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Spread #1-6
Spread, Vol. 1: No Hope
Ten years ago, we dug too deep and unleashed something we couldn’t control. Something that twisted and warped every living thing in its path. Something that remade the world in its own image. The Spread. One man has found a child who could save the world, but he has to fight monsters, raiders, cannibals, religious fanatics, and one cranky baby to do it. Collects SPREAD #1-6.
160 pages, Paperback
First published April 8, 2015
About the author
Justin Jordan
489 books90 followersJustin Jordan is an American comic book writer. He is known for writing and co-creating The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, Spread, Dead Body Road, Deep State, Dark Gods and Savage Things. He has also written Green Lantern: New Guardians, Superboy, Deathstroke and Team 7 for DC Comics and the relaunch of Shadowman for Valiant Entertainment.
In 2012, he was nominated for the Harvey Award for Most Promising New Talent.
In 2012, he was nominated for the Harvey Award for Most Promising New Talent.
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September 22, 2022
It's readable.
I've read (and liked well enough) Justin Jordan's Shadowman stuff, but Spread didn't quite do it for me.
You've got this sentient plague that is (as of yet) unexplained. A guy that cannibalizes his clientele that can't pay fines. Some kind of an evangelicalish doomsday preacher who thinks the plague is god. And an evil pretty boy who has mad fighting skilz and leads an army of bandits finishes out the rogue gallery.
Then there's No, the hero who says no a lot and is immune to the Spread.
The baby, who also narrates the story, Hope. Her bodily fluids kill the Spread.
Eh, eh, eh?! Get it? The title is No Hope?
And some mental chick who (I'm assuming) accidentally killed her own baby and has found a replacement in Hope.
The story is a lot of character info-dumps but without any real understanding of whatever this plague is, why it acts the way it does, or even how society works now. There's some mention of quarantine but I don't know if only this section of the world is quarantined or what.
Another problem is the art. It's just dripping with red gooey worm things, and as other reviewers have mentioned, it's kind of gory. But it's gory just for the sake of being able to say it's gory.
There are no real jump scares or OHMYGODLOOKATTHAT moments. It's juvenile and I didn't think it added much.
If I absolutely run out of things to read, I may continue with this.
I've read (and liked well enough) Justin Jordan's Shadowman stuff, but Spread didn't quite do it for me.
You've got this sentient plague that is (as of yet) unexplained. A guy that cannibalizes his clientele that can't pay fines. Some kind of an evangelicalish doomsday preacher who thinks the plague is god. And an evil pretty boy who has mad fighting skilz and leads an army of bandits finishes out the rogue gallery.
Then there's No, the hero who says no a lot and is immune to the Spread.
The baby, who also narrates the story, Hope. Her bodily fluids kill the Spread.
Eh, eh, eh?! Get it? The title is No Hope?
And some mental chick who (I'm assuming) accidentally killed her own baby and has found a replacement in Hope.
The story is a lot of character info-dumps but without any real understanding of whatever this plague is, why it acts the way it does, or even how society works now. There's some mention of quarantine but I don't know if only this section of the world is quarantined or what.
Another problem is the art. It's just dripping with red gooey worm things, and as other reviewers have mentioned, it's kind of gory. But it's gory just for the sake of being able to say it's gory.
There are no real jump scares or OHMYGODLOOKATTHAT moments. It's juvenile and I didn't think it added much.
If I absolutely run out of things to read, I may continue with this.
February 16, 2016
Bullet Review:
Other title suggestions:
The SPREAD of the Same Zombie Apocalypse Story
No Originality
Gore!
Am I Lone Wolf and Cub?
Trying to Be Saga
Yawn.
Other title suggestions:
The SPREAD of the Same Zombie Apocalypse Story
No Originality
Gore!
Am I Lone Wolf and Cub?
Trying to Be Saga
Yawn.
March 19, 2015
Ten years ago, Brian Bendis wrote House of M, an X-Men storyline where mutants stopped being born and their numbers shrunk to a mere few thousand. The day that happened became known as M-Day. Then, a year or so later, a single mutant - the first since M-Day - was born: Hope. She became the target of Mr Sinister who wanted to vivisect her and Cable ended up saving her, taking her back to the future with him and raising her as his own daughter. That storyline was a subplot in X-Men: Messiah CompleX.
