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This is going to be a tad boring. I currently am awaiting a scanner to be delivered and you might ask why I need to tell you this? Well, looking over Kult Creations Shokwave page as well as the site in general I can find a cover image for issue 7 and that is it. Art styles have not changed and as usual all scripts are by John A. Short.
Nosperatu which is drawn by David Hitchcock just gets better. "Insane", "gory", "sinister" -all cover this one and it is still, in my opinion, a strip that one day needs to be made into a graphic novel. Hitchcock is obviously enjoying what he is drawing and that shows. Old Nosferatu never expected there to be radio in his time? Sadly it all led to Heart FM which is a horror in itself but not as big a horror as Nosferatu! Worth the cover price for just this strip alone.
Richard Pester draws Resistors in his own inimitable style. "Synthigeddon" indeed but some may ask why Mr Wallace is not more concerned about his hair? Fella needs some good hair treatment. The title splash page is really eye-catching and Pester's art seems to have gone up a notch I need to buy a red kimono. "It's plastic. About as sharp as a banana" is not a sentence I was expecting., WHAT is as sharp as a banana? Buy a copy to find out.
The Clock Strikes was okay but Adam Jakes' art style of photo reference is still jarring and I am wondering whether that might be down to lack of real backgrounds, with the exception of the splash page -see below. It's acceptable art but I just cannot get into it and I am still not sure why but at least that means I am looking at it and thinking!
Chris Askham's Anna Key was very enjoyable and his art style is improving and I like the way the borders had colour rather than just a white background. A question: would the sheriff hire someone to work as a janitor without running a security check? Your choice is (A) No. Why bother? or (B) Sorry, a what? I mean the person might have convictions or links to organised crime and.... oops. On an inspection day, too. But armed with a mop things should turn out fine.
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