Review: Severed #6

“Permanent Teeth”

Albert Einstein once said, “Insanity is doing the same thingover and over and expecting the same results.  By this definition, the creative team on Severed is Aileen Wuornos crazy.

Check the hyperlink and you will see that’s not a goodthing.

Starting at the very cover the same styling is repeated inthis book as it has been the past five issues.  There’s the torn cover to signify the Salesman biting throughit with his sharpened teeth.

Then there’s the same bisected frame of the Salesman drivinghis car.  I complained about theill-structured trick whenused in issue 5.  The art isokay.  Some of the illustrations ofthe Salesman kind of remind me of the Crypt-Keeper from EC Comics’ Talesfrom the Crypt. 

This issue’s story continues Jack’s journey with theSalesman.  After a fight with thecreepy old man who has teeth filed down so he can eat babies, Jack traps theman in a house and absconds with the car.

The lad finds his father’s house, but there’s a dark secretwaiting for him there.

Like the last issue, there’s not enough horror to be a funhorror book.  And there’s not muchelse circulating to keep me interested. When I reviewed issue 5, I though that this story may be too broad toencapsulate within the comic medium. Now I think that it’s like the dud firework in the great big packagethat only shits a few sparks when lit.

Score: 1/5

Writers: Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft

Art: Attila Futaki

Color: Greg Guilhamond

Publisher: Image Comics

Price: $3.99

Release Date: 1/11/12

Comments

[Dustin Cabeal]

I hated this issue, but I loved your random ass reference to a prostitute serial killer. LOL's all around!