My KILLER OF DEMONS. Let Me Show You Them.
-Chris’s Invincible Super-Blog.
-Destructo Co. -and yes the cover and interior pages do look different. There were 27 months between the one and the other. =P
KOD is out and it doesn’t suck. So you should all go to your LCS and/or Heavyink.com and buy it. Now. I’ll wait.
It’s been a very weird experience seeing this book go to print after such a long wait. I was pretty numb to the whole process for a while. It wasn’t until I got a few comps in the mail this last week that I started thinking, “Wow, this is really happening. Cool!”
I owe a lot to Chris Yost -it was he more than anyone that gave me the confidence to take the plunge and go freelance. He was a constant source of advice and encouragement when I was trying to figure out how to get from the life I had to the one I wanted. I am so happy to see him being recognized not just as a writer who can perpetuate a franchise for Marvel Comics, but as a writer who has a voice and ideas of his own.
KOD was a schizophrenic sort of book to work on. I did the White Castle Massacre while I was working for an antiques dealer. Then I did JENNY EVERYWHERE. Then I did ATOMIC ROBO #1. Then I finished KOD #1. Then I finished ATOMIC ROBO #2-#6. And THEN I did KOD #2 and #3. Just a few months ago I redid all the KOD covers. We’ve even had two or three different publishers, depending on how you look at it. So it was a pretty weird and disjointed journey. Thank god I have Chris to handle the business side of KOD or nothing would ever get done.
So far the response to KOD has been phenomenal. I couldn’t be happier.
I can’t find this article anywhere on NEWSARAMA. So I’m pasting it from the email I got. What is up with that NEWSARAMA (and CBR while we’re at it)? You’re Search functions are rubbish.
Killer of Demons: #1 of 3
Written by Christopher Yost
Art by Scott Wegener
From Image Comics
Review by Brendan McGuirk
David Sloan is just like you or me. He wears a shirt and tie to work, and can be found in his cubicle for eight hours each day. He wouldn’t make a very compelling hero, except he’s got this side gig. Oh, and that side gig demands he mercilessly slaughter the demons embedded among us.
Which is fortuitous, because it turns out following a white collar Killer of Demons makes for a pretty strong comic book concept.
My number one point of interest with this book was seeing the latest work from Scott Wegener. Were I a sports scout, I would compare him to a Ryan Ottley; they share the ability to provide straightforward, clean imagery that maintains their own distinctive flairs. Wegener didn’t disappoint. He captured demonic middle-managers every bit as convincingly as angelic Great Gazoos, matching style without sacrificing strong visual narration. It is his consistency that allows the story to mix Hellish monsters with the work-is-hell-ish mundane, without distraction. It just works.
Long story short, Sloan has been haunted by a foul-mouthed angel, given a mission to destroy the demons that walk the Earth, and the holy vision needed to recognize them. Now, if you’re saying it isn’t clear whether or not David might be a sociopath, don’t worry, he isn’t quite sure either. All he knows is that he sees demons all around, posing as humans as they inflict their evil influence over human matters both large and small. And he’s got to kill the hell out of them.
This opening chapter delivers. Our introduction to the Killer of Demons and his world is a well structured one. The story moves well, and with the dialogue even some of the demons come off amiable. There are a few large questions left unanswered, such as exactly why David must be this incubus executioner, and why he was selected. He faces these questions himself, though, which shows that Christopher Yost knows what he’s doing. Yost, most commonly known as the latter half of “Craig Kyle and ______,” does just fine writing a story without his usual keyboard comrade. Sloan is something of a blank slate, but blank slates generally make for the best action heroes. It is men of action, not contemplation, that make for fast paced adventure. Additionally, Yost instills in Sloan a dissatisfied desperation that really gives his bloody mission its reluctant charm.
There was one thing about this issue that seemed to betray its overall high quality. The decision to dedicate an entire page to a single, all-black caption of “Monday,” was either a poor storytelling decision or a page count flub. It wasn’t a fatal distraction, though, and was offset by a fun bonus gag advertisement. Still, it stuck out.
Killer of Demons #1 offers an original story from two solid pros, and shows the potential to be a successful action story with great visual contrast. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, which may just be the thing that makes it work. Well conceived, well written, well colored, well lettered, and well drawn, there’s really no sane reason to not check this one out.
RANDOM SPLENDOR
-Anthony Schiavino’s Sergeant Zero. I love Anthony’s work. More people should see it.
I want a “coffee of doom” mug.
I might have to move up my HeavyInk order to get KOD sooner. Or I could drive to Wilton, but probably not today.
Then you should visit http://questionablecontent.net/ because that is the name of the coffee shop in the webcomic.
I haven’t seen those promo posters before, they’re really good.
In continuing last weeks blog theme with asking about other work you’ve done, Scott, was Wrench Redivider a one shot or something? I haven’t heard about aside from the pages you have for sale, and it looks neat.
Hey Scott,
Nice to meet you at the Boston ComicBook Spectacular. Thanks again fro the great deal on those pages. Hope to see you at the Boston Comic Con.
JOSH B. you’d have to ask JOSH P. because i think he bought those pages. That WRETCH story appeared in NEGATIVE BURN #5 from IMAGE, a while back. It was a really cool idea that Phil Hester had to tell a 6 page story using only 3 pages of art. It was fun.
Right-O, many thanks.
Having looked at those KOD pages in your portfolio at shows and even watched you ink a KOD double page spread at Granite Con, it was cool to finally see this bad boy in print. It was a fun read and I’m looking forward to the next two issues.
Thanks for posting the KOD pin ups. I really like the one by Reilly, that guy’s going places.
Thanks Brian. Of got that email. Thank you for that as well.
We need to get Reilly a script for a ROBO B-Story.
[...] In Mr. Wallbanger’s review of Killer of Demons #1, he commented on the fact that the lead character looked different from the cover to the interior of the comic book. Having seen the review, Mr. Wegener saw fit to respond to this discrepancy on his blog - Scott Wegener i haz pencil: [...]
Hey Scott,
I’m trying in as many ways as I can to get in touch. If you have the time, I have a special request. Please get in touch! We knew each other’s families in Milford. (I’m Ryan, Maggie, and Willow’s mom.)
Val Kilmer is quite an old man today but he is still a great actor and handsome guy.:,,
mukhang malabo na yata magkabalikan sina James Yap at Kris.-:.