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Hack/Slash #2
Hack/Slash, Volume 2: Death By Sequel
Everyone's favorite slasher-slasher is back in a slue of bloody adventures! Follow Cassie Hack and her hefty partner Vlad as they go everywhere from killer chipmunk hunting to Japan to Cassie's worst nightmare, literally! The second volume from creator Tim Seeley (G.I. Joe vs. Art of War, Loaded Bible) takes you even deeper into what it means to hunt psychotic killers for a living, and looking good while you do it!
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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Tim Seeley
1,622 books602 followersTim Seeley is a comic book artist and writer known for his work on books such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Dark Elf Trilogy, Batman Eternal and Grayson. He is also the co-creator of the Image Comics titles Hack/Slash[1] and Revival, as well as the Dark Horse titles, ExSanguine and Sundowners. He lives in Chicago.
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January 10, 2018
Re-Read 2018.
Not too in love with this one. Now don't get me wrong, I still love this series and want to read more, but now that I'm re-reading this volume I have to acknowledge the flaws since I'm older and more grumpy Grrr. Story wise, while having some good moments, it just fell flat in a lot of ways for me, as a lot of the stories they do here just weren't that interesting. They do experiment with lots of different art styles which for the most part were nice aside from a few lack lustre artists. Overall I still enjoy this series, but Vol 1 I felt was a lot more focused and better.
Not too in love with this one. Now don't get me wrong, I still love this series and want to read more, but now that I'm re-reading this volume I have to acknowledge the flaws since I'm older and more grumpy Grrr. Story wise, while having some good moments, it just fell flat in a lot of ways for me, as a lot of the stories they do here just weren't that interesting. They do experiment with lots of different art styles which for the most part were nice aside from a few lack lustre artists. Overall I still enjoy this series, but Vol 1 I felt was a lot more focused and better.
October 19, 2018
I feel like they were trying to be cool and meta calling this Death by Sequel but it actually just turns out to be completely accurate because it is overall soooo not good. When I read this series before I think I skipped all these beginning one-shots and just started with the numbered issues and I'm thinking that was a good plan because it's definitely taking awhile for this series to find its feet. Land of Lost Toys was pretty cliched in all the worst ways and Trailers was a mess as well [also both of them featured a lot of subpar artists]. Slice Hard was the only one that was even mildly interesting and even it wasn't anything to really write home about. Also I feel like the later volumes find a good balance between like ...making Cassie hot but not resorting to a million panty shots so this is pretty tiring in that respect as well.
July 2, 2022
I may not have loved the second Hack/Slash volume as much as the first, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t still love it. Honestly, my only real complaint was that I preferred more of the art in the first volume to a lot of the art here, but there were still some of the “Trailers” in particular here were still pretty to look at.
In this volume, in the main stories, Cassie and the lovable Vlad take on an evil child that kills in dreams and an array of murders imprisoned by a cosmetics colony. There is some animal death in these stories, but otherwise they are fun and entertaining. They’re also filled with lots of guts and gore.
Highly recommended and I can’t wait to read Volume 3!
In this volume, in the main stories, Cassie and the lovable Vlad take on an evil child that kills in dreams and an array of murders imprisoned by a cosmetics colony. There is some animal death in these stories, but otherwise they are fun and entertaining. They’re also filled with lots of guts and gore.
Highly recommended and I can’t wait to read Volume 3!
July 28, 2019
Utterly, utterly horrific.
I'm not sure what was the worst element: the terrible art that seemingly changed artist every other page (one would assume they kept firing the hacks) the complete lack of any cogent story, it didn't even seem to try just an utter shambles, or the really random chucking in of T&A just to titillate the pre/early teens with a bit of comic book ass.
I decided to give this title another go after a bang average first volume, after this I doubt I would even read another entry if given it for free and offered a day off work gratis in which to read it.
I'm not sure what was the worst element: the terrible art that seemingly changed artist every other page (one would assume they kept firing the hacks) the complete lack of any cogent story, it didn't even seem to try just an utter shambles, or the really random chucking in of T&A just to titillate the pre/early teens with a bit of comic book ass.
I decided to give this title another go after a bang average first volume, after this I doubt I would even read another entry if given it for free and offered a day off work gratis in which to read it.
April 24, 2024
2.5 stars
What happened between volume one and volume two? The artwork was drastically different. The stories didn’t flow as well as the previous volume. Here’s to hoping volume three goes back to its previous glory.
Edit - I was happy to learn about Vlad’s backstory.
What happened between volume one and volume two? The artwork was drastically different. The stories didn’t flow as well as the previous volume. Here’s to hoping volume three goes back to its previous glory.
Edit - I was happy to learn about Vlad’s backstory.
March 12, 2017
Another fun read. The characters are fleshed out and more back story revealed.
