A Review of The Approach #1
The Approach #1
Words by Jeremy Haun and Jason A Hurley
Illustrated by Jesus Hervas and Lea Caballero
Colored by Brett Weldele
And letters by Ed Dukeshire
From BOOM Studios
Feeling chilly during those fall nights? Well, bundle up and peep the solicit:
In this turbulent new horror mini-series, a storm is coming that's bringing more than bad weather.
When airport employees Mac and Abigail find themselves snowed in after a blizzard, they witness a terrible plane crash.
After pulling a survivor from the wreckage, they realize a terrifying truth: this plane has been missing for 27 years!
The nightmare has only just begun though, as the people trapped in the airport soon find themselves confronted by what this plane actually brought back...
When I heard Jeremy Haun was bringing new spooky to comic shops everywhere, I knew I had to check it out, and I’m glad I did
In Approach, tension lies thick like the snow blanketing an airport runway. Barely staffed and low on supplies, a handful of airport employees are set to task with harboring the passengers of an emergency landing. People are cold and uncomfortable, and with only emergency power, it’s about to get colder. Suddenly, disrupting the dropping degrees, a plane crashes onto the ice-slicked runway.
What they pull from the wreckage is set to haunt both characters and readers for many a’ chilly night, as Haun and Hurley’s slow burn turns to a carpet of napalm spread across this comic’s hopeless setting.
Hervas and Caballero do a great job of portraying everything bleak and hopeless . Scenes are wide open and industrial, intensifying the frigidity of the narrative’s atmosphere. There are lots of shadows, lots of big, empty spaces where anything could hide, and Weldele colors it all in a grayed, flat palette that fills the narrative with a chilling, lifeless vibe.
As for letters, nothing ever keeps Ed Dukeshire from a perfect execution.
Trust in the Buzz: this book is about to get big-scary as it howls in ludicrous decibels echoing the walls of the narrative with delectable John Carpenter Vibes.
Snag this on the 12th.
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