Down-on-his-luck Daniel receives a letter informing him of a great-grand-aunt passing and leaving him something in her will. So he heads out to the small town where she lived: Stillwater. Except it’s a small town with a secret: something happened there many years ago and the town’s inhabitants stopped physically aging and can’t die, so long as they stay within the town limits. Any injuries they have get healed super-quick, Wolverine-style. And now that Daniel knows the town’s secret, he can neve...

I've read so many of these modern day horror/supernatural/mystery comics at this point. They mostly have a great conceit, a strong first volume, and rapidly spiral out of control to the point where it's hard to care by the end, and that's just the stories that end rather than just stopping. So, I approached this new Zdarsky story with grave reservations.I like it. It's a cool core mystery and a cool core obstacle that goes hand-in-hand with it. I like the characters, and I want to know more. But...

What a killer introduction into what is (hopefully) going to be a killer series. Zdarsky's setup in these six issues is just about flawless, as he expertly blends exposition with characterization. Each new issue deepens and expands the lore, making for a rewarding and exciting reading experience. I wanted to wait to read the whole arc at once, but the first issues, and each one after it, were so compelling that whenever a new issue showed up at my local comic book shop, I had to read it that sam...

What happens when you go to a town and can't...well...die? This town is at a standstill. In stillwater you go, and you can get shot, punched, kicked, head chopped off, and so on and still survive. Little did Daniel know that when he entered this town it wouldn't be the FIRST time he's been there. What seems like a town filled with secrets is...well a town filled with secrets. Chip is a pretty great writer. Almost all his Marvel work has been top notch. So I was pretty excited to try this one on....

The creepy small town where outsiders aren't welcome lest they stumble on its dark secret – pretty much a subgenre in its own right. But goodness, this one fits the times to a tee. As with so many new series over the past few months, I don't know whether the concept preceded the Event, but it's hard to read the restive citizens of Stillwater bridling at being cut off from any family and friends beyond walking distance, or the line in defence of outmoded habits from a long-gone life, "Sometimes.....

I'm just on the verge of liking this, but it is a little too generic in its exploration of immortality and small town paranoia. On a page by page basis, it is engaging enough, but while it toys around with some of the interesting aspects of immortality, it seems content to let the story be driven by some real unoriginal and heavy-handed villains, while the heroes don't really have much going for them. I'll give the second volume a chance to win me over when it comes out.

This review can also be found on my blog: https://graphicnovelty2.com/2021/11/0...In the town of Stillwater, nobody dies. That’s not just a promise…it’s a threat.Ne’er-do-well, Daniel, who has recently been fired and beat up by a bouncer when he was a jerk at a bar, receives a letter telling him that a great aunt has died. Hoping for an inheritance, he heads to the small town of Stillwater with his best friend Tony to investigate. The town is off the beaten track and a police officer stops them

Not a lot to say about this one.. it's solidly middle-of-the-road. I'm not jumping to know what happens next (in fact, I'm dreading whatever reason Zdarsky has dreamt up for people not aging.. chances are it's going to disappoint..!), but we'll see.

Due to his social difficulties, Daniel West has been let go from his job. After receiving a letter stating that he will receive an undisclosed sum from the estate of his great-great aunt, Daniel makes a trip to the town of Stillwater, accompanied by his more successful friend, Tony. Upon arrival, the two men stumble into the town’s secret: its citizens are seemingly frozen in time and unable to age. Instead of being a miracle, it ends up having huge repercussions for him and Tony, and the realiz...

Individual issue reviews: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6Total review score: 3.25

I'm (again) almost a year late in checking this out. I began it months ago, lost interest, and am still not all that interested, but hey, I finally finished it. In the town of Stillwater, Oklahoma, people don't age, they don't die, and Daniel comes to the town. Given all the attention now to anti-aging drugs and some folks trying to live forever, this Stillwater condition might seem like a blessing to anyone, including Daniel, but of course it's not all that it's cracked up to be; it may in fact...

Kind of a thriller, I guess? I am very intrigued. This has the potential to be very good.

After a good start, the first volume of Stillwater kind of just lost me. The premise being there’s a town called Stillwater where people can’t die, no one is let in and no one can come out. And really the first six issues establish very little outside of that. I haven’t really enjoyed any of the characters, and a few are pretty cliché bad guy cardbord cut outs. I think Zdarsky was counting on the strength of the setting to hold my interest but Stillwater is just not doing it for me. I feel like

A very, very "meh" book. The idea (a town cursed by immortality) has some merit, but, so far, Zdarsky's really done nothing with it. The art is interesting. I guess I'd read another volume, but would hope that more happens than in this first arc.

I continue to be furious at the number of ideas running around in Chip Zdarsky's head.

This is a unique story. The premise has been done more than a few times, but not the execution (little joke there) to my knowledge. I really enjoyed it and need to get more of them ASAP. Of course, you never know with comics how much story there will be. I hope we get the whole thing. The art was awesome. It fit so well with the tone of the story. It was very realistic. The colourer also did a great job, bringing out the emotions. Definitely recommended. Keeping in mind this is for adults. Comic...

2,5* rounded up. Mixed feelings  with this one. The plot and the underlying questions are interesting but the treatment feels like half a let-down. The supposedly main character is so far an uninteresting angry nobody... just like about everybody in the goddamn town for that matter. Stereotypes at best- conservative judge vs progressive doctor, psycho law enforcement- or mere silhouettes, the cast don’t exist enough to care for them. Yet I’m intrigued. Not really why It happened, I don’t think i...

Great dialogue, character work, and art save Stillwater from its cheesy premise: everyone in the town of Stillwater is blessed/cursed with immortality. Daniel's invited to Stillwater on sketchy terms and quickly gets absorbed into its population, despite his welcome not exactly being welcoming (the first issue is a doozy of an introduction).From there, things get political, as a group of insurgents in Stillwater attempt to make contact with the outside world. The villainous Judge and his ruthles...

Reminds me in spirit if not storyline of Revival..an Image series of a while back.

This is basically just the opening, a slow burn set-up, and it’s intriguing enough that I’ll pick up the next one.I do wonder if Zdarsky did a self-high-five when he came up with the name Stillwater for a town where nothing ever changes, because it’s almost too perfect.