Alabaster: Wolves #2

by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Writer/Artist), Steve Lieber (Artist)

With her would-be assassin dead, Dancy retreats to lick her wounds—only to discover that her would-be refuge has been corrupted by the town’s twisted secret.

A new comics series by Caitlín R. Kiernan (Threshold, The Dreaming, The Red Tree, The Drowning Girl), with art by Steve Lieber (Whiteout, Detective Comics).

Genres: Comics, Dark Fantasy, Horror, Fantasy

Unknown Binding

First published May 9, 2012

About the author

Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan is an Irish-born American published paleontologist and author of science fiction and dark fantasy works, including ten novels, series of comic books, and more than two hundred and fifty published short stories, novellas, and vignettes.

Reviews

[Angel]

This is what Buffy would/should have been if she were less privileged and on HBO.

[Francesca Giardiello]

Il ritmo che diventa sempre più serrato, cambia repentinamente spingendo il lettore in una spirale densa di colpi di scena e di azione.

[Crystal]

Um. Did I mention last issue how much I heart Caitlin R. Kiernan? No cause seriously, she's rocking it hard with this story. I so need to pick up the earlier Alabster stuff. You can certainly jump in here with the "Wolves" story, but trust me you'll quickly be looking for more of Dancy Flammarion. Like the letters section mentions, the art is "raw", and so is the story. It's raw and rustic and gripping. I'm in for the long haul (the arc is only 5 issues...) on this one and will be hunting down everything by Kiernan.

[Anthony]

Cover art: excellent. Story: compelling and solid. Inside art: mostly good except for the various monsters and those are absolutely awful to the point where I'm actually shocked. Even though the internal art isn't as good as the cover art, it's good enough until a monster shows up and the artwork stars rapidly declining from there (i.e., the more frames / pages the monster(s) appear, the worse / sloppier the art becomes, as if by design). This could be an incredible comic but for this. As it is, it's still good. Worth your time. All of the above is the same with the first three issues so far.

[Meran]

Still love the series.

[Jutta]

i always did like this authors work. nice to see her back in comics.