Elephantmen #56
| Writer | Richard Starkings |
| Artist | Shaky Kane |
"BLOOD AND SAND"
SHAKY KANE returns to ELEPHANTMEN to tell a chilling story of the L.A.P.D's Lieutenant Trench.
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8.0
Big Comic Page - James McQueen
Apr 29, 2014Its like a weird hybrid of Animal Farm and 100 Bullets and what a cool little comic it is. Read Full Review
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3.5
Unleash The Fanboy - Edward
Apr 29, 2014All in all, I feel this issue could be a lot, lot more. It's clear what the creative team was going for, but this ultimately feels like an experimental filler issue between larger pieces of work. Read Full Review
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1.5
I love Elephantmen and I've remained loyally subscribed to it for years. I move a lot but never fail to open a subscription at the lcbs because the individual issues have low print runs, I want to stay current, and I want to support the series. ... But then every so often the creators deliver an issue like this... Do not give Shaky Kane any more stories. There is no nice way to put it: his art looks simply terrible. I'll be very surprised if I find out that it took him longer than a week to render these interiors. He's better suited to more flat graphic illustration. He did not even bother to check continuity: sixteen pages in and Trench clearly has five (poorly drawn) digits on his hand, then I look to the right, to the very next page ove more
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