What if there was a company that could go into your dreams and kill your nightmares? EXTERMINITE is a mind-bending 5-part graphic novel series from Len Peralta, Mikey Neumann, and Kris Straub that will scare you out of your own pants, hilariously.Issue #2 "A Smaller Victim"In the second issue of this five issue first season, Nat and Kylie take on their first a child. They learn quickly that killing a child's nightmares is extremely dangerous. One moment, you're in a room talking to a giraffe on a motorcycle and the next moment, the floor is lava. Here’s what people are saying about "I was gonna say nice things about this because these guys are friends. Then I read it. Saying nice things now because it's REALLY GOOD."- John Scalzi, Author of Old Man's War, Redshirts, and Lock In"Three of my favorite creative people getting together on a project? Tell me more. Then I found out it's a story about killing nightmares and I had to check it out. They've hooked me with this first one. I can't wait to see where they're going to take it from here."- Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy"Loved it! Beautiful art (to be expected) and cool setup for a continuing story. Very, very cool."- Gerry Conway, Co-creator of The Punisher, Firestorm, Power Girl, Vixen, and Ms. Marvel "I really want to give this book a compliminsult because it introduced me to the idea of a compliminsult. But I can’t find anything about it to insult. So instead I’ll just say I want to hire Nat and Kylie and I want to eat at Sam’s Sammy Shop. You will too after you read it. Love, love, love Exterminite."- Tom Merritt, Host of Daily Tech News Show, Cordkillers, and Sword and Laser"It's like Inception if it were funny, made sense, and had incredible artwork instead of an ambiguous ending!"- Conor Lastowka, Writer for Rifftrax
This issue sees Nat & Kylie not only taking on their first client, but also sets up a story arc for the series, which is pretty intriguing. I thought the art and coloring were gorgeous as always, and the story manages to be whimsical & silly at one moment and deeply emotionally stirring the next. Loved it.
I don't know exactly where I thought this story might be heading after the first issue, but the conclusion of the second issue is clearly defining what we can start to expect from here on out. If I may borrow a common phrase, "$#!+ JUST GOT REAL" Well, at least it will be getting real. Great cliffhanger, and now I can't wait for the next in the series!