Witch Doctor: Malpractice #4 – Review

By: Brandon Seifert (writer), Lukas Ketner (art), Andy Troy (colors)

The Story: With Penny out of action and Dr. Morrow fatally ill, it’s up to “everyman” Eric Gast to save the day.

Quick review: The Witch Doctor series has climbed to a pretty high point in my monthly reading stack.  It’s one of those rare comics that I just KNOW is going to be good before I open it up.  The story will always be clever and funny and the art will always be sumptuous.  As such, it’s one of the few comics that I just sink into and read without a lot of note-taking about the direction of the plot, the plausibility of characters’ actions or flaws in the art.  That simplicity doesn’t mean it’s “the best” comic out there; there are a lot of comics I enjoy like The Unwritten or The Walking Dead or Punk Rock Jesus that cover some challenging material and make you “work for it”.  Witch Doctor is more like Saga: Just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Witch Doctor: Malpractice #3 – Review

By: Brandon Seifert (writer), Lukas Ketner (art), Andy Troy (colors)

The Story: Dr. Morrow goes to confront the villains who infected him with a horrible disease.

Review (with trivial SPOILERS): Again, this is another wonderful issue of this series.  Witch Doctor is funny, snappy and expertly illustrated.  There’s really nothing to not love about this title.  If it came out 12 times per year, you’d see it on a lot of people’s “Best ongoing comic” lists.

Witch Doctor: Malpractice #2 – Review

By: Brandon Siefert (writer/letters), Lukas Ketner (art), Andy Troy (colors)

The Story: Dr. Morrow has been infected by a deadly parasite that necessitates some calls for magical help.

Quick review: Usually when I review Witch Doctor, I wax poetic – or try to – about the stunning artwork of Lukas Ketner.  We’ll get into some of the artwork below, but it would be unfair to not give a mention to the clever and fun story that is being written by Brandon Siefert.  There are a lot of parallels to other popular franchises like House, Harry Potter, Ghostbusters and Hellraiser.  I’m sure there are some cynical people out there who disparage anything as being a “knock-off” of some other franchise, but that really isn’t fair as there really aren’t any novel ideas and it all comes down to how well the creators execute of their story of choice.