Decimation

Dead Men #2

by Dwight L. MacPherson, Zeke

In the golden age of piracy, Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, and Black Bart Roberts, the three most reviled pirates in history, contend for the most sacred prize the world has ever known - the lost Relics of Christ These relics are now owned by the museum and on display...but the dead have now come back for their treasure

104 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 2010

About the author

Dwight L. MacPherson is a winner of the 2021 Poe Society of Baltimore's Saturday Visiter Award, and a nominee for a Harvey and Eagle Award in 2008. He is a prolific writer, editor, and publisher with published work at DC Comics, Image, IDW Publishing, Slave Labor Graphics, SelfMadeHero, Arcana Comics, and several others. MacPherson currently self-publishes his work through Hocus Pocus Comics which he and his wife founded in January 2017 on Edgar Allan Poe's 208th Birthday. 

Born in Michigan and raised in Florida, MacPherson served 14 years in the Army and traveled the world before pursuing a career writing comic books and prose. He currently lives in a haunted library riddled with concealed doors, hidden passageways, and secret chambers at an undisclosed location in Florida with his wife, Rebecca.

Reviews

[Online Eccentric Librarian · Rating 1 out of 5]

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This ended up being quite a bit of a disappointment.

Right off the bat, the story made very little or no sense. The characters were unbelievable, did unrealistic things, and weren't helped by the artwork at all. For me, once I saw the 'girlfriend' of the supposed scholar protagonist drawn as a sexpot in a tight leather dress, I knew I was in trouble. Coupled with a Mary Sue (male-version) story and sub Top-Cow soft porn comic art, it just wasn't going to get any better. And it didn't.

I haven't seen any other work by the artist or author. But I don't feel this inane, ridiculous, story (scholar protagonist who can dodge bullets, punch hard enough to knock someone out, and outwit assassins all the time?) didn't do any of them favors. To be honest, I finished the book only because I hoped there was some glimmer of a reason why it was published. Definitely not for the jerky, hard to follow, over drawn art. Maybe for a surprise ending? Nope, never came. By the end, I didn't even bother to read the cliche'd speech bubble words.
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