Karney

by Bryan Johnson, Walter Flanagan (Artist)

Get your freak on with View Askew's Bryan "Steve-Dave" Johnson and Walter "Fan Boy" Flanagan! The circus has come to town and something is not quite right. Karney tells the tale of "Othello's Cavalcade of Oddities," a traveling sideshow of rag-tag misfits who breeze into town and promise the citizens the time of their life. What remains to be seen is how long the townspeople's lives will last.

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels

112 pages, Paperback

First published December 21, 2005

About the author

Bryan Lee Johnson is a writer, actor, podcaster, screenwriter and comic book writer associated with Kevin Smith and the View Askewniverse. He is best known by his local fame in New Jersey and appearances in filmmaker Kevin Smith's New Jersey films as comic book fan Steve-Dave Pulasti. He was also the basis for the Clerks character Randal Graves. Through his friendship with Smith, he was often involved in his productions until Smith moved to Los Angeles. He worked briefly at the Los Angeles branch of Smith's comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash. He became co-host of the Tell 'Em Steve-Dave! Podcast with friend Walt Flanagan and Brian Quinn. He also stars in the AMC reality series Comic Book Men.

Johnson has collaborated with Flanagan in creating comics adapted from their screenplays, including the 2004 miniseries Karney and the 2007 miniseres War of the Undead.

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 1 out of 5]

Vicious and disturbed, with no redeeming plot or art.
A grindhouse exploitation flick wrought in comic form.

[C.C. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wow, this was awful. I love TESD, and War of the Undead was fun, but this was a waste of my time. There almost no story here. There's no indication of why the carnies are acting as they are or what their plan may be. It's just violence and gore for their own sake.

[Robert Giesenhagen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yeah, so I thought War of the Undead was pretty rad but this was painful and really hard to finish.

[Lidia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lo compré porque me gustaron algunos de esta serie, y le daban buenas críticas, pero la verdad es que me decepcionó. Los personajes a mi manera de ver están mal desarrollados, podrían dar más de sí, pero no se explican bien sus historias o motivaciones. El dibujo tampoco me gustó mucho. No es horrible, ya que se deja leer, pero no lo recomendaría. Típica historia que te pretende sorprender con carnaza, pero sorprende lo justo, o más bien nada...

[Te Ve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oscuramente divertido. Situaciones y personajes poco correctos en la sociedad normalizada que oscurece y expulsa lo que no se considera normal.
El humor que nos provoca es nuestra propia auto protección al vernos reflejados ahí?

[Johny Rodriguez · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Evey Morgan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hacía tiempo que no leía algo que me desagradaba tanto. Una historia grotestca, vil y sangrienta que pese a lo que los autores comentan en el epílogo en ningún momento me ha hecho reír, todo lo contrario.

[Noeli Cobaya Debiblioteca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Escalofriante y bastante Gore. Vale la pena a los amantes de la sangre