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In Hell We Fight! Volume 1
Life in hell ain’t easy. Demons try to torture you for all eternity. Monsters want to eat you. There’s a stunning lack of reliable indoor plumbing. And it’s almost impossible to get ice cream. At least, until today, when three condemned teens and their annoying tagalong demon frenemy embark on a daring scheme to hijack a demon lord’s delivery truck. What happens next will take them on an epic journey across the underworld, an infernal excursion of nonstop excitement, danger and adventure.
Presenting a devilishly fun new series from multiple Eisner-winning writer/letterer John Layman (CHEW, Suicide Kill Arkham Asylum ) and Argentinian superstar artist Jok.
Collects IN HELL WE FIGHT #1-#5, plus short stories from Image Anthology #10 and #11
Presenting a devilishly fun new series from multiple Eisner-winning writer/letterer John Layman (CHEW, Suicide Kill Arkham Asylum ) and Argentinian superstar artist Jok.
Collects IN HELL WE FIGHT #1-#5, plus short stories from Image Anthology #10 and #11
160 pages, Paperback
Published January 2, 2024
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John Layman
819 books586 followersJohn Steele Layman is an American comic book writer and letterer. Layman is most known for writing Chew, published by Image Comics.
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October 27, 2023
I love this book so much. It pivots and goes all the places you’d never expect, and it is just a whole heck of a lot of dumb fun.
March 21, 2024
In hell, folks die a million different times in a million different ways, across countless millennia, and by whichever flavor of chaos is popular at the time. Not to say a few mischief-makers can't have their fun in the meanwhile. Balphie (idiot), Xander (self-conscious), Ernie (sympathetic), and Midori (badass) constitute one such group of miscreants. And when this group's latest joyride hits a nasty chicane in lieu of stumbling across some deeply foreboding contraband, Midori and the gang have to make a hard decision: cash in (and hope nobody's looking for what they've lost) or try to make things right (and hope Balphie's demon lord father doesn't catch wind).
IN HELL WE FIGHT! is an unpretentious comic book with an idiosyncratic art style that grows on readers, the deeper the story weaves. It's simple, really. Midori's group of teenage troublemakers is cursed to wander and suffer in hell for all sorts of reasons. Midori was a yakuza assassin. Xander got into an eternal feud with a devil frog. And Ernie was killed by a cursed ax (which still sticks out of the back of his noggin). But when the gang hijacks an ice-cream truck in search of some casual relief, they get a bit more than they bargained for. Somebody, somewhere, prescribed a few fools the opportunity to smuggle something very, very important through hell . . . and now it's in the hands of these ill-fated kids.
This book is full of personality, and does well to rely on its laughably complex environmental design and keen characters to pull readers in. Driving through a metropolis during rush hour? Expect dragons, dirigibles, and men with parasails to jockey for position. Bickering with a not-so-long-lost father figure over bitter betrayal? Expect a brutal fight with a demonic dragon that spews blue hellfire. The apocalypse may not be near (yet), but readers will enjoy the book's variously dirty and diverse opportunities to push its impatient protagonists into trouble.
The art for IN HELL WE FIGHT! is particularly striking. Readers in search of a comp might turn to the work of Ted Naifeh's Courtney Crumrin series, which similarly uses chunky proportions, deliberate and blocky gestures, think ink lines, and deep shadows to evoke characters and environments both vivid and macabre. Monstrous beasts destroying cities? Shady underworld pawn shops? Haunted houses? A necrolord?
Midori will kill anything that moves, Xander has a penchant for vomiting useful tools, and Ernie can respawn axes from the back of his head, if need be. None of these kids are as bad or strange as they seem when set against the backdrop the creative team offers. But Midori is good at forming plans, Xander is resourceful, and Ernie helps his dead human friends retain what shred of humanity is left among them. Balphie is an annoying little shit, but yes, here's there too. And together, the gang mucks its way through hell.
