COMIC BOOK REVIEW: Curse #1 — a Horror Movie in a Comic Book
Sometimes it’s refreshing to read new titles as you never know what enjoyment you’d find in one sitting like what I did with Curse #1. Curse is a 4 part series from BOOM! Studios by writers Michael Moreci and Tim Daniel and illustrated by Riley Rossmo and Colin Lorimer.
Curse is a horror movie written in comic book format and I meant that in a good way as I was reading the book it felt like I was watching it right out of a movie. Curse is about Laney, a father, a wash up star college football player who would do anything to protect and provide for his famile. Reading the first few pages wouldn’t give you a clear idea about what the book is about until you get to middle part of the story. Once you learned what the story is about you’d say it’s nothing new; I have seen or read it before but you’d still love how it was presented and only until you get to the middle part how the title, Curse would begin to makes sense.
It’s hard to write a review without spoiling anything but Curse is a comic book that you need to experience for yourself. Curse is a well written story with a different approach to a well known horror character with a dark and gritty artwork to match. All I have are praises for this book and as you might have read I couldn’t hide my satisfaction on this review. I have high hopes on the succeeding issues and I’m interested as to how this story would develop. Curse #1 is one of the surprising great reads I have in a while. I highly recommend picking up this book.
VERDICT: 9/10
Ryan Villanueva
