Bizarre Fantasy: Volume 1

The amount of sheer, unbridled talent on display within these pages over the course of seven ingeniously illustrated and wonderfully told tales is staggering. They run the gamut from intense and introspective to whimsical and wild. The authors - L.A. Sykes, Kenneth Gallant, Mark Slade, E.S. Wynn, and Gavin Chappell - have joined formidable forces with the artists - Steve Wenta, Rich Leggatt, Tony Lovell, Stephen Li, Thomas M. Malafarina, Nikolaj Djatschenko, Amy Rims, and celebrity cover boy Stephen Cooney - to form a super-heroic team that would give The Avengers a run for their money. Their assembled super powers may not save the world, or even change it, but they certainly make it a much more interesting place to live when viewed through this pulpy, provocative prism. -Will "the Thrill" Viharo