IN HELL WE FIGHT! is an unpretentious comic book with an idiosyncratic art style that grows on readers, the deeper the story weaves. It's simple, really. Midori's group of teenage troublemakers is cursed to wander and suffer in hell for all sorts of reasons. Midori was a yakuza assassin. Xander got into an eternal feud with a devil frog. And Ernie was killed by a cursed ax (which still sticks out of the back of his noggin). But when the gang hijacks an ice-cream truck in search of some casual relief, they get a bit more than they bargained for. Somebody, somewhere, prescribed a few fools the opportunity to smuggle something very, very important through hell . . . and now it's in the hands of these ill-fated kids.
This book is full of personality, and does well to rely on its laughably complex environmental design and keen characters to pull readers in. Driving through a metropolis during rush hour? Expect dragons, dirigibles, and men with parasails to jockey for position. Bickering with a not-so-long-lost father figure over bitter betrayal? Expect a brutal fight with a demonic dragon that spews blue hellfire. The apocalypse may not be near (yet), but readers will enjoy the book's variously dirty and diverse opportunities to push its impatient protagonists into trouble.
The art for IN HELL WE FIGHT! is particularly striking. Readers in search of a comp might turn to the work of Ted Naifeh's Courtney Crumrin series, which similarly uses chunky proportions, deliberate and blocky gestures, think ink lines, and deep shadows to evoke characters and environments both vivid and macabre. Monstrous beasts destroying cities? Shady underworld pawn shops? Haunted houses? A necrolord?
Midori will kill anything that moves, Xander has a penchant for vomiting useful tools, and Ernie can respawn axes from the back of his head, if need be. None of these kids are as bad or strange as they seem when set against the backdrop the creative team offers. But Midori is good at forming plans, Xander is resourceful, and Ernie helps his dead human friends retain what shred of humanity is left among them. Balphie is an annoying little shit, but yes, here's there too. And together, the gang mucks its way through hell.
September 26, 2024
The title grabbed me from the library's graphic novel shelf. My local comic book shop is light on Image comics so I missed this because it is right up my alley. As the title suggests we're in hell, following the afterlives of a handful of young adults. They're lead by Midori who was raised by a Yakuza leader who was also demon possessed until she stood up to him and died. She's the group's bad ass and demon hater. Xander was, based on the art, a young man of color in the southern swamps later 1800s/early 1900s who hated frogs, killed them until a frog demon drowned him and now he barfs up the water he drowned in plus stuff discarded in said water, sometimes even useful stuff. Ernie I feel sorry for who is only in hell because he was murdered by a cursed axe which sticks out of his head (and they can pull it free as many times as they need to arm themselves as another ax takes its place) and Balphie the group's dumb friend, son of a powerful demon.
They're just roaming around hell when they decide to steal an ice cream truck (for the ice cream) but inside is someone far more interesting than ice cream. With their new friend, they decide they might just storm the gates of heaven. Unfortunately for them everyone else wants that truck and the person inside it for their own power.
As expected there's plenty of fighting and mild/moderate gore. The art style fits the story (even if it's a bit gritty for my tastes.) The characters and adventures are interesting enough. The end of this volume was packed with mini stories from various anthologies. I enjoyed it enough that I'm looking forward to the next volume.
They're just roaming around hell when they decide to steal an ice cream truck (for the ice cream) but inside is someone far more interesting than ice cream. With their new friend, they decide they might just storm the gates of heaven. Unfortunately for them everyone else wants that truck and the person inside it for their own power.
As expected there's plenty of fighting and mild/moderate gore. The art style fits the story (even if it's a bit gritty for my tastes.) The characters and adventures are interesting enough. The end of this volume was packed with mini stories from various anthologies. I enjoyed it enough that I'm looking forward to the next volume.
November 28, 2023
Looking for some humor to go with your damnation? Then this could fill your requirements. Take those that have been cursed, for various reasons, and put them on a quest.
Not exactly a redemption quest. Its more of a get even, find my way out of this mess quest.
Just grab some popcorn, and you'll rip right through the fights, demons, etc. Don't go looking for characterization though.
Not exactly a redemption quest. Its more of a get even, find my way out of this mess quest.
Just grab some popcorn, and you'll rip right through the fights, demons, etc. Don't go looking for characterization though.
January 11, 2024
Fun story
December 30, 2024
Agil y violenta historia, lo necesario para este fin de año
September 16, 2025
That’s a fun little book of outcasts in bell running around and getting into shit.
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