Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 3: Calamari Rising is a comic that understands a crucial grotesque truth: apocalypse is funniest when it shows up uninvited at closing time. The publisher’s synopsis gives the premise in one beautifully deranged breath: Wormwood wants “that quiet drink,” but the Brotherhood of the Calamari arrive, bringing along a “parasitic infection,” … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 3: Calamari Rising by Ben Templesmith
T.A.E.’s Book Review – Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 2: It Only Hurts When I Pee by Ben Templesmith
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 2: It Only Hurts When I Pee is a deliciously deranged exercise in comic-book grotesquerie, but it is not merely a string of jokes dressed up in slime and tentacles. The collected edition runs 120 pages and sends Wormwood and his companions into Lephrechaunia to find the Leprechaun Queen, the only … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 2: It Only Hurts When I Pee by Ben Templesmith
T.A.E.’s Book Review – Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 1: Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer by Ben Templesmith
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 1: Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer is one of those comics that understands a crucial truth of horror-comedy: the grotesque works best when it smiles back at you. Collected here from the first miniseries plus the original “Taster” issue, the book arrived in 2007 as a 152-page, creator-owned burst of fully … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 1: Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer by Ben Templesmith
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