Book Review: Spread, Vol 1 (No Hope)

I came across this one whilst researching sci-fi horror comics, and I immediately had to buy it. Itโs a total cover buy, but thankfully whatโs inside is just as awesome!!
SUMMARY: ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐๐ย #1-6.
This has to be one of the goriest comics Iโve ever read. So much steaming viscera, lopped off limbs, and gooey tentacles. The amount of red on the pages is seriously insane. Thereโs a forward by the artist in which he discusses his love for drawing disgusting things, and he ainโt lying! Seriously the art and creature design is next level here (and that coloring by @sobreiro ๐)
The numerous types of monsters, monstrous mutations, and human antagonists also gives a nice variety to the foes No must vanquish. No himself is a fun character to root for; the strong silent type with a heart of gold. Sure weโve seen all these character types and post-apocalyptic tropes before, but theyโre just done so well here that itโs a lot of fun!
Think a mashup between The Thing and Mad Max, then douse it in buckets of blood. Spread is an awesome comic and I canโt wait to get the next volume in the series ๐ค๐ป
Writer: Justin Jordan (@justinjordancomics)
Artist: Kyle Strahm (@kylestrahm_)
Color: Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro)
Letters: Crank! (@ccrank_)
Publisher: @imagecomics
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Rating: โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