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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 27, 2021 9:24:25 GMT -5
Wow, I can actually participate in one of these posts, albeit with a delay...  Hotell (v2) #1, by John Lees (writer) and Dalibor Talajić (artist), AWA/Upshot Got this from Talajić himself when we met last week (he told me AWA sends him a whole stack of them as soon as they're released). The horrific goings-on at the small motel on Route 66 continue. In this first issue of the second series, a down-and-out family stops to spend a few days there while the father drives off every day to look for work. Their two bored children, a son and daughter, wander off into a small grove of woods near the hotel, and one day the daughter doesn't return as night falls. Their dad eventually finds her, but somethings seems a bit off. And it just spirals downhill from there. Like in the first series, each one of these issues tells a more or less complete story, but all of the separate issues kind of touch on each other (which is why I prefer reading stuff like this in the trade - like I did the first volume - rather than in monthly installments). Still, looking forward to reading more. It sounds like something right up my ally...but I've tried a few AWA comics and they all seem to fizzle pretty quick for me. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Dec 27, 2021 9:51:17 GMT -5
It sounds like something right up my ally...but I've tried a few AWA comics and they all seem to fizzle pretty quick for me. The first run of Hotell was really solid all the way through, and this one looks like it won't disappoint, either. However, Casual Fling, another AWA offering I read recently (also with art by Talajić) and reviewed in another thread last week, is more like what you describe: strong start but a somewhat unsatisfying conclusion. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2021 11:16:53 GMT -5
Wow, I can actually participate in one of these posts, albeit with a delay... Hotell (v2) #1, by John Lees (writer) and Dalibor Talajić (artist), AWA/Upshot Got this from Talajić himself when we met last week (he told me AWA sends him a whole stack of them as soon as they're released). The horrific goings-on at the small motel on Route 66 continue. In this first issue of the second series, a down-and-out family stops to spend a few days there while the father drives off every day to look for work. Their two bored children, a son and daughter, wander off into a small grove of woods near the hotel, and one day the daughter doesn't return as night falls. Their dad eventually finds her, but somethings seems a bit off. And it just spirals downhill from there. Like in the first series, each one of these issues tells a more or less complete story, but all of the separate issues kind of touch on each other (which is why I prefer reading stuff like this in the trade - like I did the first volume - rather than in monthly installments). Still, looking forward to reading more. It sounds like something right up my ally...but I've tried a few AWA comics and they all seem to fizzle pretty quick for me. Hotell is a great book.. but then again, I've enjoyed almost all of what AWA produces. best advice I can give for AWA? they tend to collect every series for $9.99 shortly after completion.
so if something sounds interesting? Trade Wait.
i've only been disappointed in one of their books that I simply did NOT care for when doing this.
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