So what does this have to do with Justin Jordan and Kyle Strahm’s Spread? Here’s their setup: humanity is on the ropes as something is killing them off. A baby holds our only salvation - a baby named Hope. No (that’s his name), a scavenger warrior, must protect Hope from harm as sinister forces hunt them. The two must somehow defeat what’s killing everything and save the world.
If you replace “humanity” with “mutantkind”, you’ve basically got the same storyline as Messiah CompleX. Real original, Justin Jordan!
Then again nothing is very original about Spread. It’s your basic end of the world scenario. Like in every post-apocalyptic story there are a few surviving humans huddled in makeshift camps, living a hardscrabble existence now that civilisation has been destroyed. Scavengers roam the blighted countryside with mohawks and outfits with spikes like in Mad Max. The monsters are big toothy red things that splosh around the land like the Dune Sandworms - even their designs are near identical to what was in the movie! When the monsters/things infect humans, the humans become zombies. A post-apocalyptic zombie landscape - as if the market’s not saturated enough with those kind of stories! There’s even a bad guy straight out of a generic manga: he looks like a model with long flowing hair and he’s straight up evil, vain, and handy with a sword. Oh and let’s not forget the evil preacher too!
There isn’t much to say about the paper-thin story: No and Hope (“No Hope”, geddit, that’s the subtitle AND describes their mission! Oh boy the layers on this thing...) survive against the Spread monsters, the manga villain and the evil preacher, and that’s about it. Tedious hyper-violent action (is there any other kind in a Jordan comic?) takes up most of the superficial plot.
It’s completely unengaging to see these non-characters go through the motions and yet again I found myself wondering how Justin Jordan wrote something so poor. I think he’s a one-trick pony - Luther Strode was good, but everything else? Really, really bad. (I suppose the Shadowman reboot was ok - a two-trick pony!)
X-Men: Messiah CompleX wasn’t that great a book either but compared to Spread, it’s a bona fide masterpiece! This is a really unimaginative take on the post-apocalyptic genre that does nothing new and totally fails to entertain. The art is so-so but, once again, Justin Jordan’s script is a massive let down. Who knew post-apocalyptic monster madness could be so boring?
So what does this have to do with Justin Jordan and Kyle Strahm’s Spread? Here’s their setup: humanity is on the ropes as something is killing them off. A baby holds our only salvation - a baby named Hope. No (that’s his name), a scavenger warrior, must protect Hope from harm as sinister forces hunt them. The two must somehow defeat what’s killing everything and save the world.
If you replace “humanity” with “mutantkind”, you’ve basically got the same storyline as Messiah CompleX. Real original, Justin Jordan!
Then again nothing is very original about Spread. It’s your basic end of the world scenario. Like in every post-apocalyptic story there are a few surviving humans huddled in makeshift camps, living a hardscrabble existence now that civilisation has been destroyed. Scavengers roam the blighted countryside with mohawks and outfits with spikes like in Mad Max. The monsters are big toothy red things that splosh around the land like the Dune Sandworms - even their designs are near identical to what was in the movie! When the monsters/things infect humans, the humans become zombies. A post-apocalyptic zombie landscape - as if the market’s not saturated enough with those kind of stories! There’s even a bad guy straight out of a generic manga: he looks like a model with long flowing hair and he’s straight up evil, vain, and handy with a sword. Oh and let’s not forget the evil preacher too!
There isn’t much to say about the paper-thin story: No and Hope (“No Hope”, geddit, that’s the subtitle AND describes their mission! Oh boy the layers on this thing...) survive against the Spread monsters, the manga villain and the evil preacher, and that’s about it. Tedious hyper-violent action (is there any other kind in a Jordan comic?) takes up most of the superficial plot.
It’s completely unengaging to see these non-characters go through the motions and yet again I found myself wondering how Justin Jordan wrote something so poor. I think he’s a one-trick pony - Luther Strode was good, but everything else? Really, really bad. (I suppose the Shadowman reboot was ok - a two-trick pony!)
X-Men: Messiah CompleX wasn’t that great a book either but compared to Spread, it’s a bona fide masterpiece! This is a really unimaginative take on the post-apocalyptic genre that does nothing new and totally fails to entertain. The art is so-so but, once again, Justin Jordan’s script is a massive let down. Who knew post-apocalyptic monster madness could be so boring?
July 21, 2015
Completely uninspired, generic, poorly executed... There is no shortage of post-apocalyptic horror stories, so don't waste your time with this garbage.
