Imagine: a Steve Niles comic for the whole family. Imagine no more: THE CRYPTICS, a one-shot from Image.
Written by Niles and illustrated by Benjamin Roman, THE CRYPTICS are a friendly gang of kids who are monsters. So you have miniature versions of Dracula, a Black Lagoon-esque creature, a Jekyll-and-Hyde nerdy boy and a Frankensteinian werewolf. They mean well. They get into mischief. Their eight adventures – ranging from playing in a wading pool to battling scary snowmen – can be as brief as one page, like an old Mad gag.
And something like this is almost review-proof: It’s cute, inoffensive and well-done all around. However, $3.50 for something that can be read in five minutes flat is steep. Then again, it contains no ads. –Rod Lott
OTHER BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THESE AUTHORS:
• BIGFOOT by Steve Niles, Rob Zombie and Richard Corben
• THE NAIL by Steve Niles and Rob Zombie
• 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: RUMORS OF THE UNDEAD by Steve Niles and Jeff Mariotte
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