Review: Coffin Bound TP Vol 1
Our lives are entwined with others in ways that, at times, we fail to see it as we are so wrapped up in our own short sighted perceptions. This is more true than you may think, given the way that the internet never forgets. With these actual footprints coupled with the digital ones, how could you ever hope to escape the mortal coil if you want to leave behind that which people view as your most important parts. Are the sum of our parts, really greater than than the individual parts, when those parts are the things that are held dear by those who are important to us?
Izzy Tyburn wants to get out her life. To do that, she decides to try an alternative Quantum Leap by going back through her life and trying to remove her presence from it. So begins a crazy ass road trip, with a talking vulture skull for company and monster Earth Eater as a trailing wind.
Dan Watters, of Lucifer fame, has crafted a story that is part grindhouse, part Mad Max and so crazy! Watters gives us a character in Izzy who has had her fill. She has survived her life to this point once, so going back through should be a doddle, right? Well, not quite; there is a darkness to her that permeates everything she has touched. As the road trip meanders through her life, we get to see some of the people she has met and their own excruciating existences, be it simply violent people or strippers that literally bare their soul. At times its a difficult read, whether you read mature books en masse.
As strong as the writing is, the art from Dani is more than equally striking. At first glance, you may recognise quite a lot of Frank Miller tendencies. This the more abstract version of Miller; think those little mini comics in the middle of the DKIII: The Master Race. Dani manages to take the best parts of that style and couples it with a bit of a wasteland wonderland, with Mad Max elements and a bar that could have been in From Dusk Till Dawn and that truly merits the name of Titty Twister. People who like consistent figure work and faces may not enjoy the art; the thing is that the book is an immersive experience to be read in one go to enjoy both the writing and the impact of the art. Dani has a true partner-in-grime in colorist Brad Simpson who paints the book utilising set colors for certain environments. This gives the book a an ever growing sense of familiarity that you may have missed if reading in floppy format. Aditya Bidikar is the letterer who has the hard job of getting the dialogue read without detracting from the fantastic art.
I remember looking at issue one of this book and thinking it wasn’t really for me. Now that I have had the chance to get more of the story I am intrigued to see how this series moves on from this point,
Writing – 5 Stars
Art – 5 Stars
Colors – 5 Stars
Overall – 5 Stars
Written by; Dan Watters
Art by; Dani
Colors by; Brad Simpson
Letters by; Aditya Bidikar
Published by; Image Comics
Author Profile
- I am a long time comic book fan, being first introduced to Batman in the mid to late 70's. This led to a appreciation of classic artists like Neal Adams and Jim Aparo. Moving through the decades that followed, I have a working knowledge of a huge raft of characters with a fondness for old school characters like JSA and The Shadow
Currently reading a slew of Bat Books, enjoying a mini Marvel revival, and the host of The Definative Crusade and Outside the Panels whilst also appearing on No-Prize Podcast on the Undercover Capes Podcast Network
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