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Monday, September 26, 2022
Marvel Comics Shipping from Diamond Distributors for September 28, 2022
Comic Books, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for September 25, 2022
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DC Comics Shipping from Lunar Distributors for September 27, 2022
Action Comics #1047 (Cover A Steve Beach), $4.99
Action Comics #1047 (Cover B Nathan Szerdy Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1047 (Cover C Lesley Leirix Li Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Action Comics #1047 (Cover D Lucio Parrillo Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman Beyond The White Knight #5 (Of 8)(Cover A Sean Murphy), $4.99
Batman Beyond The White Knight #5 (Of 8)(Cover B J. Scott Campbell), $4.99
Batman Beyond The White Knight #5 (Of 8)(Cover C Sean Murphy), AR
Batman Curse Of The White Knight Deluxe Edition HC, $49.99
Batman Fortress #5 (Of 8)(Cover A Darick Robertson), $3.99
Batman Fortress #5 (Of 8)(Cover B Kamome Shirahama Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman One Bad Day The Riddler #1 (One Shot)(2nd Printing Cover A Giuseppe Camuncoli), $7.99
Batman One Bad Day The Riddler #1 (One Shot)(2nd Printing Cover B Mitch Gerads Foil Card Stock Variant), AR
Batman The Audio Adventures #1 (Of 7)(Cover A Dave Johnson), $3.99
Batman The Audio Adventures #1 (Of 7)(Cover B Michael Allred Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Batman The Audio Adventures #1 (Of 7)(Cover C Anthony Marques & J. Bone Card Stock Variant), AR
Black Adam JSA Black Reign TP (New Edition), $16.99
Black Adam Rise And Fall Of An Empire TP, $34.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #5 (Of 6)(Cover A Dexter Soy), $3.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #5 (Of 6)(Cover B Caanan White Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Blood Syndicate Season One #5 (Of 6)(Cover C Jorge Corona Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Blue And Gold TP, $19.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #1 (Of 7)(3rd Printing Cover A Daniel Sampere), $5.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #2 (Of 7)(3rd Printing Cover A Daniel Sampere), $4.99
Dark Crisis On Infinite Earths #3 (Of 7)(3rd Printing Cover A Daniel Sampere), $4.99
DC Connect #29, AR
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover A Gary Frank), $3.99
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover B Francesco Francavilla Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover C Frank Quitely Duffle Bag Gore Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover D Charlie Adlard Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover E Chris Mooneyham Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Horror Presents Sgt. Rock Vs The Army Of The Dead #1 (Of 6)(Cover F Pia Guerra Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Mech #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Baldemar Rivas), $3.99
DC Mech #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Mech #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Ricardo Lopez Ortiz Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Mech #3 (Of 6)(Cover D Dan Mora Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Vs Vampires #9 (Of 12)(Cover A Guillem March), $3.99
DC Vs Vampires #9 (Of 12)(Cover B Nathan Szerdy Card Stock Variant), $4.99
DC Vs Vampires #9 (Of 12)(Cover C David Baldeon Card Stock Variant), AR
DC Vs. Vampires Volume 1 HC, $24.99
Deadman Tells The Spooky Tales TP, $9.99
Deathstroke Inc. #13 (Cover A Mikel Janin), $3.99
Deathstroke Inc. #13 (Cover B Dexter Soy Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Deathstroke Inc. #13 (Cover C Ivan Tao Card Stock Variant), AR
Detective Comics #1064 (Cover A Evan Cagle), $4.99
Detective Comics #1064 (Cover B J.H. Williams III Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1064 (Cover C Jay Anacleto Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $5.99
Detective Comics #1064 (Cover D Martin Simmonds Card Stock Variant), AR
Detective Comics #1064 (Cover E J.H. Williams III Ink Card Stock Variant), AR
Future State Gotham Volume 2 The Next Joker TP, $16.99
Harley Quinn #22 (Cover A Matteo Lolli), $3.99
Harley Quinn #22 (Cover B Stjepan Sejic Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #22 (Cover C Natali Sanders Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #22 (Cover D Ryan Sook Harley Quinn Homage Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Harley Quinn #22 (Cover E David Baldeon Card Stock Variant), AR
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover N Frank Chow Glow In The Dark Variant), $9.99
Human Target #7 (Of 12)(Cover A Greg Smallwood), $4.99
Human Target #7 (Of 12)(Cover B Stanley Artgerm Lau), $4.99
Human Target #7 (Of 12)(Cover C Francesco Mattina), AR
Human Target Volume 1 HC, $29.99
I Am Batman #13 (Cover C Georges Jeanty Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Jurassic League #5 (Of 6)(Cover C Dan Mora Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Justice League Vs The Legion Of Super-Heroes #6 (Of 6)(Cover A Scott Godlewski), $3.99
