Mark Arnold:
Real HeroesHack/Slash: The Series + Hellboy: Darkness Calls
Hack/Slash: The Series
Genre: Horror
After a sneak preview on “Free Comic Book Day,” Hack/Slash begins in earnest as a comic book presented in the style of the more popular movies of the day like the Saw and Hostel series. The comic book boldly states, “Slated to be a major motion picture.” While telling her back-story, Hack is shown being slowly tortured by a skinless man. Definitely not for all tastes, but if you are a fan of extreme gore, then this is the series for you.
Hellboy: Darkness Calls
Genre: Horror
Hellboy is back in his first new comic book mini-series in quite some time. The reasons for the delay is due to changes in artists and due to other complications and even the Hellboy feature film coming out. It was definitely worth the wait, as this is definitely the same Hellboy of yore, filled with wit and subtle humor that has always made this series memorable. Hellboy is still as cool as a cucumber as he encounters a new group of misanthropes that torment him.
Mark Arnold is a comic book and animation historian and a writing, art, and film/video production professional. He writes comic books and articles on comic books and animation for various publications in addition to scripts, short stories and novels. He is also skilled in sales, marketing and promotion, and has film and TV production experience with digital video, video tape, and film. He has many online websites including Fun Ideas, Mark's Rare Comics, The Harveyville Fun Times!, So Rare!, and Food Shop. He also writes an (almost) daily blog and writes and draws a weekly comic strip called Protecto, the Little Robot. For the curious, Mark can be reached online at thft@att.net. Whew!