August 6, 2015
Lone Wolf & cub meet Mad Max and John Carpenter's The Thing. Nice.
March 23, 2018
This was over the top yet entertaining. That pretty much describes every single book I've read by Justin Jordan.
So think Mad Max but with a baby. So NO (That's the main character's name) finds a baby after he kills some insane assholes who just murdered a woman holding the baby. After he does you begin to learn about the world and the "Spread" which is a virus like thing that creates big squid like monsters among other weird ass looking creatures. However, they are not even the real threat. It's the other humans and we're introduced to a big fat motherfucker who is powerful as shit and a fancy pants looking dude who fights real well, and it becomes a fight to whoever can get the baby called Hope!
Good: The story jumps quick and the pacing is solid. Tons of brutal fight scenes, a cute yet ugly baby, a insane woman who can fight, a Asian warrior called NO who can slaughter you, and more. It's over the top yet somehow always entertaining.
Bad: It's not very original. It really is just mad max meets any zombie like story. Also the art can be a little off putting, with very ugly characters.
Overall fun just like Jordan's other books. I'm glad he has fun writing them since they are pretty fun to read. I haven't read an AMAZING one yet but this still was solid entertainment. A 3 out of 5.
So think Mad Max but with a baby. So NO (That's the main character's name) finds a baby after he kills some insane assholes who just murdered a woman holding the baby. After he does you begin to learn about the world and the "Spread" which is a virus like thing that creates big squid like monsters among other weird ass looking creatures. However, they are not even the real threat. It's the other humans and we're introduced to a big fat motherfucker who is powerful as shit and a fancy pants looking dude who fights real well, and it becomes a fight to whoever can get the baby called Hope!
Good: The story jumps quick and the pacing is solid. Tons of brutal fight scenes, a cute yet ugly baby, a insane woman who can fight, a Asian warrior called NO who can slaughter you, and more. It's over the top yet somehow always entertaining.
Bad: It's not very original. It really is just mad max meets any zombie like story. Also the art can be a little off putting, with very ugly characters.
Overall fun just like Jordan's other books. I'm glad he has fun writing them since they are pretty fun to read. I haven't read an AMAZING one yet but this still was solid entertainment. A 3 out of 5.
June 19, 2015
From Netgalley.
A fun story with some quirky, messed up characters and a gnarly evil creatures that have pretty much destroyed the world. Humanity's hope for salvation: a putty-faced baby, an insane woman who may or may not be baby's mother, and a man named NO who kicks major butt and usually only says, you guessed it, NO. The creatures/aliens/ravenousbeasthings look like someone's insides with teeth and eyes, some are wormlike, some can hide in human form, some are tentacled, but all of them come to life with some neat and gruesome artwork.
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"The book you're holding is gross. A lot of gruesome things happen to well-intentioned people." So ends the forward to the first volume of The Spread. I am practically rubbing my hands together with glee!
April 12, 2015
The earth has been taken over by something akin to The Thing (as envisioned in the John Carpenter film) in its final version, tendrils under everything on the arctic base. This is "the spread," some sort of alien life form that is gradually spreading its hold/control. Small pockets of humanity remain, but they are hardened by the needs of day-to-day survival and life is pretty grim. In this wasteland, there is a warrior called "No," largely because that seems to be the sum of what he says when engaged in conversation. No stumbles upon the wreckage of an airplane and finds a surviving woman who tells him he must find "her." "She" turns out to be a baby, the last thing No wants to care for, but when things look pretty bleak, after he's fought and killed off a band of marauders and the spread is closing in, it turns out the baby's tears (and other bodily fluids--there's a great sequence where spit-up is used as a weapon) can kill the spread. Suddenly, the baby, "Hope," is a valuable commodity, sought after by a variety of damaged men and women. This isn't perhaps the most original story ever told, but it is an interesting alternate take on an apocalyptic dystopia. This isn't the usual zombies or vampires take over the world kind of thing. But it's a fun opening salvo to a story that will hopefully add some more complexity as it continues. The artwork is just the right level of ugly and is pretty gleeful in its depiction of horrendous violence, committed by both the spread and by No, with his pair of hatchets, as well as a variety of other characters. It will be interesting to see where this goes.
