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Interview with Ed Sum of ABSOLUTE UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE

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An Interview with Nevin Arnold on Monsterella and Crowdfunding By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest) Supporting locally made comics is a passion for some, and to have a ringleader in charge helps wrangle everyone together. Nevin Arnold’s love for anthology works and comics started at a very young age. His career in illustration led him to create for  Americanime Productions with “Honor of the Damned .” To have works published in Joe Shuster Gene Day’s award winning work  Epic Canadiana  #2 with “Ghost-Woman” speaks for itself. This eventually led him to develop his own brand of comics. Readers of  Calavera the Undead  will be thrilled to see him as the ringleader behind Monsterella under the  Hangman Comics  banner. Chatting with him was an absolute pleasure, and I had to ask: So what led you to the realm of all things dark, morbid and disturbing with the horror genre? I remember spending my allowance renting old beta/vhs horror and science fiction movies, werewolves, vampires,

MONSTERELLA #1 & 2 Review by Dusty Good of Geeks Worldwide!

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MONSTERELLA #1 AND #2 (REVIEW) By   Dusty Good Monsterella Issues #1 & #2 Hangman Comics Story: Various Art: Various Lettering: Various Monsterella. If the name alone doesn’t sell you right away; seeing this series of anthologies that are being Kickstarted by Hangman Comics ought to do the trick. Produced in the vein of black and white anthologies of the 1970’s; this series is a throwback to the early days of Vampirella and Warren Comics, yet also a trendy rendition of more modern anthologies like Dark Horse Presents. Anthologies can be tricky. In essence, it’s a collection of short stories; leaving varied room for quality in story and art. When an anthology is done wrong is a jumbled nightmare, but when it’s done right you end up with multiple takes on a given character or subject. Thankfully Monsterella falls on the side of the angels with these two offerings. Issue one introduces our hostess and titular character Monsterella, real name Montrossa Rella; a warden to