Star Trek Infestation #1
16 Feb 2011 Leave a Comment
in IDW, Reviews, Star Trek Infestation Tags: bones, horror, IDW, infestation, kirk, spock, star trek, Star Trek Infestation, zombies
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Feb 2011 | IDW
Writing: Scott Tipton | David Tipton
Pencils: Gary Erskine | Casey Maloney
Ink:>Gary Erskine
>Colour: Luis Antonio Delgado
Letters: Chris Mowry
Kirk and his away team, Bones, Spock, and a couple of security officers, head down to a planet where Bones will be receiving an award for a medical achievement. Trouble soon begins when they learn the colonists have been infected with a strange disease.
After reading and being disappointed by Transformers Infestation #1, it was hard not expecting this one to not follow suit. Fortunately, this issue didn’t suck. Events progressed at a good pace, the characters didn’t act out-of-character, and it felt like actual progress was made, unlike the previous garbage. I’m fairly confident things will get better from here, but I’m still worrying about the remaining universes. Transformers Infestation still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
The only little problem I had with this book was Kirk’s hair. It’s way brown. I didn’t really recognize him until someone threw out his name. Other than that, I really enjoyed this issue. The scenario and how things unfolded was believable which is what I really needed after the scare Transformers gave me. I’ll be pressing on and hoping for the best.
Transformers Infestation #1
14 Feb 2011 Leave a Comment
in IDW, Reviews, Transformers Infestation Tags: IDW, infestation, transformers, transformers infestation, zombies
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Writing: Dan Abnett | Andy Lanning
Art: Nick Roche
Colour: Joana Lafuente
Letters: Robbie Robbins
The infestation has hit Transformers’ Earth. The Decepticons had responded first, with the autobts following suit to put them in their place. To deal with the threat, a force dome is put up. They have twenty hours.
I’m not sure if I’m disappointed, or not. The issue pretty much busts right into the outbreak and the Decepticons demanding Prime and his autobats fall under his command to stop the zombie outbreak. The way the issue was handled with just a big fight and Prime taking charge of the scene seemed kinda lame. Why couldn’t they just work together? All that fighting just wasted time.
More happened in Infestation #1 than this. That’s upsetting. I expected as much content as the previous, and it just didn’t deliver. Fighting, fighting, fighting, we setup a force dome. We’ll start figuring things out next issue. It didnt’ really have a good cliffhanger, either, with Britt showing up, which brings me to another complaint.
I do not like Britt’s character design in this universe. She looks ugly and retarded and too much like a girl. If she’s going to be a robot, why not make her look more like a robot than a girl with robot parts snapped on? It’s so disappointing for me. I had been looking forward to seeing whether her apperance would be different from her Vampire one, and they throw that ugly piece of garbage at me.
So, the transformers infestation doesn’t live up to the quality and enjoyment presented in the previous issue. There’s still the other Universes, and there may be a chance at redemption, but I’m not very confident. A lot of time was wasted on Transformers autobot/decepticon rivalry. The little bits of meat you got about the infestation, like how it started when Galvatron tells his story, is actually pretty good. Why couldn’t we just not fight, or cut it short for more zombie goodness? Ah, well. Can’t win them all.
Infestation #1
14 Feb 2011 Leave a Comment
in IDW, Infestation, Reviews Tags: cvo, gore, IDW, infestation, ops, vampires, zombies
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Writing: Dan Abnett | Andy Lanning
Art: David Messina | Elena Casagrande
Ink: Gaetano Carlucci
Colour: ScarletGothica
CVO, a top-secret squad of vampire agents, protect humanity against supernatural threats. The latest of their problems is an exotic biological weapon containment breach that has something to do with an interdimentsional portal leading into a zombie dimension. So begins the zombie outbreak.
This issue begins the Infestation story arc that affects IDW’s Transformers, GI Joe, Star Trek and Ghostbusters universes using CVO as the core. A dimension of zombies use a portal to spread out across other worlds to feed their zombie collective. They take control of Benny, with his artillica, and use him and Britt to gain the info and power they need to spread out to other worlds and expand their hive.
I take the eternal hunger to where it needs to go.
To new supplies of meat and knowledge.
The further I take it, the more it eats. The more it eats, the smarter it gets.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen intelligent hive zombies in anything before. I wasn’t expecting this book to have much substance, just expected another gratuitious zombie tale to entertain and easily forget. This issue actually shows some substance. Yes, it is a bit crazy when you get down to it. I mean, a dimension of zombies using portals and stuff? That does sound retarded, but the writing is really good and it seems well thought out which has me even more excited to see the effects on the other universes. It sets up the crises really well. I can only hope the quality holds out.
Another thing I almost worried about was not being familiar with CVO. I have never read any of their books, but they give a rundown of the organization and characters and also give references to their issues with some topics. As I read the issue, it became apparant previous knowledge wasn’t necessary. I really like that in crossovers. Half the time I’m only familiar with one of the players and really want to read it, but I’ll often get lost with everything else going on.
I look forward to reading the next installment of the story arc and see how it goes. The art was really good, too. Britt is very nice on the eyes and I’m curious to what happened to her, or rather, this duality problem, not to mention how Transformers will faire. Zombie robots. Yeah. I really have to know.
Infestation Sketchbook
14 Feb 2011 Leave a Comment
in IDW, Infestation, Reviews Tags: ghostbusters, GI Joe, IDW, infestation, sketchbook, star trek, transformers
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Art: Erik Burnhan | Don Figueroa | Kyle Hotz | Jorge Jimenez | Karl Kesel | Marcelo Matere | David Messina | Alex Milne | Casey Maloney | Agustin Padilla | Gordon Purcell | Dan Schoening | Stephen Thompson | JK Woodward
An artbook depicting zombie versions of Ghostbusters, GI Joe, Star Trek and Transformers characters by several IDW artists.
What a great little artbook. It’s full of black and white sketches and the transformers are my favorite. For those wondering what a Transformers zombie looks like, just imagine them really, really broken and leaking. They all looked awesome. I also liked the Uhura picture and Cobra Commander. Snake Eyes looked really good, too. The Stay Puff marshmellow man looked like he had better days.
There isn’t much to say about this book other than it has a lot of great art. I’m a big fan of zombies and the featured universes, so I simply had to get it. I’m also really excited about Infestation, so it’s got me all hyped up.
