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Grim: Pen & Ink #1 Main Cover by Flaviano with Rated Comics acrylic backer
Comic Book comes sleeved with our Rated Comics acrylic backer. Publisher is BOOM! Studios. BOOM! Studios' deluxe Pen & Ink collection continues with one of the biggest hits of the last two years with an in depth, black-and-white look at Stephanie Phillips' and Flaviano's Grim #1. The iconic first issue that introduced the world to Jessica Harrow returns in a stunning new format, featuring all-new commentary from series artist Flaviano.
40 pages, Comic
First published May 11, 2022
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August 7, 2022
3'5 / 5
El dibujo me ha gustado mucho, pero sobre todo me ha gustado el color y como lo usa el colorista.
La historia es entretenida, pero nada especial ni original.
La trama cuenta como un hombre tiene un accidente y muere. Una parca, Jessica, la protagonista de la historia, se lo lleva al más allá. Pero el recién muerto tiene otros planes y le roba la guadaña.
El final tiene un girillo, y te deja con ganas de saber porqué ocurre lo que ocurre.
No es lo mejor que vais a leer en cómic, pero cumple en entretenimiento y visual.
Son 3 números de 25 páginas cada uno, así que si queréis leer algo rápido y entretenido adelante.
El dibujo me ha gustado mucho, pero sobre todo me ha gustado el color y como lo usa el colorista.
La historia es entretenida, pero nada especial ni original.
La trama cuenta como un hombre tiene un accidente y muere. Una parca, Jessica, la protagonista de la historia, se lo lleva al más allá. Pero el recién muerto tiene otros planes y le roba la guadaña.
El final tiene un girillo, y te deja con ganas de saber porqué ocurre lo que ocurre.
No es lo mejor que vais a leer en cómic, pero cumple en entretenimiento y visual.
Son 3 números de 25 páginas cada uno, así que si queréis leer algo rápido y entretenido adelante.
May 16, 2022
actual rating: 3.5/5
this was a good first installment but i' interested to see where it goes. i don't normally read comics because they're so short and i'm impatient lol so i wait for bind-ups. the shortness is why this hasn't been my favorite because i don't know much yet.
this was a good first installment but i' interested to see where it goes. i don't normally read comics because they're so short and i'm impatient lol so i wait for bind-ups. the shortness is why this hasn't been my favorite because i don't know much yet.
June 13, 2022
Very fun and dark read. Excited to see where the story goes.
July 1, 2025
Grim #1 is worth checking out. The story follows Jessica Harrow, a Reaper who doesn’t remember how she died — which sets up a great hook for darker afterlife themes and strong world-building. Stephanie Phillips’ writing brings the mystery to life, while Flaviano’s art and Rico Renzi’s neon-drenched colors make every page pop with energy and atmosphere.
This first issue has mystery, cool characters, and striking visuals. If you like comics that put a fresh twist on classic myths, this one delivers. It’s a strong debut — some character details could use more depth later, but the art and core story easily make up for it. Hopefully that’s coming, figure it will - great start!
This first issue has mystery, cool characters, and striking visuals. If you like comics that put a fresh twist on classic myths, this one delivers. It’s a strong debut — some character details could use more depth later, but the art and core story easily make up for it. Hopefully that’s coming, figure it will - great start!
December 21, 2022
A+ artwork lets see how this plot plays out in issue #2.
January 1, 2023
A Reaper who finds herself seen by the living!?! I’m very intrigued and excited to continue this series.
June 16, 2023
2023 - 365 Days of Horror
Day 167: This was a little more like it. If the next nine issues live up to this, then I’ll enjoy the next week’s worth of reading.
Day 167: This was a little more like it. If the next nine issues live up to this, then I’ll enjoy the next week’s worth of reading.
May 6, 2022
Estaba esperando este cómic con muchas ganas por su propuesta, y no ha decepcionado. Aunque mucho más corto de lo que me hubiera gustado, Grim #1 te presenta un mundo con mucho potencial que dista de lo que hemos visto hasta ahora con respecto a la vida en el más allá. Fueron varias sorpresas en donde mitología, fantasía, y humor negro se combinan con éxito.