July 21, 2015
Wow. Well, the thing to like about this book is artist Kyle Strahm's exuberant introduction that has shaped a lot of reader response to this book. He begins, "I like to make a drawing so gross it makes me chuckle." And the book jacket blurbs and some Goodreads reviews I skimmed agree with him, mentioning the word gross and chuckles/laughs specifically. Though I also see many GR reviews think it's gross and laugh AT it. Not me. I think it's gross and not funny enough to laugh at. It's a splatterfest, which I know for some people is hilarious. But there is not an original idea in it, and it's not really compelling unless your purpose is to see how many ways people can die or be brutalized. Hehehe, I guess, for some. But not for me.
I think this also gets categorized as horror, but Strahm doesn't see it that way. I don't either. You have to have some kind of stake in the characters for horror, I think. You would have to elevate your craft to get to horror. And he doesn't aspire to that, he even admits himself. Well, I think the art drives this project, and not the story, and it's just gross art that drives it. So good for you, Kyle. You got what you wanted, I guess. And some people like it, too. Not me, though.
I think this also gets categorized as horror, but Strahm doesn't see it that way. I don't either. You have to have some kind of stake in the characters for horror, I think. You would have to elevate your craft to get to horror. And he doesn't aspire to that, he even admits himself. Well, I think the art drives this project, and not the story, and it's just gross art that drives it. So good for you, Kyle. You got what you wanted, I guess. And some people like it, too. Not me, though.
December 15, 2017
Filled to the brim with action and characters and details. I like this sort of thing, horror comics, and I enjoyed this one to a large extent. Kyle Strahm's over-the-top artwork was fun to look at, even if those Spread creatures were difficult to find believable. They just look like an amorphous mess of guts and teeth.
I think Justin Jordan's storytelling method adds to the exhaustion of this story. Nothing happens at a slow pace. And that narration, that Saga-like narration of the baby, Hope, telling the reader what's happening just grows tiring. Sometimes comics don't know when to stop telling us what's going on. The visuals would be enough.
The action is relentless, but Jordan fails to build up any suspense. Something could happen at any time without rhyme or reason. Just as somebody looks about to be impaled, another character or event comes to the rescue. Or, said character does get impaled but still seems okay.
I liked Spread in the early chapters when it was simpler. When the story adds the multitude of villainous characters all with their differing (and sometimes unknown) motivations, it gets messy. And I don't just mean the blood and guts. But if all of this sounds like something you'd enjoy, then Spread won't disappoint.
I think Justin Jordan's storytelling method adds to the exhaustion of this story. Nothing happens at a slow pace. And that narration, that Saga-like narration of the baby, Hope, telling the reader what's happening just grows tiring. Sometimes comics don't know when to stop telling us what's going on. The visuals would be enough.
The action is relentless, but Jordan fails to build up any suspense. Something could happen at any time without rhyme or reason. Just as somebody looks about to be impaled, another character or event comes to the rescue. Or, said character does get impaled but still seems okay.
I liked Spread in the early chapters when it was simpler. When the story adds the multitude of villainous characters all with their differing (and sometimes unknown) motivations, it gets messy. And I don't just mean the blood and guts. But if all of this sounds like something you'd enjoy, then Spread won't disappoint.
May 25, 2015
This was entertaining enough, but the setting and story were definitely nothing special. Spread takes place in an oft-done post-apocalyptic setting reminiscent of Mad Max and Borderlands, with an aesthetic of everything and everyone being rundown, and looking like stereotypical rural gang members with their clothes more torn up. The main character, No, doesn't say much, except for "No," and is the stereotypical stoic, survivor man, and Hope (unsubtley named) is the literal child who may provide salvation for the world. The No-Hope (haha, get it?) dynamic is reminiscent of Jeff LeMire's Sweet Tooth or Lone Wolf and Cub, but this series is not as well written. The main strength of this title are creepy and shocking, but somehow not vomit-inducing horror illustrations.
April 9, 2021
This is entertaining. I'm still getting into graphic novels, so there's a lot I haven't read, but I have read Saga, and this book seemed a bit to similar to Saga to be considered original. Also, dystopian societies with a monster threat and an equally evil human threat has been done to death too. So nothing new here, but I can't really say I disliked it. The art is interesting. I will probably check out the second book.
October 1, 2018
Story's interesting, but nothing new. As many before said, it's basically Mad Max. Artwork is so sooo weird and ugly, but I kind of love how the Spread looked like. I'm not sure if I want to continue with this, maybe sometime later. Blood and gore's fine too.
