Brimstone and the Borderhounds #1-4
Written by Brimstone, M.H Carnevali
Art by Sajad Shah, Thiago Castro, Allen Chickering
Hound Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Brimstone and the Borderhounds, if anything, is the progression of several artists and writers as they try to understand the intricacies of creating a comic. I have chosen to review all four issues of Brimstone and the Borderhounds because it needs to be examined in its entirety. I was fortunate enough to get all four issues instead of one at a time and thankfully it made a world of difference to this review and me.
The first issue of Brimstone and the Borderhounds left me feeling so underwhelmed that I could never have imagined that it could pick itself up and actually become a decent comic. As I continued reading issues 2 through 4 I was able to witness a creative team begin to come together and make something that surpassed each previous issue. Yes, there are many artistic errors in this book and yes the writing is often clichéd and painful to read, but it my attempt to understand and give this series a fair assessment, I will present it in its entirety.
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