#first incision

[crystalstoolrecords-blog]

And just like that, FIRST INCISION has been released to the world!  BUY IT NOW!!

[witchdoctorpress]

This premiere issue of Robert Kirkman’s Skybound imprint is pretty impressive. When I first read the solicit (about a doctor who fails at his practice and decides to take up the mystic arts and keep one hand in medicine while the other is dabbling in mysticism), I couldn’t help but think this was a DOCTOR STRANGE rip off. But after reading it, I have to say that the difference between this book and the comics featuring Doctor Strange in recent years is that this book is actually good. With equal parts medicine and mysticism given much attention, this is the way Doctor Strange SHOULD read. I was really impressed with creators Brandon Seifert & Lucas Ketner’s attention to medical dialog as well as the occult. These guys know their medicine and seem to be interested in making this the level of medical thriller with an attention to detail that one might see on BONES. The thing is the same level of creativity is put into making the occult medically explainable which is something one may find in FRINGE. That’s about as accurate a description as I could possibly come up with. It’s BONES meets FRINGE. Which, to me, is a pretty fantastic combination. Criticism-wise: occasionally Ketner’s figures are somewhat stiff, especially when he draws the doctor’s assistant Eric, but Ketner’s design for the medical explanation for vampirism is one of the most creative explanations I’ve read in a while. Can’t wait to read more about this reckless doctor and his mad experiments. Kirkman has started off his new imprint with a winner. – Bug

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