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LOUIS’ SERIOUS ISSUES >> 1.3.07 » Bookgasm — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:09:52 +0000

[...] FRIDAY THE 13TH #1 / A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET # 3 / THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE #2 (WildStorm) As the final entry on WildStorm’s troika of New Line adaptations, FRIDAY THE 13th, has some big bloody shoes to fill. Their first two books, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, stunned me, having been bored to tears by Avatar’s recent tales of stalk-and-slash mediocrity. WildStorm actually has risen these characters to new heights, giving them actual stories. So how does the Jason Voorhees entry do? It’s … alright. Not bad, by any means, but a pretty rote opening, featuring a group of kids chilling at Camp Crystal Lake, reciting the tall tales of Jason for one another, with Jason only appearing in the very beginning. But I’m willing to cut it some slack and give it an issue or two to get to the action. [...]

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LOUIS’ SERIOUS ISSUES >> 12.11.06 » Bookgasm — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:23:39 +0000

[...] THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE #1 (WildStorm) In the last installment of SERIOUS ISSUES, I raved about WildStorm’s new take on Freddy Krueger, and damned if they didn’t replicate that success with their vision of Leatherface and the whole Hewitt clan in THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Once again, I have to compliment the company for taking the series in a direction away from “let’s gets some naked girls slaughtered” and, instead, actually trying to create a cinema-worthy tale. In this title, the FBI, trying to solve the most bizarre crimes in the annals of American history, come to the small, inbred Travis County, only to find a certain lovable chainsaw-wielding maniac and his insane redneck family waiting for them. This is how you do a horror tie-in, folks. [...]