Reseña completa (9 de mayo): https://tintanocturna.blogspot.com/20...
I was looking forward to this comic because of its proposal, and it has not disappointed. Although much shorter than I would have liked, Grim #1 presents you with a world with a lot of potential that is far from what we have seen so far with regard to life in the afterlife. There were several surprises where mythology, fantasy, and black humor are successfully combined.
Full review (May 9): https://tintanocturna.blogspot.com/20...
Reseña completa (9 de mayo): https://tintanocturna.blogspot.com/20...
I was looking forward to this comic because of its proposal, and it has not disappointed. Although much shorter than I would have liked, Grim #1 presents you with a world with a lot of potential that is far from what we have seen so far with regard to life in the afterlife. There were several surprises where mythology, fantasy, and black humor are successfully combined.
Full review (May 9): https://tintanocturna.blogspot.com/20...
August 22, 2024
Jessica Harrow ist tot und ein sogenannter Reaper. Sie sammelt Seelen von verstorbenen ein und bringt sie zu ihrem Bestimmungsort. Doch im Gegensatz zu allen anderen Reapern, weiß sie nicht, wie sie verstorben ist und zu ihrer Sense kam.
Also macht sie sich mit zwei weiteren Reapern auf, um dem auf den Grund zu gehen. Aber irgendwie wi8rd das zur Nebensache, denn wo ist eigentlich der Sensenmann - Death - höchstpersönlich hin?
Ich habe einen sehr düsteren Comic erwartet, der er auch mitunter ist. Allerdings wurde er durch Witz und zum Teil farbenfrohen Zeichnungen, ist dies ein wenig anders. Jessica ist herrlich ironisch und mit ihren beiden Reapern ist sie witzig. Aber auch nachdenklich und neugierig.
Als sich die Chance bietet, zu erfahren, wie sie gestorben ist, ergreift sie diese. Kann ja keiner ahnen, dass dies eigentlich top geheim ist. Und sie dann auch noch die große Sense vom Tod persönlich in den Händen führt – nun nicht nur auf der Suche nach ihrer Geschichte, sondern auch auf der Suche nach dem Tod selbst. So gerät sie mit ihren Freunden nach Las Vegas – na klar, ausgerechnet!
Ich bin echt begeistert. Der Plot ist klasse, die Illustrationen sind unbeschreiblich gut. Szenen, Zeichnungen, Farbgebung – es passt einfach perfekt. Die Fahrt über den Fluss Styx fand ich besonders gelungen: Ein Meer aus Seelen – im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes.
Von Beginn an war ich sofort in der Story und gefesselt davon. Es geht spannend los, gibt ein paar interessante Wendungen und hört spannend auf. Eigentlich möchte man sofort den nächsten Band in die Hand nehmen, leider muss ich dafür noch etwas warten.
Sehr genial auch: Immer wieder wurden Textzeilen aus Songs mit integriert, kann man mal auf die Suche gehen, ich habe drei hier entdeckt im Buch – ich liebe solche Ideen!
Sehr coole Geschichte mit einem super Artwork – für mich ein Highlight!
Also macht sie sich mit zwei weiteren Reapern auf, um dem auf den Grund zu gehen. Aber irgendwie wi8rd das zur Nebensache, denn wo ist eigentlich der Sensenmann - Death - höchstpersönlich hin?
Ich habe einen sehr düsteren Comic erwartet, der er auch mitunter ist. Allerdings wurde er durch Witz und zum Teil farbenfrohen Zeichnungen, ist dies ein wenig anders. Jessica ist herrlich ironisch und mit ihren beiden Reapern ist sie witzig. Aber auch nachdenklich und neugierig.
Als sich die Chance bietet, zu erfahren, wie sie gestorben ist, ergreift sie diese. Kann ja keiner ahnen, dass dies eigentlich top geheim ist. Und sie dann auch noch die große Sense vom Tod persönlich in den Händen führt – nun nicht nur auf der Suche nach ihrer Geschichte, sondern auch auf der Suche nach dem Tod selbst. So gerät sie mit ihren Freunden nach Las Vegas – na klar, ausgerechnet!