Justice League Vs The Legion Of Super-Heroes #6 (Of 6)(Cover B Travis Moore Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Nice House On The Lake #10 (Of 12)(Cover A Alvaro Martinez Bueno), $3.99
Nice House On The Lake #10 (Of 12)(Cover B Alison Sampson Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Poison Ivy #4 (Of 6)(Cover C Sozomaika Card Stock Variant)(Corrected Printing), $4.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #6 (Cover A Reiko Murakami), $3.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #6 (Cover B Maria Llovet Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Sandman Universe Nightmare Country #6 (Cover C Colleen Doran Card Stock Variant), AR
Superman Space Age #2 (Of 3)(Cover A Michael Allred), $9.99
Superman Space Age #2 (Of 3)(Cover B Dave Johnson), $9.99
Superman Space Age #2 (Of 3)(Cover C Nick Derington), AR
Task Force Z #12 (Of 12)(Cover A Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira), $3.99
Task Force Z #12 (Of 12)(Cover B Jim Cheung Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Task Force Z #12 (Of 12)(Cover C Chris Batista Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Task Force Z #12 (Of 12)(Cover D Travis Mercer Card Stock Variant), AR
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover A Ricardo Lopez Ortiz), $3.99
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover B Jorge Jimenez One Year Later Era Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover C David Baldeon Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover D Sweeney Boo Debut Era Card Stock Variant), AR
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover E Dan Mora Young Justice Era Card Stock Variant), AR
Tim Drake Robin #1 (Cover F Jamal Campbell Teen Titans Era Card Stock Variant), AR
Titans United TP, $19.99
Young Justice Targets #3 (Of 6)(Cover A Christopher Jones), $3.99
Young Justice Targets #3 (Of 6)(Cover B Meghan Hetrick Card Stock Variant), $4.99
Young Justice Targets #3 (Of 6)(Cover C Adrian Gutierrez Hispanic Heritage Month Card Stock Variant), $4.99
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Saturday, September 24, 2022
Negromancer News Bits and Bites from September 18th to 24th, 2022 - Update #20
by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURE NEWS:
MOVIES - From THR: Young actress, Storm Reid ("A Wrinkle in Time," HBO's "Euphoria"), has landed the lead role in the horror movie, "The Nun 2." The film is due in theaters Sept. 8th, 2023.
MOVIES - From THR: The duo of Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein ("Freaks") will direct "Final Destination 6," which will be a relaunch of the franchise.
SCANDAL - From Variety: In Canada, "Riverdale" and "Supernatural" actor Ryan Grantham has been sentenced to life in prison for March 2020 killing of his mother, Barbara Waite.
MOVIE - From Variety: Lead actor, Jon Hamm, gave back 60 percent of his salary and director Greg Mottola gave back some of his salary, so that they could get extra days of filming in for their new film, "Confess, Fletch." The film is a reboot of the 1980s Chevy Chase "Fletch" film series.
STREAMING - From Variety: Multiple Oscar-nominee Saoirse Ronan will lead director Steve McQueen's World War II film, "Epic." The film, which is being produced for Apple+, will focus on a group of Londoners during the Nazi aerial bombing campaign of WWII.
STREAMING - From Deadline: FX's "Reservation Dogs" gets a third season that will stream exclusively on "Hulu."
NETFLIX - From Deadline: Four cast members of the original "Beverly Hills Cop": Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Paul Reiser, and Bronson Pinchot, are returning for the Netflix sequel, "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley." The film is currently shooting in California.
DISNEY - From TheWrap: An oral history of how 1993's "Hocus Pocus" went from box office dud to holiday hit.
MOVIES - From Deadline: Multiple Oscar and Emmy winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will make her feature film debut with Paramount's "Brilliance." Will Smith is producing and may star in the film. Sharmeen directed several episodes of Disney+/Marvel Studios' "Ms. Marvel."
SCANDAL - From Deadline: The plaintiffs have dismissed their sex abuse civil suit against actress/comedian Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears.
TELEVISION - From Deadline: The site has a list of television premiere dates for new and returning series on broadcast, cable and streaming for the 2022-23 television season.
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro: The winner of the 9/16 to 9/18/2022 weekend box office is Sony Pictures' "The Woman King" with an estimated take of 19 million dollars.
From Here: Leroy's review of "The Woman King."
From Deadline: In an interview with the site, "The Woman King" star Shelia Atim talks about triumph of the film's "dark-skinned" Black women stars.
