Black Eyed Kids Volume 1: The Children

by Joe Pruett, Mike Marts (Editor), Szymon Kurdranski (Artist)

Overview

When the lull of night falls over a sleeping midwestern town, an ancient unimaginable horror creeps violently and purposely through the night. That's when the children come out to play. Children with eyes of solid back, devoid of emotion and remorse, and only asking for one thing... to come inside. But there are some who will not go quietly in the night. Some who will fight back to save not only their own souls, but their own children's. This is their story. Collecting the first five issues of the sleeper hit series from Eisner Award winner Joe Pruett and artist Szymon Kudranski.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781935002956
Publisher:	Aftershock Comics
Publication date:	10/25/2016
Series:	BLACK EYED KIDS TP
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	13 - 16 Years

Editorial Reviews

11/14/2016
Pruett (X-Men Unlimited) tries his hand at body-snatching horror, but forgets one key factor: a scary story also has to be compelling. Creepiness does still abound, thanks in large part to Kudranski’s uncanny-valley photorealism and colorist Guy Major’s excellent atmospheric work; it’s just the narrative which drags, as we follow an ensemble cast of one-note characters attempting to escape and/or kill malevolent beings who have taken over children’s’ bodies, turning their eyes black. Jim is a divorcee who, along with his new girlfriend, Lana, gets mixed up with the titular kids when his son joins their ranks, killing Jim’s ex and wounding his daughter. Meanwhile, lawman Officer Jones also runs afoul of the kids, and small-time author Meredith is recruited to chronicle their rise to power. The latter storyline is Pruett’s most successful, but still suffers from the dull dialogue that makes the rest of this book such a slog. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

'Black-Eyed Kids will make you lock your doors and change your drawers. It is that hauntingly good. '
- Pop Cult HQ




'... for those of us with overactive imaginations and a penchant for the macabre, Black-Eyed Kids is an excellent, lingering read that offers chills that resonate for days.' - Doom Rocket



'If you’re into creepy and atmospheric horror, then Black-Eyed Kids is a solid choice that explores an urban legend that isn’t already overdone in mainstream media.' - Books Without Any Pictures

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