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Three From GENE SIMMONS And IDW PublishingFrom: AintItCool.com Posted: November 8, 2007 DOMINATRIX #1-3 Writer: Sean Taylor Art: Flavio Hoffe & Esteve Polls I have to admit, these three issues were mindless fun. Dominique Stern is a dominatrix by trade, but when an especially creepy customer forces her to take a special "super soldier" pill, she becomes a super-heroine and enters a world of mercs, feds, and all-too-real thrills that pale in comparison to the fantasies that play out in her dungeon. Mr. Simmons is keeping the Bad Girl comic alive with this, a surprisingly sensitive comic. I was surprised that the book held out on the T&A until issue three, but the wait paid off in a fun sequence where the Dominatrix takes on a dozen mercs and distracts them with her ample assets. I went into this book with low expectations, so I wasn’t really disappointed with the mindlessness of it all. It’s a fun ride with some semi-fleshed out characters that like to show a lot of flesh and sometimes whip it into submission. Between the three issues two artists were used, which I found to be a bit annoying. This book would benefit from a little consistency in the art department, but is nevertheless entertaining.. ZIPPER #1-2 Writer: Tom Waltz Art: Casey Maloney & Stacie Ponder Of the three titles looked at here, this is by far the most creative and my favorite. Mr. Simmons tries his hand at cosmic adventure. And although he’s no Jack Kirby, ZIPPER was a fun ride. An energy alien swipes a power containment suit and escapes from a hive–mind like planet where concepts like free thought and individuality are met with readjustment or death. Donning a fetishistic leather outfit equipped with whipping swords and spiked maces on the end of chains, Zipper is born and lands on Earth, specifically Detroit, Michigan. This is your typical "good alien lands on earth followed by more alien trouble" story. Zipper’s character design is pretty cool, as are his powers. The concept of an individual breaking away from the hive is a pretty standard "rock ‘n roll" theme, so I can see where Mr. Simmons is coming from with this one. I also liked the art by Casey Maloney which reminded me a bit of Kevin West’s clean and crisp style. GENE SIMMONS’ HOUSE OF HORRORS #1-2 Writers & Artists: Various Whenever you see the word various in the credits you know you’re going to get a mixed bag when it comes to quality reading. And that’s exactly what you get here in this horror anthology miniseries presented by GENE SIMMONS himself. Simmons’ intros aren’t especially frightening and I don’t know if he has the chops to out-scare Uncle Creepy or the Crypt Keeper. Thankfully, the stories are of a higher caliber. Some are better than others. Some are barely worth a bleh. There were quite a few standouts in these first two issues though. ZOMBIES VS. ROBOTS creator Chris Ryall provides the best of the pack as he follows an explorer who ventures through an open portal to the deepest circles of hell. This well crafted tale with art by Steph Stamb can be seen in issue one. Jason Henderson provides a truly haunting and imaginative tale about sea creatures who wear the crashed remains of ships and airplanes like a hermit crab does a shell in issue two. This is one of those concepts that show some real thinkin’ going on in the scares and design department (art was provided by the Sharp Brothers). Issue one also brings a story by Tom Waltz who provides a modern horror story set in Iraq in Crude which focuses on an oil monster. Pretty cool stuff. And Joshua Hale Fialkov (ELK’S RUN) serves up a moody tale about a family curse. I liked about 75 percent of the stories in each issue which is a pretty good score when it comes to anthologies. These books are worth picking up for those gems hiding between the "less-than-gems." All in all, I am somewhat impressed with what IDW and GENE SIMMONS are offering by way of comics. There’s definitely a dark or sexual or both dark and sexual tone to all of them. When the writers try to take the material too seriously, the content seems to fall flat. But those writers, like with ZIPPER and some of the HOUSE OF HORROR entries, who are having fun with the horror/sex genre definitely stand out as something somewhat refreshing. Although they can’t be taken too seriously, these books surely are fun. |
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