When a drifter stumbles upon a small town trapped between a corrupt sheriff and the bloodthirsty monsters lurking in the scrub, his arrival takes a whole new life of its own.
And this ain’t no Christmas Movie town to begin with. From Scout Comics, loud and clear, Atlantis Wasn’t Built For Tourists #4.
Lucas Lewis, the drifter who didn’t go with AirBnB, now stands alone against Atlantis’s monsters, both human and pulseless. And the town has one final secret to reveal. When the dust settles, will there be anything left of Atlantis County, Oregon, or of Lucas Lewis?
I keep returning to this book, season in and season out, turning the page, turning up the tension: author Eric Palicki gives us the “what happens next”, the ‘What if’, the “what in heck??”.
This time, it’s a case of high noon in the high street, with demon against demon, trying to kill each other. Never mind the tourists, never mind the boondocks, never mind the Salvation Army Santa ringing his bell. Round 4: This is a fight of fights. Artist Wendell Cavalcanti keeps it tense, dark shadowed lines angular, rectangular, strangular. The panels have holes and tilts, the sidewalk rises up to meet the battle. It’s not overwrought nor over rendered, from the top of the stairs to the top of the blade, it’s everything violent.
Wonderfully moody colour by Mark Dale, and a spooky, well designed and rendered cover by Caspar Wijngaard. Merry times indeed!
Scout Comics, Atlantis Wasn’t Built For Tourists #4, $3.99 for 24 pages of content. Mature
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