Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse: Calamari Rising #1 – Review

By: Ben Templesmith (Created, Written & vaguely Drawn)

Holy crap! What the heck is this comic about?! I didn’t understand anything of what was going on. Now, I haven’t read the previous series (I believe this is a mini-series), but since this is a #1 issue, I thought it would be accessible to everyone. Sadly, I was wrong. Good job, Templesmith!

So, the story is about this putrid guy (I guess he is a living dead corpse, if that makes sense), who gets scared about some dimensional rip in the sky and goes to put on his Robocop suit (probably to fight back because he’s the main character). There’s supposed to be a Calamari Rising somewhere – maybe it will in the second issue, but if it’s coming from the sky, shouldn’t it be descending? I don’t know, and I won’t know because I’m not picking this or any other future Wormwood issue.

I didn’t pick up 30 Days of Night because of Templesmith’s horrible art. And yeah, I know you shouldn’t judge the book by its cover. But whatever. I gave this book $3.99 and it stinks. (Grade: F)

-Daniel Yanez