I mean...For starters you can take your, "I'm not really gay, I mean, not like that" bullshit and shove it up your ass. Not one but two characters, man. Like... fuck you.IDK. I really liked it when it started. I didn't like what it turned out to be. I mean... I can get behind the revelation. One side wanted to make the weird gone and the other side wanted to make the weird the new normal, and both sides were wrong. And it could have been really cool if it had been able to draw the connection all...

3.75/5 starsTrigger warnings: Blood, Death, Vomit, Violence, Infidelity, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, and Body horrorHad I known this graphic novel was about military shape shifters, I might have picked it up sooner. The events in the story are not told in chronological order, so it can be a bit challenging to keep up. However, this feels like one of those stories that come together more as you are given more context. There are still a lot of questions I had by the end, b...

Apocalypse Now… with Werewolves!Street musician gets bitten by werewolf, struggles with the monster inside, strikes a desperate deal with a shady black ops organization, finds herself on a secret mission to take down a mysterious rogue operative in Afghanistan: the horror… the horror...I initially liked this first volume of Cry Havoc quite a bit: Apocalypse Now with a werewolf twist, I thought—what’s not to like? Hell, I even felt there was potential for some kind of clever commentary on the rap...

"It's not about a lesbian werewolf going to war. Except it kind of is." Do bear that caveat in mind, though, and remember that to the best of my knowledge Si Spurrier has never told a story without an unreliable narrator, a bastard of a sting in the tail, or both. Ryan Kelly gets the whole bloody, grotty, ingenious, fantastical mess down on the page, abetted by three colourists who do a brilliant job of keeping the story's three timelines distinct and appropriately mooded. So if it's not about a...

discontinued. the characters and the story are infuriating.

So this is a story about werewolfs...I guess? Like it's more about people with glowing werewolf naruto looking creatures verses real world problems. This is a odd series that tries to combine three different stories into one. The start, the middle, and the end. It's telling them all at the same time while filling in the blanks as it goes. So we go from a girl in a city dealing with her relationship, to her being with special ops in Iraq (or something similar) to her dealing with some psycho wome...

A lot of academic work and research went into this, as is evident from the extensive endnotes, and that is admirable. Unfortunately, the story is a dreary rehash of Heart of Darkness with awful people doing awful things to each other. The warthog character is the only one that approaches fun and only accomplishes that by being incredibly offensive and foul.

FANTASTIC ARTWORK. It's about myths and tales, it's dark and bloody. It's a more violent and mystical approach to 'Fables'. I read through it while listening to Celtic fantasy music and it was awesome and eery.

Blech.Had to force myself to finish this. Terrible dialogue, murky plot, and all tied up with a goofy ending.No, thank you. What even was this?I thought I was getting a story about a woman who went through some sort of mythical transformation but told in a flashback-y and/or interesting way. No.It was just a yammering garbage story that was (I think?) supposed to be a commentary on society or something.I'm not even going to pretend I got the point of this, but it wasn't a good horror story. Or

"Endings are how stories make love. It is a privilege to choose one's own.""As she pelts her lover with news of her infidelity, and announces the betrayal of her own supposedly rigid sexuality, remember that Lou's real target here is herself. Devastating those who love you is one of the most comprehensive forms of self-harm there is." (author Simon Spurrier on Lou cheating on her girlfriend with a man)I honestly love this story and this element of infidelity fits well with the characters and plo...

"Endings are how stories make love"

Two for two by Spurrier: between this and his GN "The Spire" I have found I am completely unimpressed by him as a writer. Over written but not well, over emotional without giving enough foundation. It might also be that the artists he's been paired with have been very amateur-ish, IMO.I will not seek out his work in future

[Read as single issues]Simon Spurrier is insane, and I love it. This story follows Lou, a young woman who ends up impregnated with the spirit of the 21st century zeitgest, fighting a battle against a separatist fugitive, aided by a crew of supernatural soldiers. If that sounds bonkers, that's because it is. And it is glorious.The artwork is all by Ryan Kelly, but coloured by Nick Filardi, Lee Loughridge, and Matt Wilson depending on the time period that the story is taking place in. It's not all...

A shapeshifting (werewolf) woman gets swept up into violence and chaos as she is shipped off to Afghanistan and works with other shapeshifters and soldiers to hunt down a dangerous target. Told through three different time periods in her life, this imaginative, layered mythological thriller was a truly exciting read that has kept my love of Spurrier’s stories alive. A+ illustrations and coloring throughout.

Very promising new series. A lesbian werewolf ("barghest," technically) joins a black ops squad made up of other mythical creatures to take down a rogue operative in the Afghanistan desert. This rogue just happens to be another werewolf-type creature trying to create some sort of safe haven for all sorts of creatures. Then there's the black ops organization, In Hand, which has its own secret agenda. And all of it told out of sequence, moving between three different time periods. You certainly ca...

Seduced by covers' art, disappointed with story. Most of the time I was bored or forcing myself to continue.

Lou is a lesbian street musician who is bitten by a werewolf. She meets up with a group that helps her suppress her wolf side. In return she must travel to Afghanistan with a team of mythical beings to hunt down a rogue agent. Told in three different time periods with a different colorist for each one so you can differentiate between them. Si Spurrier has a biting wit that shines in the dialogue. He really knows how to write some snappy patter. Hopefully, we'll see more of Lou in the future.

A solid read. The imagery and the visual style was much stronger than the plot in my opinion but super enjoyable.

fuck this noise. i'm tired. so far this week i've seen my favorite show kill one of its beloved lesbian characters. i've read a scifi series about a lesbian police commander who is really just a shapeshifter that used to be a man. and now i've read a fantasy book about a lesbian werewolf who becomes impregnated when she has sex (willingly) with a man. fuck this noise.i'm tired.

Couldn’t get into this. Spent most of it not sure what was going on. It jumped back and forth in time as a way to tell the story, but I thought it was confusing. The art was nice though!