Graveyard Shift: Collected Edition

Gaveyard Shift #1-2

by Jon Malin (Writer/Illustrator), Mark Poulton (Writer), Anthony George (Colorist)

Catch up with this collected volume! Collects Graveyard Shift, Volume I & II

96 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2021

About the author

Jon Malin is a self-taught artist who started his comics career in the independent market starting out on Digital Webbing Presents #1 followed by some cover work and various pin-ups in Image Comics. His first high profile break came when he was picked up by Rob Liefeld and asked to launch the Nitrogen and Supreme Sacrifice series, written by Robert Kirkman for Liefled’s Arcade Comics imprint. He then went on to illustrate a Youngblood revival for Liefeld in 2012. He was eventually acquired by Marvel Comics to illustrate Cable Deadpool before going on to illustrate New Warriors, Thunderbolts, and Cable.

Reviews

[blake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cheesy, corny, hammy, peppered with awful puns and utterly shameless in reference—and also a whole lot of fun—Graveyard Shift asks the question "What if all those old horror guys monsters futuristic techno-superheroes?" Sure, it's been done before, but never quite so gloriously over-the-top, with evil mastermind Van Helsing (secretly some sort of vampire/werewolf himself) is the President of the United States running on a "no more monsters" platform.

It's all power by Malin's hyper-clean (and a little stiff) art style, amazing coloring, and a balls-to-the-wall approach to storytelling. I can't say it always lands—I'm still scratching my head over what is going on in certain panels and what happened to certain characters—but I've noticed this a lot with the crowdfunded comic book guys who are doing their first passion project: They want to get all the ideas in and 48 or 96 pages just isn't enough.

Off to read part III now.

[Christopher Aldrich · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story. A few panels were a tad more suggestive than was necessary. One panel was shock violence for the sake of shock. This could have been great otherwise. Unsure if I will read any further or not. It was however, a creative way to do the famous monsters as an X-Men style mashup. I do give credit there.