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Jazan Wild’s Funhouse of Horrors
Release Date: September 24, 2008
Publisher: Carnival Comics
Writer: Jazan Wild
Pencils: David Miller & Carlito Zuniga
Price: $2.99
Reviewer: Eric
When a new comic book company comes from the mountains you know its raining
love. Carnival Comics came from no where and they are set to wow comic readers
in September with Jazan Wild’s Funhouse of Horrors. Can these new comers on the
block show us a thing or two about independent comic books?
Is there really enough room for another comic book company? I’d like to think so
and thankfully Funhouse of Horrors is a good first effort from Carnival Comics.
Jazan Wild’s has a fairly interesting story in this comic book, but I couldn’t
help sense a few similarities too the blockbuster film, The Sixth Sense. Jazan
doesn’t steal everything from The Sixth Sense, what he does take is something
that unfortunately was bastardized by M. Night Shyamalan (Shyamalan’s career
hasn’t been good since Unbreakable (thank God)).
Funhouse of Horrors is a one shot in ways. The current plan right now is to have
these come out every year during the Halloween season. Releasing a comic book
like this every year is a neat idea, mainly due to the fact that it is a
seasonal based comic. Sure you could get away with a plot like this during any
month of the year, but I would rather read Funhouse of Horrors during Halloween.
It seems like the perfect Halloween comic for young adults.
The first half of Jazan Wild’s Funhouse of Horrors is on the slow side. Jazan is
setting up the issue in a slow manor, however when things get started they start
to get wild. Don’t give up with this comic book after a few pages. Funhouse of
Horrors may feel like other comic books on the market, but the real magic really
does start at the half way mark. If Jazan Wild made this into a mini series then
things might have been a little differently.
I thought both David Miller and Carlito Zuniga did a nice job with the art work.
Miller and Zuniga delivered some solid work in Funhouse of Horrors. I really
couldn’t imagine a real tone for this series; Jazan Wild made the story feel
like a mature scary story, hence making it common sense to have a modern/cartoon
feel to things.
Horror comic book fans may be upset to learn that the violence level is kept to
a minimum. There are about three frames with any real violence. I thought these
frames were real cool looking, but for some reason David Miller and Carlito
Zuniga kept things to a mild PG-13 rating. Funhouse of Horrors goes for the
scare factor, not the blood fountains we are use to from other comic books and
slasher movies.
Final Verdict
Jazan Wild’s Funhouse of Horrors is going to light candles on Halloween this
year. This comic book has enough in here to please both young and old adults.
Jazan is defiantly going to scare the masses this September with his Funhouse of
Horrors.
Rating
8 out of 10
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