Overall review
Insane is a good collection of illustrated,
horror-centric works that recall the bump-in-the-night humor, gore and morality
of EC/Creepy comics while updating
those underground elements with fresh-twist terrors and raw, artist-varied
artwork. Once
again “hosted” by The Grim Faced Pale One (a.k.a. the Grim Reaper), Issue 2 is more
mainstream and less sexually explicit than Insane’s
first issue. Issue 2 is worth owning.
Review, story by story
1. “Call of the Wolf” – Silvano and
Doug Randazzo: While driving back
from a Halloween convention, a man’s car breaks down in the middle of nowhere.
That proves to be the least of his problems when a monster shows up. Good,
familiar read.
2. “Sub Alien”– John Schumacher,
Doug Randazzo and Micheal Joseph: Excellent, clever and
funny story about two stoners who are visited by four aliens on a heavy metal
mission.
3. “Torture” – Doug Randazzo and Chris Laskowski: Visually- and grammatically-detailed vignette
about a slow, sadistic killing, sans whos
and whys. Solid exploration of its
titular theme.
4. “Who Gives a Nut?” – John Schumacher and Doug Randazzo: A suburban housewife feeds
birds and squirrels in her backyard, unaware that a predator lurks nearby. I
love the subtle, nature-based horror of this work, as well as how the visual
aspects add plot details to it. Excellent piece.
5. “Tales From the Cesspool –
S**twrecked”– Mark K. Allen and Doug Randazzo: Gross, imaginative and
ridiculous story about the aliens and the end of our world. This is a good, fun
work, if you are not squicked out by fecal humor.
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