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Catching Up-- reviews at Popdose and Newsarama

With the holiday and other personal stuff going on, the last week or two have been hectic.  Here's a quick catch up on what I've been up to the last couple of weeks.

@Popdose-- The Last Days of American Crime

Tocchini tells Remender’s story through color. His lines appear quick, sketchy and minimalistic but they are just there to contain Tocchini’s colors, which I’m assuming he’s doing digitally. The colors that Tocchini chooses provide an unusual haze to the story, as if we’re viewing this story unfolding in front of us on a hot day where the heat may be playing visual tricks on us. Colors blend together as Tocchini establishes different color palettes for different scenes. He gives each scene its own distinct, visual tone through the colors he uses. Hot reds, cool bluish-greens and explosive yellows makes this a seductive book, where you can easily get lost in the range of colors that Tocchini gives Remender’s story.

You can read the full review here.

@ Newsarama-- The Sixth Gun #6:

The Sixth Gun #6 wraps up Bunn and Hurtt’s first story in this series.  Like their previous endeavor The Damned, The Sixth Gun is a strong synthesis of genres, blending the western setting with supernatural elements.  There’s a sinister playfulness in that kind that kind of genre mashing that carries over to how Bunn and Hurtt tell their story.  Whether it’s the expressive cartooning or the attempts at creating a larger story within the book’s regular format, The Sixth Gun #6 shows the near unlimited potential that Bunn and Hurtt have created in this book. 

You can read the full review of The Sixth Gun #6 here.

Two more reviews should be going up live at Newsarama later on today as I get back on this writing bandwagon.