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Silent Hill #3
Silent Hill: Dead/Alive
Imagine you are eight years old, undead and pure evil. Your plans to gain ultimate power in the mist-enshrouded haunted town of Silent Hill have left you defeated, a prisoner. Suddenly you are free. But this is what hell really is... because now you are alive and vulnerable -- and you have competition. May the deadliest win.
144 pages, Paperback
First published August 8, 2006
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About the author
Scott Ciencin
163 books80 followersScott Ciencin was a New York Times best-selling novelist of 90+ books. He wrote adult and children's fiction and worked in a variety of mediums including comic books. He created programs for Scholastic Books, designed trading cards, consulted on video games, directed and produced audio programs & TV commercials, and wrote in the medical field about neurosurgery and neurology. He first worked in TV production as a writer, producer and director. He lived in Sarasota, Florida with his wife (and sometimes co-author) Denise.
(Also wrote under the pseudonyms Nick Baron and L.J. Oliver)
(Also wrote under the pseudonyms Nick Baron and L.J. Oliver)
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January 24, 2023
Silent Hill: Dead/Alive is simply terrible; lazy artwork, disjointed and convoluted storytelling, and some of the worst dialogue I’ve ever read. It all comes together to form one of the worst graphic novels I’ve ever had the misfortune of reading.
December 28, 2015
This is the archetype for most videogames/movies tie-ins, with a half-baked story and references that only those who played the game, watched the movies or read the previous graphic novels (sometimes all 3) will understand. It suffers from too many characters and uneven storytelling.
The art looks great in some pages, like Frank Miller during an emo phase, but becomes a liability in others, with weird angles, blurry figures and particularly gory scenes basically blacked out. Ted Mckeever's covers on the other side are more in tune with the source, while keeping his usual style. Deformed, bloody and nightmare-inducing figures have a closer vibe to the games and second movie and would have made a better choice. Not saying Stakal is bad at all, but the covers are superior than the interior art.
All in all, it's not a terrible comic book, but it is also far from a masterpiece. Recommended to fans of the series or disturbing imagery.
The art looks great in some pages, like Frank Miller during an emo phase, but becomes a liability in others, with weird angles, blurry figures and particularly gory scenes basically blacked out. Ted Mckeever's covers on the other side are more in tune with the source, while keeping his usual style. Deformed, bloody and nightmare-inducing figures have a closer vibe to the games and second movie and would have made a better choice. Not saying Stakal is bad at all, but the covers are superior than the interior art.
All in all, it's not a terrible comic book, but it is also far from a masterpiece. Recommended to fans of the series or disturbing imagery.
February 22, 2019
"Welcome to Ashton, Vermont. Population five hundred and change, give or take an unwanted pregnancy or three."
This was OK in the fact that it tied up some loose ends but the art was so terrible and just confused the comic. This primarily is a sequel to Dying Inside but ties in characters from the 3 one-shots. The story was OK, tied to the Silent Hill games quite well but, I'll say it again, the art work ruined it...2🌟
This was OK in the fact that it tied up some loose ends but the art was so terrible and just confused the comic. This primarily is a sequel to Dying Inside but ties in characters from the 3 one-shots. The story was OK, tied to the Silent Hill games quite well but, I'll say it again, the art work ruined it...2🌟
March 15, 2020
Meh...i hated everything abt this book. The art was so disjointed and confusing. Almost like someone threw ink at the paper and then said "all done!". The story was booooooring! Also, confusing and jumped around way too much. Blech! I couldn't wait to finish it and move on with my life.
March 11, 2026
Oh dear, what to say here. I ploughed through this because I don’t like leaving a book unfinished, but there was no enjoyment in it. The story was a rambling, confusing mess which managed to be incredibly boring at the same time. None of this was helped by the amateurish and muddy artwork, which really didn’t capture the horror vibe in the slightest. If this is indicative of a Silent Hill comic book, then I don’t think I’ll be reading any more.
May 8, 2023
No había tenido la oportunidad de leer nada de silent Hill, solo partía de los juegos y la película. Historia interesante, con su característicos vuelcos psicológicos que te hacen sentir perdido o como los personajes, no sabes si es el mundo real o no. El final pareció un poco apresurado, recomiendo leerlo varias veces
July 25, 2021
Multiversos...
en serio no hay mucho qué decir. Horrible historia, horrible forma de contarla, horrible final. Aburrida, enredada, los monstruos son un adorno visual, a todo mundo le salen tentáculos, todos hablan acartonados...
en serio no hay mucho qué decir. Horrible historia, horrible forma de contarla, horrible final. Aburrida, enredada, los monstruos son un adorno visual, a todo mundo le salen tentáculos, todos hablan acartonados...
December 10, 2023
Hard to follow and the art is confusing to look at.
April 29, 2026
Another unnecessarily ugly and convoluted Silent Hill comic that strays way too afield from the source material to be any good.
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