Since it’s Western Week here at Schlock, it’s only fair we take a look at what inspired the issue – in this particular case, the Spaghetti Western. And here’s a little trilogy you may (or not) have watched… Gianfranco Carolini’s Sabata Trilogy! Sabata (Italian: Ehi Amico… C’e’ Sabata, Hai Chiuso! trans: hey pal… here’s Sabata, [...]
They met on the twelfth of July, 1849, as the descending night found them both lingering on the porch of a cheap hotel overlooking a rocky gorge a day’s ride from San Francisco. His story filled him to overflowing, it burst from him in jovial, unasked-for anecdotes, and she was not averse to listening. His [...]
She is pale as snow and thin as an icicle. Her robes flow like glacial waters about her ankles, as her footsteps echo across the winding corridors of the frozen palace. She sits alone at the long, wooden table, picking at iced grapes that will barely melt on her tongue, staring piercingly out of the [...]
Gone are the days of the simple, weather-beaten solitary son-of-a-whore riding on a brown-dappled mangy horse towards a fiery red sunset. Or the tense showdown between two dirty and unkempt gunslingers, with the brutal sun beating on itchy fingers, gleaming Colts and extreme close-ups. The prosperous brothels full of ugly men and beautiful women, cuspidors, [...]
[Writer] Chuck Dixon [Illustrator] Esteve Polls [Color] Marc Rueda [Letterer] Simon Bowland [Cover] Lucio Parrillo [Publisher] Dynamite Entertainment [Date] May 2010 [ISBN] 7-25130-14407-2 I haven’t seen the film version of the Expendables yet, but there shouldn’t have been a need to since the comic is a prequel to the events in the film. When [...]
I look at the tablet as it violently dissolves in its watery prison. The liquid turns into a milky, fizzy solution. I down it, nearly retching at the bitter, metallic flavour. Ever since Moscow I’ve been having these headaches. Every day, at the same time. The only thing that helps are these painkillers, [...]
By the time Thomas finished his sentence, the building would cease to exist. He was in the editor’s office. He had a great story, he said. It was one of those pitches that wasn’t really a pitch, because he was sure it would go through, so great was this story. The sun shone through the [...]
“But let me tell you this, my friend. Of all the creatures I have faced, none – not the blank, oozy stare of the vodyanoi, not the insane bloodlust of the chupacabra, not even the unfathomable enormity of the kraken – none of these are even half as terrifying as the chronovore. The very thought [...]
Bright white clouds fluff on the horizon, like perfect masses of cotton wool. The birds, like upside down double-u’s, glide above, against an azure sky. The sailing boats, dozens of them whipping across the sea, are picturesque with their multi-coloured sails puffed out, like pregnant bellies upon the wind. The ferry is crawling across the [...]
There was a garden in the heart of Verona, and it was owned by a man called Justice. It was a child of the Enlightenment and the inheritor of Mammon. Few people were granted entrance, though everyone was allowed a glimpse through the gates. On his deathbed, the old Justice told his son: “Do not [...]
