I am thrilled to be hosting a spot
on the HUMAN REMAINS by Peter Milligan & Sally Cantirino Blog Tour hosted
by Rockstar
Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About The Book:
Author: Peter Milligan, Dearbhla Kelly, Sally Cantirino
(Illustrations), AndWorld Design, Adrian F. Wassel (Editor)
Pub. Date: September 27, 2022
Publisher: Vault Comics
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 208
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
Alien meets A Quiet Place in this science fiction tale of terror for fans of Josh Malerman’s Bird Box and Tim Lebbon’s The Silence about a post-apocalyptic world in which monsters hunt the things that make us human – where feeling is a dangerous thing.
Live. Laugh. Love. Scream.
DIE.
Dax and Bisa love each other. But in this new and terrifying world, love is
dangerous. Feeling anything is dangerous. Love. Hate. Joy. Fear. Any of
these in strong doses will bring a swift death. Earth has a new and terrible
invader—monsters that smell the scent of emotion, salivate over the prey, and
hunt the very feelings that make us human. A shocking tale of pent-up emotions
and forced composure in the face of unspeakable horror…from one of the most
celebrated writers in comics, Peter Milligan (X-Force, Enigma, Shade
the Changing Man, Hellblazer) and breakout horror artist Sally Cantirino (I
Walk With Monsters, The Final Girls).
Collects the entire eight-issue series.
Reviews:
"I read this at a gasp, horrified by the bloody events as much as the too-familiar feel of a society self-destructing--even before the monsters come. A palpitating whirlwind of a start." -- Daniel Kraus (New York Times bestselling author of The Shape of Water, Trollhunters, The Teddies Saga, and Vault Comics' The Autumnal)
"As brilliant and incisive as ever, Peter Milligan questions what makes us human,and what motivates us to make the terrible decisions we inevitably make.”-- Kieron Gillen (Uncanny X-Men, Eternals; The Wicked + The Divine; Once & Future)
"Human Remains might be the scariest Vault series to date." – Gate
Crashers
“a brutal, visceral, soul crushing world where the barest hint of emotion can
lead to a violent and bloody death.” -- Multiversity Comics
As the synopsis states, Human Remains is a horror comic that focuses on existing in a world where heightened emotion brings about horrific death at the hands of a strange monster. These monsters appear out of nowhere when there's loud noise and lots of emotion, be it anger, fear, laughter, or love. That's right even just being happily in love can cause insta-death in the world of this comic.
This volume collects all eight issues of the series from Vault Comics and...it's a wild ride. I found it to be pretty terrifying and unsettling. I really don't like the idea of normal human emotions being turned into means of having your life end. That sounds like an absolutely miserable and terrifying existence - which this comic shows it as being. So definite props for that.
I'll also note that this is a mature comic. It is grotesque in its destruction and it has adult themes - consider yourself warned. If that's not your cup of tea, do not venture into this comic. Me? It isn't generally my cup of tea, but I really like reading a variety of comics (plus I kind of have to, since it's my job) - and I like seeing what new things comic creators can say about the human condition. It's also interesting to see what twisty worlds they'll come up with next because over the past few years I have read about some crazy worlds.
This one is definitely one of the most terrifying I've read about. I can't stress enough how unsettling this story was. How scary I found the creatures in this comic. The design in of itself isn't too scary - it's what is done WITH that design physically. It genuinely scares me. They pop up out of nowhere, they're huge, they rip people apart instantly. It's horrifying. Mission accomplished on creating a creature that I just do not like - because it's doing it's job of scaring me.
The comic focuses on several different people and the emotions they are dealing with. From a woman trying to find a cure for the world while raising a young son to a newlywed couple trying to find out how to express love and live day to day without the usual routines new couples have. There is also the story of an abused woman, a military man, and a community that might just have a clue about how to continue living.
The art is crisp enough to bring about disgust when the monsters appear and also conveys all the emotions on each character's face that you need to get connected on some level. It's bright and dark simultaneously. It feels really smooth and efficient at progressing the story along. I love that it isn't overly stylized.
Overall, Human Remains is a terrifying comic series that weaponizes human emotion against mankind and takes readers on a really dark ride. It's emotional, it's staggering, and it's definitely the kind of comic that leads you to ponder the question: how the hell would I communicate and blow off steam in a world like this? And I really don't have an answer. I'm loud when I watch sports and...it's hard for me to be quiet sometimes. It'd be a real tough world to be in and I'd hate it so, so much. I give Human Remains a Lone Star rating of ✯✯✯. It's not one of my top favorites that I'll revisit often, but it sure kicked off my October with a chill.
About Peter Milligan:
Peter Milligan is a legendary British writer of
comics, film, and television. One of Entertainment Weekly’s “it”
writers of the early 2000s, Peter Milligan was at the forefront of
the revolution in comics which were created for a more sophisticated, adult
audience.
Shade the Changing Man for Vertigo offered a skewered look
at American culture, while Enigma, Face, The Extremist, and Rogan Gosh pushed
the boundaries of what comic books could do. Milligan was the
longest-running writer of the cult horror comic Hellblazer, and his
take on Human Target inspired the TV series. For Marvel, the
hugely-popular X-Statix was a radical reworking of the X-Man
paradigm, described by Kevin Smith (CLERKS etc) as “the most well-observed
scholarly analysis of media-manipulation filtered through a pop-culture lens
ever committed to the page”.
Milligan is the screenwriter of Pilgrim AKA Inferno (2000)
and An Angel For May (2002) and currently is the co-creator
and writer of Human Remains for Vault Comics
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Sally Cantirino is a comic artist and illustrator
currently based in New Jersey. She has been self-publishing comics and zines since
she was a teenager. Her recent comics work includes I Walk With
Monsters and Human Remains for Vault Comics, “The
Final Girls”, “Last Song”, and “We Have To Go Back”. She has also done artwork
for World Champ Game Co and bands like La Dispute and Murder By Death.
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Giveaway Details:
2 winners
will receive a finished copy of HUMAN REMAINS, US Only.
Ends October 18th, midnight EST.
a Rafflecopter giveawayTour Schedule:
Week One:
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9/19/2022 |
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9/20/2022 |
IG Spotlight |
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9/21/2022 |
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9/23/2022 |
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9/26/2022 |
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9/27/2022 |
IG Review/TikTok Post |
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9/28/2022 |
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IGReview |
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10/1/2022 |
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