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Halloween 2019 Post-A-Day 31 Horror-ible Weird Detective #1   Lovecraftian horrors meet police procedural! "The Stars Are Wrong” Story – Fred Van Lente Art – Guiu Vilanova Colorist – Mauricio Wallace & Josan Gonzalez Letterer– Nate Peikos of Blambot Assistant Editor – Kevin Burkhalter Editor – Spencer Cushing June 2016 A month ago, three issues of Weird Detective came my way. I plucked them all up and carried them home. Ballsy decision on my part. Too many times has this SoC gotten burned by Lovecraft inspired stuff. I think that is evident from my past reviews of retools, reworks, additions, pastiches, imitations, and other various comics that leech off of the concepts created by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. A majority of them are horrible. Blind buying three of Weird Detective took guts. For me it was an honest attempt at finding something Lovecraftian to review for the Halloween season. I like to throw in a title or two if I can. Makes sense, given the blog title and all. I

Halloween 2019 Post-A-Day 30 Horror-ible Crossed #1 Terror! And not for the squeamish "The Devil’s Bride!” Story – Garth Ennis Pencils – Jacen Burros Inks – Jacen Burrows Colorist – Juanmar Letterer– unknown Chief Mechanic – Ariana Osborne Editor – David Marks September 2008 I found Crossed late last year, both in and out of the Crapbox. Issue one fell with a bunch of other horror books and I read it with all the fear and terror that this one issue generates. Given it is an Ennis story, I was sucked in immediately. When a few weeks later, I saw the first trade on a Half-Price shelf, I grabbed it as well, with a feeling that mixes excitement with discomfort. Let me get this out of the way: Crossed isn’t for everyone. It is harsh. Brutal. It is every worst nightmare you’ve had given comic book form. It will fuck you up, and if you are turned off by that language SKIP THIS REVIEW . Because Crossed will make you infinitely more unsettled than a few bits of harsh language. With that