November 14, 2007
i was just reading these in comic format and was digging on them so i figured i'd rate it on here.
anyway, tim seeley's comic about a girl and her behemoth who travel the country killing "slashers" (undead serial killers who just keep coming back and back) is full of referential humor and sight/dialog gags that lovingly lampoon the horror genre. what makes that acceptable (as opposed to the "scream"-school of referential humor, which got old fast) is that it's immersed in the world of horror geek-dom as opposed to the world of 30-year-old abercrombie-pretty "teens" who talk fast and talk drama, where the only geeks get killed for being geeks.
that said, "hack/slash" is getting turned into a movie, so we'll see how that turns out.
regardless, the story-lines that are collected here include the "land of lost toys" and "slice hard" both of which were the first hack/slash stories to break away from the one-shot format, and unforunately, both suffer slightly for it. the book works the best when it's short and punchy, and those two 3-book arcs tend to feel a little long.
thankfully for us then, that also included is the one-shot, "hack/slash: trailers," made up of a handful of fake "trailers" for future hack/slash storylines. much like the trailers that appeared before and between the grindhouse movies that came out earlier this year, these (mostly) 2-page trailers go big, with over-the-top jokes, over-the-top gore, over-the-top stories, and over-the-top sex, and the reader is sent right over-the-top with them.
my only other issue is that the art in 80% of these books feels a little lack-luster compared to earlier stuff (actually drawn by tim seeley as opposed to "loaned-out" as is the case here), especially "slice hard," so the rating drops for that, but it's still a fun read.
anyway, tim seeley's comic about a girl and her behemoth who travel the country killing "slashers" (undead serial killers who just keep coming back and back) is full of referential humor and sight/dialog gags that lovingly lampoon the horror genre. what makes that acceptable (as opposed to the "scream"-school of referential humor, which got old fast) is that it's immersed in the world of horror geek-dom as opposed to the world of 30-year-old abercrombie-pretty "teens" who talk fast and talk drama, where the only geeks get killed for being geeks.
that said, "hack/slash" is getting turned into a movie, so we'll see how that turns out.
regardless, the story-lines that are collected here include the "land of lost toys" and "slice hard" both of which were the first hack/slash stories to break away from the one-shot format, and unforunately, both suffer slightly for it. the book works the best when it's short and punchy, and those two 3-book arcs tend to feel a little long.
thankfully for us then, that also included is the one-shot, "hack/slash: trailers," made up of a handful of fake "trailers" for future hack/slash storylines. much like the trailers that appeared before and between the grindhouse movies that came out earlier this year, these (mostly) 2-page trailers go big, with over-the-top jokes, over-the-top gore, over-the-top stories, and over-the-top sex, and the reader is sent right over-the-top with them.
my only other issue is that the art in 80% of these books feels a little lack-luster compared to earlier stuff (actually drawn by tim seeley as opposed to "loaned-out" as is the case here), especially "slice hard," so the rating drops for that, but it's still a fun read.
July 26, 2014
Book 2 of the Hack/Slash series. Containing the three parter story 'The Land of Lost Toys', mini-anthology 'Trailers', prequel comic 'Pre-Sliced', and the epic 'Slice Hard' story.
The Land of Lost Toys:
Someone is killing kids in their sleep. Someone who doesn't like sharing his toys. Now it's down to Cassie to find a way to stop this nightmare killer, but how can she when the killer knows everything that's in her mind?
This is an interesting story. It focuses more on Cassie's past and the trauma that was having to slay her mother. Very well done.
Trailers:
A series of pitch ideas that have Cassie and Vlad squaring off against evil cartoon chipmunks, Japanese demons, and undead killers in space.
Weird. Some of the ideas are interesting, a few I think even made it into the series proper, but still, weird.
Pre-Sliced:
The lead-up to the story 'Slice Hard' offered as a 25c comic to lure in new readers. Covering Cassie's backstory and hinting at things to come.
An excellent prequel to an excellent story.
Slice Hard:
Cassie and Vlad have been captured by a company trying to design a new skin cream. A skin cream that can reverse the aging process. A skin cream made from slashers.
Excellent. Cassie and Vlad must face-off against six captured slashers as well as an old foe they thought they'd left behind. One of the best stories so far.
Volume 2 has a majority of good stories focusing more on Cassie's past. Well worth the read. I would like to know what happened to the movie plans though.
The Land of Lost Toys:
Someone is killing kids in their sleep. Someone who doesn't like sharing his toys. Now it's down to Cassie to find a way to stop this nightmare killer, but how can she when the killer knows everything that's in her mind?
This is an interesting story. It focuses more on Cassie's past and the trauma that was having to slay her mother. Very well done.
Trailers:
A series of pitch ideas that have Cassie and Vlad squaring off against evil cartoon chipmunks, Japanese demons, and undead killers in space.
Weird. Some of the ideas are interesting, a few I think even made it into the series proper, but still, weird.
Pre-Sliced:
The lead-up to the story 'Slice Hard' offered as a 25c comic to lure in new readers. Covering Cassie's backstory and hinting at things to come.
An excellent prequel to an excellent story.
Slice Hard:
Cassie and Vlad have been captured by a company trying to design a new skin cream. A skin cream that can reverse the aging process. A skin cream made from slashers.
Excellent. Cassie and Vlad must face-off against six captured slashers as well as an old foe they thought they'd left behind. One of the best stories so far.
Volume 2 has a majority of good stories focusing more on Cassie's past. Well worth the read. I would like to know what happened to the movie plans though.
November 17, 2015
these are huge comic tomes, a lot to hold while trying to read in bed (and really where else would you read slasher books?). what is even better than the physical workout is that there is growth in the characters, history in their lives and interactions, and humor throughout.
oh, and slashers drawn in gorgeous bright colors and small details that sell the whole experience.
oh, and slashers drawn in gorgeous bright colors and small details that sell the whole experience.
July 31, 2011
More silly mindless slasher fun!
August 4, 2011
Like Hack / Slash volume 1, this graphic book is really good, a few stories were a little confusing, but other than that the book is great and the art work is even better.
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