Ghosted, Vol. 1
A HORROR/CRIME MASHUP THAT'S EQUAL PARTS OCEAN'S 11 AND THE SHINING.Jackson T. Winters is one of the greatest criminal masterminds to ever live...except he's rotting in jail after his last, doomed score. But when a filthy rich collector breaks him out, he's tasked with putting together an elite...
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A HORROR/CRIME MASHUP THAT'S EQUAL PARTS OCEAN'S 11 AND THE SHINING.Jackson T. Winters is one of the greatest criminal masterminds to ever live...except he's rotting in jail after his last, doomed score. But when a filthy rich collector breaks him out, he's tasked with putting together an elite team of paranormal experts to do the impossible: Steal a ghost from a haunted house of horrors!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781607068365 (1607068362)
ASIN: 1607068362
Publish date: December 4th 2013
Publisher: Image Comics
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Setting the right tone in a horror/comedy is damnably difficult. You can unintentionally hit comedy when you're trying to be scary, but usually not the other way around. Too light, and it might be funny, but then the weight of true horror drifts away and the work just doesn't register; a diversion. ...
Is it like "haunted" only ...lame? Or maybe a euphemism for getting killed? What happened to Larry? Oh, he got ghosted. I don't know. Maybe I wouldn't have even noticed if I'd liked the comic more, but since I didn't, I'm just looking for stuff which I can make fun. Anyway. Ghosted is about ...
This is all about a rich man who hires a criminal to create a team and get him a ghost, for his personal collection. Between character betrayals, and other assorted plot twists, this was just one fun ride. Jackson Winters gets a team of ghost trackers, con-artists, and skeptics together to stud...
Disclaimer: Copy via Netgalley in return for a fair review. This is hyped as a mash-up of a ghost story and Ocean’s Eleven. And it is. But the Ocean Eleven is the George Clooney version and not the Old Blue Eyes version. This is not intended as a criticism, but it needed to be said. Ghoste...
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