Evil Cast – Volume 1 authored by Kyle Stück, illustrated by Enrico Orlandi, edited/lettered by Noah Baslé, executive produced by Jimmy Hubert, and published by Markosia Enterprises Ltd was a comic book that set out to be a love letter to horror, which I would say it did a pretty great job at.
Pretty much the story is this: Kyle and Noah are the creators of a podcast called The Evil Cast where they talk about everything supernatural. Eventually, Kyle starts having nightmares that he can’t seem to understand and that just cause more confusion and fear than anything. He doesn’t think much of it, just something unusual, until a fire puts his story into motion. Kind of slow motion at first since it’s not all revealed at first, but a kind of motion. When the unexplained starts happening, all he can do is try to survive, maybe throw up, and survive a bit more. Will he be able to uncover the reasons for his nightmares, or will his nightmares be the least of his worries?
Thoughts:
° The cover: the cover is awesome, and it was the first thing that sucked me into wanting to read the comic book. Everything in the cover goes so well together from the coloring to the details.
° The illustrations: the cover was just the beginning as the illustrations in the comic were obviously illustrated by a professional. And the chapter illustrations were so cool, even more detailed than the cover. The chapter 4 illustration was one of my favorites.
° The plot: everything in the story caused questions like why was this happening, what was happening, how did that happen, but as the story went on the questions began to get answered and it all seemed to flow together so neatly even in the chaos of the story. That doesn’t mean there aren’t questions at the end of the comic, but a lot of questions were answered, and the next comic will have to answer the rest.
° Humor: the story has humor mixed in with the chaos of the plot, and it meshes really well with the story.
° Gore: lots of blood and gore, so if you’re not a gore fan, be wary of that.
° Length: the comic is 163 pages so it should be able to be read in about a few hours or less depending on how quickly you read.
If you’re a horror fan, a comic book fan, and a gore fan, I would recommend you read this comic book because it will not disappoint.
Some quotes from the comic to leave you with:
“I had a good thing going in Fayfield and I would’ve gotten away with it too if it weren’t for you and your meddling radio show.” – Ruby (page 43)
“Move, Ya Dough-Heads!” – Mountie Ben (page 123)
“A nun and a cop smoking pot… Theres a joke in there somewhere.” – Noah (page 134)
I give this comic book 4.5/5 Kyle throw ups 💥
* I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily *
