barreto's artwork is fine... closest thing to a match to the old Warren mags here!

 

I loved "Final Performance"! I'm a huge Bloch fan, and while I've read the story before, it's still a favorite! I didn't like Kristian Donaldson's art at first, while just flipping through the mag... too much like EXTREEEEEME Krigstein, but while reading the story, it really grew on me and I thought it worked well!

 

Overall, I really enjoyed DOOMED and feel it was worth the cover price! (Come on... don't you wish you could find Eerie Pubs, with their mucho-recycled contents, for $6.99??) I'll give Ms. Doomed and the gang another chance!

 

Wikipedia shot of Wood's DOOMED cover

[RedRaven]

I'll be picking one up tomorrow on the way home from work.

[precodekeith]

Yikes! I STILL haven't picked this up!

[Jayman]

I'm waiting on issue # 2!

[Forbush-Man]

I'm waiting on issue # 2!

 

Glad you said that, Jayman..........I thought maybe I had missed the second issue.

 

 

I wonder when it's due out?

[sterlingcomics]

dang! I forgot to pick this up....will do it this weekend. and I'm not going to preserve it...I'm going to enjoy and READ it....screw the condition based bs.

[Forbush-Man]

The first issue is available with two different covers.

[Jayman]

dang! I forgot to pick this up....will do it this weekend. and I'm not going to preserve it...I'm going to enjoy and READ it....screw the condition based bs.

 

[mike h]

Thank you, Sterling! It does my heart good to see that condition doesn't matter! Comics are for readin', gosh dangit!!

 

I think #2 is due in the spring some time...

[precodekeith]

HEY! I finally got a copy CHEAP thanks to fellow boardmember JeffB! Thanks!

 

It's a good mag, but I don't think it's $6.99 good!

 

My basic first impressions:

 

Cover & overall production values: Top Notch.

 

Ms. Doomed intro: Feh.

 

"Blood Son:" I love Matheson, but this isn't one of his easiest stories to adapt. Ashley Wood art was hit or miss with some panels very good & others horribly sketchy.

 

"Cuts:" F. Paul Wilson adapts his own story, which was fun, but basically predictable. Really bad art by Ted McKeever.

 

"Blood Rape of the Lust Ghouls:" Probably not the best David J. Schow piece ever, but just entertaining enough. Decent art by Eduardo Barretto.

 

"Final Performance:" Robert Bloch yarn that was the best ( beating Matheson by a hair, IMO ) story of the issue. I'm not a fan of this block-face style of art by Kristian Donaldson, but it worked ok enough in this small of a dose.

 

I'm glad I didn't shell out full cover price for this one, but the mag certainly has future potential if story selection tightens & the art improves!

[sterlingcomics]

Hey if anyone has any reader copies to sell to me I'd appreciate it.

[action1kid]

Its o.k I quess.

[precodekeith]

Its o.k I quess.

 

Have you even read it, or are you just trolling the mag section?!

[Forbush-Man]

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I was going to pick up issue # 4 today, I've bought the first 3 issues (both covers of each) and the # 4 now has a cover price of $9.99..........Come on IDW. If the interior art were exceptional I could justify it, but it's not.......so I won't be following the later issues.

 

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