May 12, 2015
'Spread, Volume 1: No Hope' is what would happen if Lone Wolf and Cub ended up in a strange post-apocalyptic world filled with monsters. It's gleefully gruesome, and was a total guilty pleasure for me.
It's 10 years after the monsters came. No is a double axe wielding scavenger who manages to survive with violence and his limited vocabulary. He finds a baby named Hope in a plane crash, and the baby seems to have strange power that might mean a brighter future for mankind. That's assuming No and Hope can survive monsters that burrow and billow from the ground, slave traders, cannibals, religious fanatics, and megalomaniacs along the way. They find help in Molly, a woman who has gone a bit crazy, but would do anything to save Hope. Will this baby save the world? Will No say anything besides 'No?'
The blades and body parts fly about liberally. the color palette is mainly red. There are tentacles everywhere. I kind of loved it, but it is certainly not for the faint of heart. I really liked the characters created here. No is the silent but deadly hero. Molly reminded me of some of my punk favorite anti-heros from the 1980s. I dug it.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Image Comics, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this grisly graphic novel.
It's 10 years after the monsters came. No is a double axe wielding scavenger who manages to survive with violence and his limited vocabulary. He finds a baby named Hope in a plane crash, and the baby seems to have strange power that might mean a brighter future for mankind. That's assuming No and Hope can survive monsters that burrow and billow from the ground, slave traders, cannibals, religious fanatics, and megalomaniacs along the way. They find help in Molly, a woman who has gone a bit crazy, but would do anything to save Hope. Will this baby save the world? Will No say anything besides 'No?'
The blades and body parts fly about liberally. the color palette is mainly red. There are tentacles everywhere. I kind of loved it, but it is certainly not for the faint of heart. I really liked the characters created here. No is the silent but deadly hero. Molly reminded me of some of my punk favorite anti-heros from the 1980s. I dug it.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Image Comics, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this grisly graphic novel.
April 23, 2015
It's definitely the same formula we have all seen over and over - a disease has ended pretty much all of civilization and the few survivors have gone feral yada yada. This time though, the "disease" is a living entity that shifts and mutates and has nasty teeth.
Not for the faint of stomach, the imagery here is VERY bloody and graphic and brutal. Lots of blood and guts and yuck. Also some boobs.
One nice touch though is that the ass-kicking hero here is very quietly gay, and the book doesn't make this a big deal, just sort of throws it in there under the radar very neatly. I thought that was cool since there are so few portrayals of super tough gay men in literature, let alone in graphic novels.
Not for the faint of stomach, the imagery here is VERY bloody and graphic and brutal. Lots of blood and guts and yuck. Also some boobs.
One nice touch though is that the ass-kicking hero here is very quietly gay, and the book doesn't make this a big deal, just sort of throws it in there under the radar very neatly. I thought that was cool since there are so few portrayals of super tough gay men in literature, let alone in graphic novels.
December 8, 2015
This story is another super fun post apocalyptic thrill ride from Image Comics. The main character No is a total bad ass and his traveling made Crazy Molly is just that. I'm sensing that the characters and story will develop into something quite special as the story progresses. I'll be adding this title to my list for next year for sure.
April 8, 2021
I came across this one whilst researching sci-fi horror comics, and I immediately had to buy it. It’s a total cover buy, but thankfully what’s inside is just as awesome!!
This has to be one of the goriest comics I’ve ever read. So much steaming viscera, lopped off limbs, and gooey tentacles. The amount of red on the pages is seriously insane. There’s a forward by the artist in which he discusses his love for drawing disgusting things, and he ain’t lying! Seriously the art and creature design is next level here (and that coloring by @sobreiro 😍)
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 we’ve seen all these character types and post-apocalyptic tropes before, but they’re just done so well here that it’s 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 can’t wait to get the next volume in the series 🤘🏻
Writer: Justin Jordan (@justinjordancomics)
Artist: Kyle Strahm (@kylestrahm_)
Color: Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro)
Letters: Crank! (@ccrank_)
Publisher: @imagecomics
This has to be one of the goriest comics I’ve ever read. So much steaming viscera, lopped off limbs, and gooey tentacles. The amount of red on the pages is seriously insane. There’s a forward by the artist in which he discusses his love for drawing disgusting things, and he ain’t lying! Seriously the art and creature design is next level here (and that coloring by @sobreiro 😍)
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 we’ve seen all these character types and post-apocalyptic tropes before, but they’re just done so well here that it’s 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 can’t wait to get the next volume in the series 🤘🏻
Writer: Justin Jordan (@justinjordancomics)
Artist: Kyle Strahm (@kylestrahm_)
Color: Felipe Sobreiro (@sobreiro)
Letters: Crank! (@ccrank_)
Publisher: @imagecomics
December 16, 2022
Spread has been hanging out in my Calibre for two and a half years. But I finally read it. It's super gory, but that's contrasted with an endearingly upbeat narrative. Some of it is admittedly cliched—the baby-obsessed woman, for example. But there are so many little jokes built around the word/name No. I liked the morally grey characters, and the whole thing has an interesting premise. I'd read more.