Ich bin echt begeistert. Der Plot ist klasse, die Illustrationen sind unbeschreiblich gut. Szenen, Zeichnungen, Farbgebung – es passt einfach perfekt. Die Fahrt über den Fluss Styx fand ich besonders gelungen: Ein Meer aus Seelen – im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes.
Von Beginn an war ich sofort in der Story und gefesselt davon. Es geht spannend los, gibt ein paar interessante Wendungen und hört spannend auf. Eigentlich möchte man sofort den nächsten Band in die Hand nehmen, leider muss ich dafür noch etwas warten.
Sehr genial auch: Immer wieder wurden Textzeilen aus Songs mit integriert, kann man mal auf die Suche gehen, ich habe drei hier entdeckt im Buch – ich liebe solche Ideen!
Sehr coole Geschichte mit einem super Artwork – für mich ein Highlight!
August 21, 2022
Lucky to even be alive. Well, here's the thing. . . you're Not. What the hell are you talking about? That doesn't make any sense I'm right. . . here? You're Dead
Immediately I was intrigued by this story because of it's geat title as I was looking for some horror comics/graphic novels to read and found this. Now, I don't know about other people but for me, I have certain favorite words that I always gravitate towards and Grim is one them. I reckonize the name Stephanie Phillips with her HarleQuin stories who is a favorite character of mine which also made me more interested in this Reaper series. I really like it so far although, it's not actually horrific as I would prefer.
November 24, 2024
A creative grim reaper comic that blends horror with fantasy in a way that is impossible to put down.
Grim reaper Jessica is the only reaper who doesn't know how she died. One night she unknowingly crosses over to the land of the living, which causes the balance of life and death to be thrown into chaos.
As Jessica and her closest reaper friends try to unravel this mystery, it turns out what's happening is so much larger than they ever thought. I will absolutely be continuing with this series.
💀🔪 Stunning artwork by Flaviano Armentaro
💀🔪 A kick-butt FMC who doesn't need rescuing
💀🔪 Found family
💀🔪 Terrifying monsters
💀🔪 Creative world building
💀🔪 Compelling storyline that leaves you wanting more
This book is best read while avoiding your family, you never know what they might do 👀
Grim reaper Jessica is the only reaper who doesn't know how she died. One night she unknowingly crosses over to the land of the living, which causes the balance of life and death to be thrown into chaos.
As Jessica and her closest reaper friends try to unravel this mystery, it turns out what's happening is so much larger than they ever thought. I will absolutely be continuing with this series.
💀🔪 Stunning artwork by Flaviano Armentaro
💀🔪 A kick-butt FMC who doesn't need rescuing
💀🔪 Found family
💀🔪 Terrifying monsters
💀🔪 Creative world building
💀🔪 Compelling storyline that leaves you wanting more
This book is best read while avoiding your family, you never know what they might do 👀
July 2, 2024
3'5 / 5
El dibujo me ha gustado mucho, pero sobre todo me ha gustado el color y como lo usa el colorista.
La historia es entretenida, pero nada especial ni original.
La trama cuenta como un hombre tiene un accidente y muere. Una parca, Jessica, la protagonista de la historia, se lo lleva al más allá. Pero el recién muerto tiene otros planes y le roba la guadaña.
El final tiene un girillo, y te deja con ganas de saber porqué ocurre lo que ocurre.
No es lo mejor que vais a leer en cómic, pero cumple en entretenimiento y visual.
Son 3 números de 25 páginas cada uno, así que si queréis leer algo rápido y entretenido adelante.
El dibujo me ha gustado mucho, pero sobre todo me ha gustado el color y como lo usa el colorista.
La historia es entretenida, pero nada especial ni original.
La trama cuenta como un hombre tiene un accidente y muere. Una parca, Jessica, la protagonista de la historia, se lo lleva al más allá. Pero el recién muerto tiene otros planes y le roba la guadaña.
