Strange Kid’s Anthology: Volume 2

                

 

It’s Halloween people!  Well, almost.  The leaves are turning, AMC is filled with quality horror flicks (plus the return of The Walking Dead!), I’ve got the graveyard set up in my front yard to scare the neighborhood kids, my fantasy football team, the Bro Stache, is making its mid-season climb up the rankings.  As you can see, life is good!  Now if only I had something good to read. Oh wait!

Earlier this year, I had the fantastic opportunity to read and review the first edition of Strange Kid’s Anthology.  As mentioned in the previous review, I was pretty excited to hear that, not only was there going to be a second installment, but it was due out around Halloween.  Well, here we are folks!  The Kid is back!

This issue was a bit shorter, but when one considers the quality and twisted fun included on these pages, quantity ceases to be an issue.  Based on some of the references, I can tell that Mr. Scott and I are from the same era (wait a second… is that a Power Glove?!), which makes the journey even more enjoyable.
 

The interlude during the latest fly-by over the world of Strange Kid involves an interview with illustrator/director David Hartman.  I’ll be completely honest in saying that I needed to Google the name while reading the interview, but anyone who had anything to do with The Devil’s Rejects comic, based on one of my all-time favorite films, is alright with me!  Aside from that, his portfolio of work is pretty fantastic and the questions asked by Ron are just far enough away from the norm to make the interview incredibly entertaining.  I won’t give much away, but the lead question involves a fight to the death between Winnie the Pooh and the “mercury bear” from Prophecy. Needless to say, you won’t be disappointed.

The Strange Kid runs his usual gamut between zombie killer and medieval warrior throughout the issue.  And this time, all of the mayhem comes just in time for Halloween!  If you get a chance, swing over to the Strange Kids Club and grab a copy.  You won’t be disappointed!!


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Chad is a part-time blogger, full-time dabbler in all things awesome.  He's a home-brewing, comic book reading, professional hang-gliding instructor, who may or may not have made one of those last things up.  He has always had a problem with procrastination and swears actually grow up someday...when he gets around to it.