Title: Hello Darkness # 12
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Out:
Written by: Chuck Tingle
Illustrated by: Chris Shehan
Colors by: Fabi Marques
Letters by: Jodie Troutman
I Can’t Take You Anywhere:
By: Robert Hack
Tiny Little Men:
Written By: Dave Wielgosz
Illustrated by: Riley Rossmo
Colors by: Inaki Azpiazu
Letters by: Shawn Lee
We Welcomed Them With Open Arms:
By: Brixide
Letters by: Pat Brosseau
You Can’t Make a Silk Purse From a Sow’s Ear:
By Jenna Cha
Something is Killing the Children: A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar, Part Six
Written by: James Tynion IV
Illustrated by: Werther Dell’Edera
Colors by: Miquel Muerto
Letters by: Andworld Design
Main Cover by: Miguel Mercado
Variant Covers by: Jenny Frison, Martin Morazzo, Dan Panosian, Andrew K. Currey & Miguel Mercado
Price: $ 5.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.boom-studios.com
Comments: “Out”. It all starts at a baseball game. Now, “Visitors” arrive on the plane, and for some unknown reason, the general public does not acknowledge they exist. This is strange. Plus, these Visitors are deadly. Why would the human race not fight back? Well, one human does fight back some and others follow. Humans do not go quietly into the night when threatened. It is great to see the human spirit rise.
The Visitors do have a frightening look as if they stepped out of a horror movie.
“I Can’t Take You Anywhere.” Three separate panel cartoons here, and they make no sense. They are not funny or scary.
“Tiny Little Men” A collector of heroic action figures turns out not to be so heroic himself. In a nice twist, his toys decide he is a villain, and they decide to collect him. This story reminds us all that toys are made to be played with first and foremost, and by children. The art is presented in a frightening style that might make you fear your toy superhero figures.
“You Can’t Make a Silk Purse From a Sow’s Ear”. A man who thinks his main reason for being is to breed finds out that he cannot, and this drives him to do something that is in no way what you will be expecting. The ending, though, makes no sense.
The black and white art is good, but nothing stands out about it.
“We Welcomed Them With Open Arms.” Aliens visit a planet and help out the people there. It seems as if the story is going somewhere, yet it never does. The art illustrates strange-looking aliens whose looks will be familiar.
“Something is Killing the Children: A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar, Part Six,” Erica Slaughter explains how kids and adults see the world.
Seeing Erica in action, saving a child is a scary sight. You might think it would be heroic, but it is not. Seeing a bartender who knows what is going on showing kindness and being thankful to Erica for what she does is such a heartwarming scene. The art is perfect for this story as it comes to an end.
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