March 29, 2018
I picked this up in a whim and I'm so happy I did! The story and dialogue had me entertained from start to finish and I loved the grisly artwork. It really reminded me of various films and stories from my childhood. can't wait for volume 2!
March 20, 2019
Krew, flaki, mózgi na wierzchu, wybuchające wnętrzności, bejbik jako broń biologiczna, dystopiczne społeczeństwo i główny bohater, który wygląda jak Logan, a podobno jest Azjatą? Co może pójść źle XD bardzo mi się podobało. Lubię takie klimaty - tak obrzydliwie, że aż fajnie.
September 3, 2021
3.5 rounded up. Find graphics novels a bit short to get into, but this had some nice ideas and good artwork
October 16, 2016
I had never heard of this one until one of my friends asked if I wanted to borrow it. Of course I said sure. I'm a big fan of really dark post-apocalyptic fiction, and this exactly fits that bill. I will agree with others who say it's not breaking any new ground - I was reminded of three or four other works really strongly while reading this. But the reality is that I still really enjoyed reading it. I enjoyed the narrative style. The art is not pretty, but it suits the story that it's telling very well indeed. I enjoyed the characters that we've been introduced to so far, particularly No. I definitely will be continuing with the series.
August 28, 2022
I wanted to dislike this as just an excuse for gore porn, but I'd be lying if I didn't say I got intrigued by the world and characters. It reminded me a lot of the early days of Crossed, when there was a purpose to the violence, rather than it being an ends in itself.
It's not a super complex story at this point, and it's borrowing a bit of Saga's storytelling approach by having a future version of the main character narrating, but the spread makes for a disturbing world to exist in, and what it has driven the humans to isn't much better.
So if you can get through all the gore you'll be rewarded with the foundations of a story that does show some potential. But it is a LOT of gore to wade through.
It's not a super complex story at this point, and it's borrowing a bit of Saga's storytelling approach by having a future version of the main character narrating, but the spread makes for a disturbing world to exist in, and what it has driven the humans to isn't much better.
So if you can get through all the gore you'll be rewarded with the foundations of a story that does show some potential. But it is a LOT of gore to wade through.
September 8, 2022
Imagine if John Carpenter's The Thing infected Canada and turned it into an arctic Mad Max. Meanwhile Lone Wolf and Cub roam the countryside. There's not much original here. Mostly what it contains is gross gore and Jordan and Straihm confuse gore for horror. Gore isn't scary, it's just gross. This lost my interest really quickly.
February 25, 2017
I'm not normally one for super gore or the horror genre in particular, but Spread was a brilliant blend of post-Armageddon future-scape, combined with a few intriguing characters and a butt-load of viscera. I loved the coloring of the book and the way it throws the reader right into the mix without having to bother with preamble.
Favorite character has to be "Fat Jack".
Favorite character has to be "Fat Jack".
September 18, 2015
Ibland stöter en på sånt som bara är så jävla mitt i prick, som känns skapat med mig i åtanke. Spread är en serie som innehåller allt det där jag älskar. Postapokalyps! Tentakler! Splatter!
The Spread är en vidrig skapelse som påminner om smittan i John Carpenters rysare The Thing. Och det är mycket som lånar från populärkulturens vrår från förr. Författaren Justin Jordan hymlar inte med sina influenser. På första sidan av volymen delger han sin kärlek till 80- och 90-talets filmer som inspirerat honom. Spread är en hyllning till hans uppväxt och många andras, min egen till exempel.