El final tiene un girillo, y te deja con ganas de saber porqué ocurre lo que ocurre.
No es lo mejor que vais a leer en cómic, pero cumple en entretenimiento y visual.
Son 3 números de 25 páginas cada uno, así que si queréis leer algo rápido y entretenido adelante.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 29, 2024
ok. it has potential
Jessica Harrow is a grim reaper who escorts the newly dead souls across the river of sticks to a waiting room. Go figure hell is actually the DMV waiting room. Jessica’s scyth is stolen by Adam, the soul of a drunk driver who was killed in a wreck. When she finds him and wrestles him to the ground, a police officer is able to see her. As a ghost, she lives parallel to this world, but not part of it. I liked that definition. Jessica has no memory of how she died or how she even became a Grim Reaper and that story I am eagerly anticipating. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
Jessica Harrow is a grim reaper who escorts the newly dead souls across the river of sticks to a waiting room. Go figure hell is actually the DMV waiting room. Jessica’s scyth is stolen by Adam, the soul of a drunk driver who was killed in a wreck. When she finds him and wrestles him to the ground, a police officer is able to see her. As a ghost, she lives parallel to this world, but not part of it. I liked that definition. Jessica has no memory of how she died or how she even became a Grim Reaper and that story I am eagerly anticipating. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
June 2, 2022
Jessica Harrow is a reaper in charge of bringing souls to intake,she’s done this multiple times she’s got this down. So escorting new soul Bryan Andrews should be a breeze right? Let’s just say Mr. Andrews isn’t taking being dead in stride, well now Jessica is missing something…something important and she needs it back ASAP!
This was so much better than I anticipated!!
The cover is stunning,the use of the color red in this comic is beautiful! I’m just beyond excited for the rest of this story!
This was so much better than I anticipated!!
The cover is stunning,the use of the color red in this comic is beautiful! I’m just beyond excited for the rest of this story!
February 5, 2023
Ok. C'était franchement bon cette BD là! Un recueil des cinq premiers épisodes. On suit Jessica, la seule faucheuse qui ne connaît pas la raison de sa mort. Elle part donc à la recherche de réponses auprès de la Mort directement. Ça vire mal, une guerre de pouvoir s'installe. C'est rempli d'actions, les dessins style comics sont magnifiques. Vraiment hâte de lire la suite! 👀 Qui sort juste en juillet prochain 😭
May 16, 2022
Put this title on my pull list on a whim. The art is crazy and how "reapers" are like a peace core doing the work that no one wants to do. What happens when a "lost soul" steals your scythe just to see the woman he lost.
July 3, 2023
I've only read part of a graphic novel before so when I saw the cover and read the summary it piqued my interest. I liked how the story of this so far is going and the art design the author went with. I wish it were longer. I will read the next volume to see what happens next with Jessica.
May 11, 2022
4.5 stars
May 14, 2022
A solid start. Consider my interest peaked. Let's see where this story of a grim reaper who loses her scythe then gets seen in the real world turns out!
May 23, 2022
a solid start, will deffo be keeping up with this
June 10, 2022
The cover grabbed me and it didn't disappoint, can't wait for more
June 13, 2022
Fun and there was lots of intrigue.
February 13, 2023
Idk how to feel about this. Okay, great drawing, and, here's my 2-star rating for that but... Where's the plot?
June 23, 2023
You don't see plot stories with the grim reaper(s)
September 28, 2023
Fun! Great art and humor.
December 5, 2023
GRIM
Yea sure it is formulated and cliched but for entertainment and fun - it works!
#1 – Don’t Fear the Reaper - “You are a soul and the next phase of your existence is about to begin.”
Yea sure it is formulated and cliched but for entertainment and fun - it works!
#1 – Don’t Fear the Reaper - “You are a soul and the next phase of your existence is about to begin.”
January 1, 2024
Love the premise of this series, and I am looking forward to seeing where it goes. A good intro!
March 12, 2024
I loved this series and enjoyed the commentary on this.
June 19, 2025
5/5 stars i am hooked
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