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SHROUDED 1-3

 

A week ago [or it might have been a wee bit longer] I received a package from Vanessa Wells, interviewed here –

 

http://www.comicbitsonline.com/2008/01/17/beyond-the-shroud/

 

Go on,check it out. 

 

Anyway,in the envelope were issues 1-3  of Shrouded.  To say that I was very pleasantly surprised is an under-statement.

 

I had not realised the quality of the comic.  Great colour on the cover and the grey tones used in the strip are really crisp and clean.  The paper stock is great –almost card-like and I’d guess around 100-120gsm?

 

But so much for the quality.  We then have the story.

 

Don’t panic –I’m not giving the plot or storyline away!  In fact,I was very surprised by the story.

 

Initially,I thought it was going to be a girl band –Josie And The Pussycats or something like that.  However,there was then a twist showing that this is far from our comfy little

England!  Wolves…oh,but not just any wolves.  Apparently they are all over the country! Then there is a twist in the characterisation of our girls!

 

Issue 2 sees yet another new perspective added to the story and by the time we get to issue 3 there have been so many twists and revelations that when I got to the last page and realised there was no more I was cursing for quite a while!!

 

It really was that good a read!

 

Would I recommend the comics?  Oh come on!!!

 

Yes,this jaded,seen-it-all-before comic hack has been dealt yet another slap in the chops!  This was fun and exciting.

 

But I want more –NOW!!!!

 

Erm.  Any old how,you can see glimpses of  this creative talent’s work on the web. Yeah,really! And you can -MUST- order.

 

 

 

Vanessa’s Comic Space page is at:

 

http://www.comicspace.com/ness/

 

 

And Vanessa’s Shrouded site can be found at:

 

http://www.withbits.com/shrouded

 

I think that Vanessa,based on this work,could very well have a very good comic career ahead of her –if no companies approach her soon to work on projects then there is no justice.

 

And justice must be done!