'HOME AGAIN' Dee's life is in turmoil when her parents are killed in a freak tornado. Returning to Kansas for the funeral after five years in LA, Dee discovers Emeraldsville is the same unexciting place it was when she left - until the bizarre unexplained murders begin. With an unknown killer closing in, the events of one night in 1959 begin to unravel as a portal to a world of horror opens, a portal paved with yellow bricks...
Date Available: 02/22/2012
BONUS REVIEW by Kirk Jackson
It’s time for a different kind of OZ, ladies and germs, and this one, for a change, doesn’t promise the usual song and dance! The first issue of No Place Like Home has the look and feel of a classic horror book with all the right elements to set up a good ‘ole nasty story.
It starts with the mysterious and gruesome murder of our protagonist’s parents, which brings her running back to the little town in Kansas where she grew up. The killing is strange and ominous, because it happens during a tornado and is accompanied by clouds of black feathers.
The book then moves into exposition mode where we meet Dee, our hero, who reunites with her two childhood friends after spending the last 5 years in L.A. The dialogue between all 3 girls is refreshingly interesting and believable. In fact, all the chatter between them serves to draw the reader in as opposed to distracting us from the narrative like so much other horror writing. So far then, I am impressed with Angelo Tirotto.
Richard Jordan’s art is right on the money. Not only is his cover gorgeous, but the interiors are easy on the eyes as well. Jordan is so specific with each girl’s facial features and expressions that the reader is able to distinguish who’s who without explanation. These girls are drawn so real and interesting, Jordan makes me want to get to know them. He also uses the perfect amount of shading and shadows to compliment the ominous tone of Tirotto’s script.
The story is still fragile and has so many directions it can go. The first issue has started at the right pace for horror, but that means I need more than one issue before I can give this more than 8 Grahams. We’ll see what Tirotto has to offer in issue #2.