MOVIES - From Variety: Woody Allen has officially announced his retirement from filmmaking. He will start shooting his final film in a "couple of weeks." The film will be shot in Paris and will be entirely in French.
FILM FESTIVAL - From Deadline: Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film, "The Fablemans," wins "The People's Choice Award" at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
TELEVISION - From Deadline: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has decided not to renew his deal with Starz. His G-Unit Film & Television is reportedly entertaining offers from several streamers and studios.
MOVIES - From Variety: Sony Pictures is developing a new "Karate Kid" film with a June 7, 2024 release date. It would be the first since the 2010 reboot starring Jaden Smith.
OBITS:
From Variety: Film and television actress, Louise Fletcher, has died at the age of 89, Friday, September 23, 2022. Fletcher is best known for the role of "Nurse Ratched" in the 1975 film, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," for which she won the Academy Award for "Best Actress." She also had a recurring role on the TV series, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993-99) and was a two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee.
From Deadline: Former Major League Baseball player and manager, Maury Wills, has died at the age off 89, Monday, September 19, 2022. Wills was a member of the 1959, 1963, and 1969 Los Angeles Dodgers World Series teams, and he was the 1962 National League MVP. Wills had the MLB's first 100-stolen base season and is considered to have revived base-stealing as a part of baseball strategy in the 1960s.
BRITTNEY GRINER:
From Reuters: Russia says that it is ready to talk prisoner swamp for Brittney Griner and U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan, but also scolds the U.S. Embassy.
From TheDailyBeast: Legendary NBA bad boy and champion (Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls), Dennis Rodman claims that he has been given permission to go to Russia and help free imprisoned hostage, WNBA star, Brittney Griner.
From Vox: Vox's Jonathan Guyer talks the Brittney Griner case with Danielle Gilbert, a Dartmouth professor who is writing a book about states and rogue actors that take hostages.
From ESPN: A Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison Thursday, Aug. 4th. Griner was arrested Feb. 17 for bringing cannabis into the country and pleaded guilty July 7, though the case continued under Russian law.
From ESPN: The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.
From RSN: "Will Support From LeBron James, Joe Rogan, Kim Kardashian, and Other Celebrities Help Free Brittney Griner From a Russian Prison?" by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar via Substack
From ESPN: Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty on Thursday to bringing hashish oil into Russia, telling a judge that she had done so "inadvertently" while asking the court for mercy.
From CBSSports: The Brittney Griner situation explained.
From RSN: According to The Washington Post Editorial Board: "Brittney Griner is a hostage, plain and simple."
Friday, September 23, 2022
Review: Steven Spielberg's "JAWS" is Still Hungry For Your Ass (Countdown to "The Fabelmans")
TRASH IN MY EYE No. 54 of 2022 (No. 1866) by Leroy Douresseaux
Jaws (1975)
Running time: 124 minutes (2 hours, 4 minutes)
Rated – PG by the Classification and Ratings Administration
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg
WRITERS: Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb (based on the novel by Peter Benchley)
PRODUCERS: David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bill Butler (D.o.P.)
EDITOR: Verna Fields
COMPOSER: John Williams
Academy Award winner
DRAMA/THRILLER/ADVENTURE
Starring: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Chris Rebello, Jay Mello, Lee Fierro, Jeffrey Voorhees, Robert Nevin, and Susan Backlinie
Jaws is a 1974 adventure drama and thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on the 1974 novel, Jaws, by author Peter Benchley, who also wrote (with Carl Gottlieb) the screenplay adapting his novel. Jaws the film is set in and around a beach community that is dealing with a killer shark and focuses on the police chief who leads a team to hunt down and kill the creature.
Jaws opens in the New England beach town of Amity Island. During a nighttime beach party, a young woman, Christine “Chrissie” Watkins (Susan Backlinie), goes skinny dipping in the ocean. While treading water, something unseen attacks Chrissie and pulls her under the water, The next day, local police Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) and Deputy Hendricks (Jeffrey Kramer) find the partial remains of Chrissie's body on the shore of the beach.
The medical examiner concludes that Chrissie died due to a shark attack. Still, Amity's Mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) is more concerned with the town's summer economy, which is wholly reliant on tourism, and does not want the beaches closed. Then, the fact that a shark, specifically a “great white shark,” is hunting the waters off the island becomes reality when the shark attacks and kills a boy named Alex Kintner (Jeffrey Voorhees).
After another attack, Chief Brody takes matters into his own hands. He joins Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss), a marine biologist who specializes in shark, and Quint (Robert Shaw), a crusty old shark fisherman, on a seafaring mission to hunt and kill the shark. But that mission proves more difficult than any of the many realized.
