AlbinoDarkBeast Reviews Freakshow #3 From The Bowels Of Hell

This site hacking thing really got out of proportion. I find it so hard to believe that an “adult” can take petty differences and blow them out of proportion so persistently. It’s this kind of behavior that perpetuates the immature comic freak stereotype we sadly have to live with. That and lame-ass cosplaying (guys: don’t dress up as SF’s Cammy or Kratos unless you actually WORKOUT, please!). Makes me wonder what else is lacking in their life (the hacker’s not the cosplayers’). Social validation after an adolescence riddled with bullying and public humiliation? Overcompensation for the lack of reproductive prowess? A less-than-adequate physique plagued by frailty coupled with unsightly table manners? All of the above?

Dear A-Hole who hacked our site: Keep it up. Every time you do, we come back bigger, better and stronger and you reveal a little more of what a pathetic, dysfunctional sad excuse for a human being you are. We find our security flaws and work them out. We weed out the lazies and consolidate our friendships. We retype articles and they come out a lot better the second time around. Keep waving your hypogonadism out in the open. Some will think it’s a statement of pride and support your cause, but the rest of us will grow up, move on and keep trying our best to make a kick-ass website for our readers to enjoy.

So, Readers, I apologize on behalf of ComicBookTherapy.com for making you witness the lame tantrums of a man-child. I truly hope we’ve made it clear so far that we are the bigger and better men and women and that we will strive to continue entertaning you for no other purpose than entertainment itself. No gain other than camaraderie.

While our content is migrating to a different hosting service, you may stumble upon some glitches and dead links. We keep finding broken stuff and are doing our best to rebuild. By the time we were hacked, I had 4 articles in the works, all lost. So instead of slaving away searching for the past reviews, I’m reposting my opinion on Freakshow #2 along with my review of issue #3. I’ll post a review on the trade paper back as soon as it hits the shelves. In the meantime, please enjoy:

FOR THE  REVIEW OF FREAKSHOW #1 CLICK HERE

FREAKSHOW #3

By the All-Father’s wrinkled left nut! Freakshow #3 is finally in my hands! And it’s Freakin’ AUTOGRAPHED!!!

It is truly a very happy and very sad day today. I know, I raved before over the fact that this was a mini-series, and that the work Server, Lanzig and Suitor was simple and straight-forward, yet so elegantly deep, it transpired something special when you immersed yourself as much as I did in such a short story. Still, I didn’t want it to end.

But end it did, and it did not disappoint.

Throughout its (regrettably) torpid publication, Freakshow maintained a very uniform standard of quality. Exceptional art, a wonderfully executed ambiance and an immersive and compelling story that immediately engaged you with a cast as diverse as it was gruesome.

My one complaint is purely administrative. It’s a shame that such a great book had to be held back over financial or distribution issues. Inconsistent publication dates could seriously hurt Ape’s sales in the future. But as long as those problems only affect Richie Rich, I’m cool with it (seriously, guys, Richie Rich?!).

Anyway, Freakshow progressed at a steady pace from the first issue, increasing in violence and accelerating in cadence until it reached an epic final issue filled to the brim with huge panels of artfully detailed gore and, more importantly, a thick, juicy slab of perfectly cooked writing (please refer to my “cheeseburger analogy theory” in previous articles).
It’s hard to fill a whole page without revealing any major plot details, because the story is linear enough to leave no loose ends. There’s a major plot twist in the end, as there always should be, and it’s as exciting to read as it’s heartbreaking to full grasp.

I’ve been warned by Ape Entertainment that distribution issues will make the trade paperback available before the 3rd issue comes out in many locations. This is the perfect opportunity to fall for Server et al’s work from the first page. Buy it. Support them. Grow beyond your own preconceptions of what a comic book should be. I promise you, you will not be disappointed.

About the Author: AlbinoDarkBeast  (14 Posts)

AlbinoDarkBeast is one of his generation's last true polymaths. He currently leads a nomadic lifestyle along with his laptop and beloved German Shepherd, Noelia, somewhere in Mexico; he enjoys reading fiction and writing about himself in 3rd person.