Zero is a great example in which the medium of comics can be utilized to tell compelling, challenging stories with a wide array of art styles that touches on relevant and personal subject matters. Ales Kot’s dense script with the vast selection of artists and consistent, style adhering colourist extraordinaire Jordie Bellaire make this a very special book.
Ales Kot enters further into the realm of blending the real world with the supernatural, presenting Wolf as the sort of story that will bring in fans of John Constantine or the brilliant Fatale. The various, enigmatic characters are developed enough through the larger premier issue warranting a strong curiosity as to the direction that this creative team is going in.
Material #2 is a non-traditional comic that transcends genre boundaries while mainly staying in the rhythm of a nine panel grid thanks to artist Will Tempest. It tells four separate stories and weaves them together thematically. The four plots feature a college professor struggling with the negative effects of capitalism on learning, a war veteran with PTSD, a young African-American man who was illegally detained after protesting police violence, and an actress trying to make a comeback with the help of a director, who is the modern incarnation of indie filmmaker John Cassavetes. At this point, the character’s plot threads are still far apart, but writer Ales Kot uses Soren Kierkegaard’s idea of the “leap of faith” to connect them together. As sort of sub-ideas, Kot also looks at family relationships and the function of art in a capitalist society.
With Ales Kot’s simple plot of ‘catch the bad guy’ with a tinge of sci-fi influenced potential pandemic, alongside the artwork of Adam Gorham and Michael Spicer, and letterer Dave Sharpe, Dead Drop is already a lot of fun. Don’t feel guilty if you need an oxygen tank by the time the last page comes. The only way to describe the adrenaline pumping first issue is to quote the great philosopher Samuel L. Jackson from the film Jurassic Park: “Hold onto your butts.”
The Surface #2 Writer – Ales Kot Artist – Langdon Foss Colourist – Jordie Bellaire Letterer – Clayton Cowles Publisher – Image Comics There is this creeping feeling expressed as you make your way through The Surface #2, as if the creative team has somehow found a way to experience the surreal minus the substance abuse. …
The Surface #1 Writer – Ales Kot Artist – Langdon Foss Colourist – Jordie Bellaire Letterer – Clayton Cowles Publisher – Image Comics Ales Kot has been presenting some very challenging subject matters within the comic book world over the last couple years through series like Change and Zero from Image and even approaching well established characters under a …
Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier #1 Writer: Ales Kot Artist: Marco Rudy Letterer & Production: VC’s Clayton Cowles Cover: Marco Rudy Publisher: Marvel Comics Purchase: https://www.comixology.com/Bucky-Barnes-The-Winter-Soldier-2014-1/digital-comic/143696 The road to redemption is paved upon the bones of good intentions. Shrouded in darkness, the redeemers only hope, only compass, is the light which shines at the end. The …
The Darkness: Close Your Eyes Written by Ales Kot Art by Marek Oleksicki Published by Image Comics The Darkness: Close Your Eyes is a grim and gritty descent into the mind of a murderer Psychologists and police profilers have been delving into the minds of murderers for years in an attempt to come up with …