In the horror genre, the darkest tales do not come from the supernatural stories where demonic beings play hide and seek but from the human ones that bring out the inner monsters in people that will put any ghost to shame. The current boom in medical drama in comic books is also making its way into horror, flinging the doors open to a subgenre already dripping in blood from head to toe. Oni Press’ latest foray into the same cuts open into some horrible truths about an addiction that readers see every day but do not think back about twice. It warns of a cruel world, but even more so of the cruelty of the perpetrators, through gruesome scenes that can be hard for even medical professionals to stomach.Written by Cullen Bunn with illustrations from Jesús Hervás, colors from Dan Jackson, and letters from Taylor Esposito, Invasive #1 makes a shocking revelation about bodily surgeries and the secret world behind it that fuels people’s addiction and complexities. The story begins with a group therapy session where people from different walks of life, unhappy with how they look and feel, have tried to transform themselves through back-alley procedures and have completely ruined their lives. But when someone posing as a doctor starts torturing these hapless people and steals pieces of their bodies for something heinous, Hudgens, a detective, and Reynolds, a trauma surgeon and a mother of one such poor victim, team up to get their justice.The artwork does not hold back on showing the horrors of Invasive #1. From the get-go, the script’s emphasis is to give readers a clear picture of the type of story they are getting into, and Jesús Hervás’ illustrations follow that lead and conjure the most horrific images known to man. His gristly style and abundant use of inks perfectly set the mood, as the shadows are where the book hides its most gruesome depiction of humanity. From grave injuries and missing body parts to the killer tearing into a living person, every vivid detail seems something out of the Necronomicon. Yet, there is a melancholy in the scenes as the protagonists resonate with the victims, which comes out through the morose expressions in their eyes. Colorist Dan Jackson uses a dark palette to keep up the sinister appearance in the book. His backgrounds are drab, with an abundance of muted tones. But they help pop out the reds and greens in the foreground — colors often up to no good in the story. Taylor Esposito’s lettering lingers on the panels, continuing well into the next, like an echo that reverberates. The onomatopoeia are well-placed and give a sense of the dangers to come.
In the horror genre, the darkest tales do not come from the supernatural stories where demonic beings play hide and seek but from the human ones that bring out the inner monsters in people that will put any ghost to shame. The current boom in medical drama in comic books is also making its way into horror, flinging the doors open to a subgenre already dripping in blood from head to toe. Oni Press‘ latest foray into the same cuts open into some horrible truths about an addiction that readers see every day but do not think back about twice. It warns of a cruel world, but even more so of the cruelty of the perpetrators, through gruesome scenes that can be hard for even medical professionals to stomach.
Written by Cullen Bunn with illustrations from Jesús Hervás, colors from Dan Jackson, and letters from Taylor Esposito, Invasive #1 makes a shocking revelation about bodily surgeries and the secret world behind it that fuels people’s addiction and complexities. The story begins with a group therapy session where people from different walks of life, unhappy with how they look and feel, have tried to transform themselves through back-alley procedures and have completely ruined their lives. But when someone posing as a doctor starts torturing these hapless people and steals pieces of their bodies for something heinous, Hudgens, a detective, and Reynolds, a trauma surgeon and a mother of one such poor victim, team up to get their justice.
The artwork does not hold back on showing the horrors of Invasive #1. From the get-go, the script’s emphasis is to give readers a clear picture of the type of story they are getting into, and Jesús Hervás’ illustrations follow that lead and conjure the most horrific images known to man. His gristly style and abundant use of inks perfectly set the mood, as the shadows are where the book hides its most gruesome depiction of humanity. From grave injuries and missing body parts to the killer tearing into a living person, every vivid detail seems something out of the Necronomicon. Yet, there is a melancholy in the scenes as the protagonists resonate with the victims, which comes out through the morose expressions in their eyes. Colorist Dan Jackson uses a dark palette to keep up the sinister appearance in the book. His backgrounds are drab, with an abundance of muted tones. But they help pop out the reds and greens in the foreground — colors often up to no good in the story. Taylor Esposito’s lettering lingers on the panels, continuing well into the next, like an echo that reverberates. The onomatopoeia are well-placed and give a sense of the dangers to come.
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