Review: Grimm Tales Of Terror Rise Of Cthulhu
A new large-sized issue, out now.
From Zenecope Entertainment is a new special - this is Grimm Tales Of Terror: Rise Of Cthulhu.
For millennia it has slept while the Grimm Universe grew around it. Remembered only in myth and legend, its name has been whispered throughout time…Cthulhu.
It is evil incarnate and its awakening foretells the end of mankind. The beginning of the end of the Grimm Universe is here… Dread Cthulhu’s slumber is over.
Writer - Joe Brusha
Thread Story + Nyarlathotep - Artist - Julius Abrera - 1-21,39,56,75,76Deep Ones - Artist - Massimiliano La Manno - 22-38
Star Spawn - Story by Joe Brusha, Ralph Tedesco, Dave Franchini, David Wohl, Christian Mendenhall, Abby Manus, Matthew Gray, Larry Younger & Tanya Wright
Artist - Alessandro Uezu - 40-55Night at the Museum - Artist - Alessio Mariani- 57-74
Colors - Maxflan Araujo, Letters - Taylor Esposito of Ghost Glyph Studios & Editor - David Wohl
This is an interesting read. In most of the Grimm Tales Of Terror specials like this, there is a selection of interconnected stories which all have a common link. This issue has that, and the story telling technique works well in this issue.
The difference is that this has links to some of the stories of the wider Grimm Universe. There are links to not only a recent Robyn Hood story but also the main Grimm Fairy Tales storyline happening right now.
The stories being told here have a common theme, and there is a fair amount of horror. This isn’t the usual monster-of-the-week stuff here, there are going to be ramifications across the Grimm Universe, and the threat level has ramped up.
I enjoyed how the stories were told, with some well-told aspects. The reveals were done well, and there are some classic horror tropes. The art is well done, with the mundane mixing with the gruesome. Yes, there are some bloody deaths here, and they are shown in equal measure.
This looks to be a good linking story for what is to come…