I have seen Jaws so many times that I have lost count. Still, the movie seems eternally fresh to me, in a semi-sepia tone kind of way. Jaws fascinates me because it seems to me, at least, to be like three short films merged into one film. The first section introduces the shark attacks and Chief Brody's misgivings and investigations. The second section pits Brody against the town fathers, led by money grubber, Mayor Vaughn, who want the beaches open at all cost. The film's final section focuses on the boys' adventure of Brody, Matt Hooper, and Quint going shark-hunting and ending up being the hunted. As much as I enjoy the film's final act, I find the first section of the film to be the most intriguing because of its sense of mystery. What is really beneath the waves, coming up to chomp on young folks?
Jaws is essentially the prototypical summer blockbuster, a kind of film that is designed to get as many people into movie theaters and chomping on popcorn and guzzling soda. The blockbuster, especially the summer kind, is the cinema of the sensations: thrills and chills to make the viewer's body tingle and get the heart racing. The bracing action scenes keep the viewer on the edge of his or her seat. Steven Spielberg turned out to be the perfect director of summer blockbusters – at least for awhile. He could press all our emotional buttons and ensnare our imaginations so that all we thought about was what he wanted us to think about – for two or so hours.
Still, Spielberg's prodigious skills as a filmmaker are evident. He is a superb film artist and a consummate cinematic entertainer. He gets the best out of his cast and crew and creatives – from composer John Williams' iconic and ominous shark-presence theme to Bill Butler's expansive cinematography that turns this movie into a vista of natural wonders. Plus, Spielberg allows his talented cast to really show their dramatic chops, especially Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper and Richard Shaw as Quint. Even Lorraine Gary gets to make the most of her moments as Ellen Brody.
If I am honest, however, Spielberg has a co-captain on this ship. Roy Scheider (1932-2008) brings the film together and at times, holds it together. Steady as a rock, Chief Brody epitomizes the small town law man who has to save the town not only from the bad guy – a shark in this instance – but also from themselves. I think serious movie lovers and film fans recognize both the breath and depth of Scheider's talent and that he was a mesmerizing film presence. If Jaws is the film that shot Spielberg's career into the stratosphere like a rocket, Scheider can certainly be described as the rocket booster.
9 of 10
A+
★★★★+ out of 4 stars
Friday, September 23, 2022
NOTES:
1976 Academy Awards, USA: 3 wins: “Best Sound” (Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman Jr., Earl Madery, and John R. Carter), “Best Film Editing” (Verna Fields), and “Best Music, Original Dramatic Score” (John Williams); 1 nomination: “Best Picture” (Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown)
1976 BAFTA Awards: 1 win: “Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music” (John Williams for Jaws and also The Towering Inferno); 6 nominations: “Best Actor”(Richard Dreyfuss), “Best Direction” (Steven Spielberg), “Best Film,” “Best Film Editing” (Verna Fields), “Best Screenplay” (Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb), and “Best Sound Track” (John R. Carter and Robert L. Hoyt)
1976 Golden Globes, USA: 1 win: “Best Original Score - Motion Picture” (John Williams); 3 nominations: “Best Motion Picture – Drama,” (Best Screenplay - Motion Picture” (Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb), and “Best Director - Motion Picture” (Steven Spielberg)
2001 National Film Preservation Board, USA: 1 win: “National Film Registry”
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Thursday, September 22, 2022
Comics Review: "Nita Hawes' NIGHTMARE Blog #8" - That Shark Bites with Her Teeth
NITA HAWES' NIGHTMARE BLOG #8
IMAGE COMICS
STORY: Rodney Barnes
ART: Szymon Kudranski
COLORS: Luis Nct with mar and Silvestre Galotto
LETTERS: Marshall Dillon
EDITOR: Greg Tumbarello
COVER: Szymon Kudranski
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jason Shawn Alexander with Luis Nct
28pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S. (September 2022)
Rated “M/ Mature”
Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog created by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander
“Murder By Another Name” Part II: “The Rule to the Exception”
Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog is a comic book series created by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander. Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog is written by Barnes. The current artist is Szymon Kudranski. Colorist Luis Nct and letterer by Marshall Dillon complete the creative team. The series focuses on a woman who is on a quest to root out evil by helping the people who contact her blog.
In Baltimore, Maryland, which some call “Bodymore, Murderland,” there is a woman named Dawnita “Nita” Hawes. She is the owner of “Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog” where citizens can contact Nita when they have a problem of a supernatural or paranormal nature. Nita has just begun her quest to root the evil out of her city – with the help of her dead brother, Jason.
Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog #8 (“The Rule to the Exception”) opens with a ghost saying that it wants to let go, but that's not true. Once upon a time, a group of powerful white men sought immortality, and they paid for that journey with the body and blood of invisible humans. Now, their descendants must pay, and Detective Harden, once a non-believer, believes enough to call on Nita. Her brother, Jason, insists that sis sit this one out, but sis ain't backing down.
Plus, two men visit Nita. One is deeply in love and says all the right things. The other is petty and jealous and way too old to be acting that way.
THE LOWDOWN: Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog is a spin-off of Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander's hit vampire comic book, Killadelphia. We are still early in the new story arc, “Murder By Another Name.”
Although I may be wrong, I interpret Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog as writer Rodney Barnes' most deeply personal work. The supernatural killer in “Murder By Another Name” comes from Barnes' connections to the history of Black folks in America and how that story is tied in knots to the larger history of violence of the United States. His stories, particularly here, directly connects that this violence on black people then is a violence on black people now.
On the Nita end of things, Barnes makes Nita feel real and really human because he isn't afraid to depict her pain and loss as coming from deep in her overall hurt; it is not merely character window dressing. Nita is heroic and vulnerable, and her vulnerability and pain and loss make her determination to continue the mission that much more admirable.
I am in love with Szymon Kudranski's lovely art, especially how he subtly shifts the atmosphere and lighting for each change of scene. It depends not only on the presence of the supernatural, but also the kind of supernatural present. Luis Nct's coloring measures the power in those changes.
Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog is like if “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and Hellblazer had black baby girl. [What a scandal that would have been at the DC Comics' offices.] And what a beautiful comic book baby she is.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Killadelphia and of the original Hellblazer will want Nita Hawes' Nightmare Blog.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Comics Review: "ELVIRA in Horrorland Volume 1 #4" on Elm Street
ELVIRA IN HORRORLAND VOLUME 1 #4
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
STORY: David Avallone
ART: Silvia Califano
COLORS: Walter Pereya
LETTERS: Taylor Esposito
EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt
COVER: Dave Acosta and Jason Moore
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (September 2022)
Rated Teen+
Chapter Four: “The Man of Your Dreams”
In 1981, actress and model Cassandra Peterson created the “horror hostess character,” known as “Elvira.” Elvira gradually grew in popularity and eventually became a brand name. As Elvira, Peterson endorsed many products and became a pitch-woman, appearing in numerous television commercials throughout the 1980s.
Elvira also appeared in comic books, beginning in 1986 with the short-lived series from DC Comics, Elvira's House of Mystery. In 2018, Elvira returned to comic books via Dynamite Entertainment. Elvira's latest comic book series is Elvira in Horrorland Volume 1. The series is written by David Avallone; drawn by Silvia Califano; colored by Walter Pereyra; and lettered by Taylor Esposito. The series finds Elvira trapped in the Multiverse of Movies (a bunch of “pocket dimensions” created by the existence of movies) with only the illusive “Remote Control of Federico Fellini” capable of returning her home.
Elvira in Horrorland Volume 1 #4 (“The Man of Your Dreams”) opens in a new world. Elvira is still looking for the same old remote control. Now, the Mistress of the Dark is taking on dream master, Teddy Luger, “the Man of Your Nightmares.” As Elvira attempts to escape this nightmare – even the “New Nightmare – she will, however, find herself facing blame and more trouble.
THE LOWDOWN: Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles. One of them is Elvira in Horrorland Volume 1 #4, one of many Dynamite/David Avallone Elvira comic books that I have read and enjoyed.
When I first saw Wes Craven's beloved horror film, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), I was scared outta my mind. Over the decades, I have seen it many times, and while it scares me less, it is not by much less. Thanks to several sequels and a reboot, Wes Craven's film and its signature monster, Freddy Krueger, are ripe for funnin' and poking.
Writer David Avallone is merciless, and artist Silvia Califano slaps the creepy atmosphere and spooky cinematography right out of the cinema of Elm Street. Suddenly, a horror fave is merely an exercise of characters running around, waiting for something to happen to them. It is somewhat painful to watch Avallone and Califano kick the stuffings out of the original and its follow-ups (some of which I really like). If they were really mean, they could have gone into the … closet after one of the sequels.
So I say, keep having fun with Elvira in Horrorland. Oh, and I like the wet dream joke.
I READS YOU RECOMMENDS: Fans of Elvira and of David Avallone's Elvira comic books will want to read Elvira in Horrorland Volume 1.
A-
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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