Post by Tech on May 14, 2015 15:28:08 GMT
I'm bored so I came back to talk bad about a comic that got suggested to me by the comic store owner after I told them the things I look for in a comic. Now what I enjoy is a good struggle, characters on their last ropes, depression, people pulled through the dirt but can still bring themselves to push forward, what I got can be summed up in some simple words that are constantly said by the characters; Cunt, Fuck, Fucker, Horse Cock.
to give context Crossed is set in a world where people are infected with this virus that makes them all go loony and start killing, raping and doing all other sorts of horrible things to none infected or even to other infected. And as you read through the 10 chapters you follow a surving group of people.
First problem. None of them are that likable or interesting, they way they interact with each other is off and they just don't seem real. I was told going into this comic that it's like a mix of Walking Dead and Hellraiser, but where the Walking Dead has it's interesting characters, dark moments and depressing scenes as well as gore and Hellraiser has it's violent horror gore scenes and twisted story plots they both have something Crossed greatly lacks and that charm.
Crossed has no charm to it's writing. things just go from one crazy gore death scene to the next with some Cunt, Fuck, Fucker and Horse Cock thrown for no reason. the characters aren't given much development for readers to know how they feel and what they are taking from it. Then the one damn time they actually try and build up some character bonding within the group right out of nowhere one of the group characters just randomly brings up (in a set up that makes you think he's coming out as gay) that he used to kidnap men and cut them in his basement then pleads he loves everyone in the group that since he's been them his urge to kill others went away because he finally had friends to pull him out of the darkness, Then they shot him in the head and move on. Wow thanks, not like I wanted some more character building or something, nope just gonna move on as if nothing happened.
then there are just unneeded out of taste child kill scenes where you see kids ripped apart and it's just in poor taste if anything else. sure in The Walking Dead kids die but not that often and not as bad as what Crossed shows.
This comic is not trying to tell a story about humans making it in a world trying to kill them off or leave something that stays after read, no this comic is just going for some lame ass shock factor bullshit that just comes off as annoying to read and distasteful.
it was a fuck of a waste of 25 bucks and I warn all to stay away from it, Now though there are two spin off Crossed comics done by different people that I haven't read so can't judge but as far as the original goes it sucks
to give context Crossed is set in a world where people are infected with this virus that makes them all go loony and start killing, raping and doing all other sorts of horrible things to none infected or even to other infected. And as you read through the 10 chapters you follow a surving group of people.
First problem. None of them are that likable or interesting, they way they interact with each other is off and they just don't seem real. I was told going into this comic that it's like a mix of Walking Dead and Hellraiser, but where the Walking Dead has it's interesting characters, dark moments and depressing scenes as well as gore and Hellraiser has it's violent horror gore scenes and twisted story plots they both have something Crossed greatly lacks and that charm.
Crossed has no charm to it's writing. things just go from one crazy gore death scene to the next with some Cunt, Fuck, Fucker and Horse Cock thrown for no reason. the characters aren't given much development for readers to know how they feel and what they are taking from it. Then the one damn time they actually try and build up some character bonding within the group right out of nowhere one of the group characters just randomly brings up (in a set up that makes you think he's coming out as gay) that he used to kidnap men and cut them in his basement then pleads he loves everyone in the group that since he's been them his urge to kill others went away because he finally had friends to pull him out of the darkness, Then they shot him in the head and move on. Wow thanks, not like I wanted some more character building or something, nope just gonna move on as if nothing happened.
then there are just unneeded out of taste child kill scenes where you see kids ripped apart and it's just in poor taste if anything else. sure in The Walking Dead kids die but not that often and not as bad as what Crossed shows.
This comic is not trying to tell a story about humans making it in a world trying to kill them off or leave something that stays after read, no this comic is just going for some lame ass shock factor bullshit that just comes off as annoying to read and distasteful.
it was a fuck of a waste of 25 bucks and I warn all to stay away from it, Now though there are two spin off Crossed comics done by different people that I haven't read so can't judge but as far as the original goes it sucks