Något djup finns inte att tala om och dialogen är inte direkt medryckande. Det här är spektakulärt underhållningsvåld utan krusiduller. Spread är köttig läsning med fokus på att visa upp coola actionsekvenser. Ibland räcker det så. Jag blev fullkomligt hänförd av serien och sträckläste den första volymen. Men det är klart, lite mer karaktärsutveckling och intressanta vändningar i berättelsen skulle uppskattas i framtida nummer.
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The Spread är en vidrig skapelse som påminner om smittan i John Carpenters rysare The Thing. Och det är mycket som lånar från populärkulturens vrår från förr. Författaren Justin Jordan hymlar inte med sina influenser. På första sidan av volymen delger han sin kärlek till 80- och 90-talets filmer som inspirerat honom. Spread är en hyllning till hans uppväxt och många andras, min egen till exempel.
Något djup finns inte att tala om och dialogen är inte direkt medryckande. Det här är spektakulärt underhållningsvåld utan krusiduller. Spread är köttig läsning med fokus på att visa upp coola actionsekvenser. Ibland räcker det så. Jag blev fullkomligt hänförd av serien och sträckläste den första volymen. Men det är klart, lite mer karaktärsutveckling och intressanta vändningar i berättelsen skulle uppskattas i framtida nummer.
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December 27, 2015
This title gets a lot of shit for being a rip off of stuff. I prefer to think of these things as influences, but I can totally understand the complaint.
This is the second title I've read from Justin Jordan, and he seems to be very good at being Comicdom's George Lucas. He takes pieces of other successful, iconic works and puts them together into something that's a classic on its own.
"Spread" is heavily influenced by John Carpenter's "The Thing" in style and tone. Jordan then mixes in some of BKV's "Saga", and a bunch of classic post apocalyptic tropes. Strahm's scratchy art, spiny blood tentacle monsters and ugly faces fit the book's tone perfectly.
Much like John Carpenter's work, this book isn't for everyone. But there is a lot of enjoyment to be found here, if it is up your alley.
This is the second title I've read from Justin Jordan, and he seems to be very good at being Comicdom's George Lucas. He takes pieces of other successful, iconic works and puts them together into something that's a classic on its own.
"Spread" is heavily influenced by John Carpenter's "The Thing" in style and tone. Jordan then mixes in some of BKV's "Saga", and a bunch of classic post apocalyptic tropes. Strahm's scratchy art, spiny blood tentacle monsters and ugly faces fit the book's tone perfectly.
Much like John Carpenter's work, this book isn't for everyone. But there is a lot of enjoyment to be found here, if it is up your alley.
October 2, 2019
The story contains the regular ingredients for a dystopia - scavengers, bloodthirsty gangs, ruthless leaders, quirky characters and violence galore. The artwork uses a lot of red ink for the visceral action scenes which are quite enjoyable in their over-the-top nature. I suppose you shouldn't eat while reading this, since the grotesque nature of some of the panels may be too much for sensitive people. Still, it's just the right amount of gory to complement the story splendidly. I hope to see this universe evolve in the following volume.
The Earth is infested with a dangerous being called the Spread. It manifests in various giant shapes and blindly hunts down people in the area called the Quarantine Zone. Few people are able to face the Spread and live to tell the tale. The main character No is one of them. He saves a baby called Hope that has a useful and very desirable ability - its bodily fluids destroy the Spread. Upon learning of its existence, a gang led by the physically flawless (the infection has caused many scars) and skilled fighter Ravello wants to have it. A mysterious figure that leads the Church of the Risen God and can apparently control the Spread wants the baby killed instead. No is no pushover, though, and will fight tooth and nail to keep the child and its adoptive mother, the mentally touched Molly, safe.
The Earth is infested with a dangerous being called the Spread. It manifests in various giant shapes and blindly hunts down people in the area called the Quarantine Zone. Few people are able to face the Spread and live to tell the tale. The main character No is one of them. He saves a baby called Hope that has a useful and very desirable ability - its bodily fluids destroy the Spread. Upon learning of its existence, a gang led by the physically flawless (the infection has caused many scars) and skilled fighter Ravello wants to have it. A mysterious figure that leads the Church of the Risen God and can apparently control the Spread wants the baby killed instead. No is no pushover, though, and will fight tooth and nail to keep the child and its adoptive mother, the mentally touched Molly, safe.
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