#fantaco enterprises

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The Body Snatchers from Gore Shriek No. 2

adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson by Eric Stanway

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Vintage Magazine - Deja-Vu #01

Pencils: Bernie Wrightson Inks: Bernie Wrightson Colors: Bernie Wrightson FantaCo Enterprises (1982)

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The Die-Hard Fan from Gore Shriek No. 3

by Gurchain Singh

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Vintage Magazine - Gates Of Eden #01

Pencils: Michael Kaluta Inks: Michael Kaluta Colors: Michael Kaluta FantaCo Enterprises (May1982)

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Vintage Magazine - Hembeck Series #05

Pencils: Fred Hembeck Inks: Fred Hembeck FantaCo Enterprises (Feb1981)

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Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector #3

Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector #3 FantaCo Enterprises 2019 Written & Illustrated by Jim Whiting Lettered by Whiting Studio     Apocalypse in Pink!     Can Margo stop a sentient virus before it consumes the universe, and escape a time loop that always ends in her death? Margo and her crew face off with the deadly X15 in the conclusion of this mini-series. The universe will never be the same.     Okay so this series took me by complete surprise and when Jim asked to do some reviews on it I was happy to take a look. At first glance I had thought this wasn't for me, the artwork is reminiscent of old school indie books which depending on your taste can either be good or bad. So it took me a little ways into the book as I read the story to realise just how off the wall funny and irreverent this really is. I ended up loving this in ways I hadn't expected or anticipated. Before you even know it we are completely engaged in Margo and her life and we root, cheer and scream at her like she's that girl in a horror film heading towards the basement.     I really like the way that this is being told. The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is presented beautifully. The way that the story is easy to follow and how much this all feels like everything has this completely natural progression. The character development we see here is great as we start to see Margo's more than stacked she has some smarts to her as well and we keep seeing her evolution throughout the arc making her someone we want to know and see more of! The pacing we see here is fantastic and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists and turns along the way we see how it works with everything else to create the books ebb & flow.     I love Margo and how she finds herself in situations and circumstances generally of her own making. She's loud, obnoxious and shows off a pair you wouldn't believe and she's really not all that great at what she does but she never gives up and shows some stellar determination and chutzpah which in the end is what she needs to make it through to see another day. Plus I love how we see her interact with others and how she worries about her mum as she does.     The interiors here are interesting to say the least. The linework is rally thick, strong and confident in how it's laid down. While I would like to see more variation in the linework the attention to detail we see is pretty gosh darn good. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a good solid eye for storytelling here. I like the way that we see depth perception, scale and the overall sense of size and scope we get here. The colour work is pretty solid as well. I like how we see the colour blocking and how it's utilised to show shading, highlights and shadow work. ​     I like how this issue ends and the idea that this is going to be a series of small arcs, presumably since this is only three issues right now. There is a creativity and imagination that is on display here that is marvellous and needs to be seen. It is one hell of an original concept and it's incredibly well executed and it's something you should be reading during all this crazy quarantine business.

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Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector #2

Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector #2 FantaCo Enterprises 2019 By Jim Whiting     Margo is sent to pick up the trash on Terrex-5, but finds herself declared a long lost goddess! Released, the X-15 bio-weapon continues mutating, attacking the Intergalactic Waste Management headquarters. The stakes climb for our Space Trash Collector in issue 2: Uprising!     Well I have to say that this is a hoot and a half. It is like a comedy of errors one after another that just string along making this a pure comedy gem. One of the best aspects of this is the fact that Margo has no clue whatsoever that she's not doing her job to the best of her ability and it's messing things up all over the place. Of course that she doesn't see that and keeps going about her ways I think adds to the whole idea of who is as a person that just makes her that much more endearing.     I am enjoying the way that this is being told. The opening here is pretty perfect and I do enjoy seeing the whole days in the future when Raj and Gork are attempting to do what they are doing. It just adds this element of drama and that inescapable feeling of impending doom. It goes and adds that drama element that offsets the humour here and it's a nice balance to say the least. Also the commanding officer who is a complete and utter jerk well yeah that guys needs to e assassinated if anyone does. Or at least falls prey to whatever has been released into the galaxy that is being blamed on Margo, now wouldn't that be some tomfoolery.     The story & plot development that we see here through the sequence of events unfolding as well as how readers' learn information are laid down incredibly well. The way we see things unfold and how we see Margo going along with the flow instead of oh I don't know asking questions and finding out what things mean is so much fun. The character development here is really good. I like how with each time we see someone we learn more and more about them and it continues to paint this fuller picture for each person. Also that we see Raj and Gork in bed together was fantastic as I cannot tell if this is not just an interspecies relationship or if it's also a gay interspecies relationship. The pacing is well constructed and executed as it takes us along this weird journey and brings out these twist and turns to the story. All of this works together to create the books ebb & flow and I have this is so much fun.     The interiors here are cute. Jim does have his own style and while it isn't something I naturally gravitate towards they work extremely well within this story. The linework is good an strong and we see the varying weights so that the attention to detail comes out. There is a scene where Margo is on the ship on the planet facing the population and that scene is so amazing well rendered. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a skilled eye for storytelling. The colour work is pretty solid. There isn't much variation in the hues and tones but what we do see shows the highlights, shading and shadow really well. More so in the blue aliens but take where we can. Then there's Kane and his purple madness which is beautifully rendered as well. ​     The layers we see within this story is really great to see. How they are all going to converge is anyone's guess but we've got one issue left to find out. You really need to step out of your comfort zone and try a book like this. It is extremely well put together has fun, drama, danger and more and really who doesn't love to laugh?

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1981 - Anatomy of a Cover - The X-Men Chronicles By Dave Cockrum