Becoming

by Brooke Burgess, Sarah Machajewski (Colorist), Dane Cypel (Penciller)

The complete collection of Arcana's BECOMING! At a remote university, an angry young student faces the harsh realization that he has nothing to show for years of study. When he threatens his professor to teach him something real, he is drawn into a horrifying game of life and death. Soon, he will learn that the only rule is pain, and that true knowledge only comes when everything you believe has burned away.

Genres: Graphic Novels

101 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 17, 2012

About the author

BROOKE BURGESS was born in a tiny town on the eastern coast of Canada. After a youth filled with comic books, animation, and video games, he went on to receive acclaim for writing, producing, and contributing to groundbreaking interactive and multi-platform story projects. Cats had a presence in his home from the very beginning, quickly becoming his siblings, friends, and (benevolent) masters, and playing a role in many of his future works. Similarly, an old graveyard on a nearby hill was a real (and beautiful) thing in Brooke's youth, which probably influenced his love of scary stories.

Brooke has written for videogames (Need For Speed, Kessen, 007), animation (Broken Saints), comic books (Becoming), and film. He loves mythology, travel, really good TV series, and frozen yogurt.

Many of the events in his work (dream sequences included) actually happened.

Reviews

[Kris Shaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, this is some fucked up shit. Remember when you were 23 or 24 years old and thought that you had all of the answers to life? How the world was so simple and stupid but you knew how to fix it? An overly proud young man tries to challenge his college professor, Dr. Magus, and show him how much smarter he is than him. This leads to a game with unwanted consequences for our young antagonist, Mr. Price (I can't recall his first name ever being used). Sorry to be so vague, but if I go any further into the story I will spoil it for you.

This story relies more on tension than gore, and it succeeds. The writing, artwork, and coloring are all top notch. The story has a sense of sophistication without pretense, which is refreshing since they usually go hand and hand. If you are a fan of Horror comic books then you can't go wrong with Becoming.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

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