He may talk as if he doesn't care about them, but he does. Morrow has a small team, a patient/helper and a paramedic. There are some groups that claim to oversee Morrow and his actions, but the (spoiler-not giving) keeps them from doing so. If anything it borrows more from Lovecraft, and even Harry Potter to a degree. has taken over a loved one is causing a sickness. Morrow was not pulled into this life he leads willingly.įoregoing spoilers Morrow is the man to see if a demon, etc. Probably the reason that I liked this is that it was more than just the monster of the chapter story, and some hints were given that our Dr. Keeping in mind I am not a fan of House (for many reasons), I think you can say I was skeptical of the positive reviews. I know most of the sound bite online reviews have been House meets Fringe or Supernatural. Need further enticement? This book is the only one I can think of to include the line, "He just vomited scorpions at me!" scan.you know - "a sciency thing at the doctory place." Snarky, yet quite likeable, he quotes Outkast, makes fun of the seventies, and tells a priest to get a C.T. It's also in living color, with nice spurting "aortal red" blood, glistening "intestine pink" entrails, and "slimy lime" pus. The story is quite imaginative and wickedly funny, and the artwork is steampunkish with great "Lovecrafty bits". This tale qualifies as the first ever "medical horror" graphic novel I've read. That's right.Morrow is a specialist in supernatural medicine, and his patients all seem to be suffering some sort of possession or.infestation. Vincent "I'm NOT a MAD SCIENTIST" Morrow, and his "sharp" anesthesiologist, Penny Dreadful, of course! Together, they practice a distinctly unconventional medicine that's probably NOT covered by your HMO. Who you gonna call when the exorcists have failed, or you really need to keep the apocalypse at bay? If you're looking for something a little different, this might turn your crank. In the first volume, he deals with a demon-possessed kid and some kind of a Creature from the Black Lagoon thing. Ok, so the gist is that this special doctor goes around curing magical ailments. However, even with all of my bitching, I immediately downloaded the next volume. And who is this sidekick? What's his story?!Īt least we sort of find out a bit about Penny. I'm one of those people who wants to know the backstory of the characters that I'm reading about, you know? You can't just throw me in there and tell me this dude has a magic sword, a big-time destiny, and is a medical practitioner of magic. I think it had something to do with not having enough information on Morrow & Co. The stories themselves just weren't knocking my socks off. I thought it was different enough to hold my attention, but at the same time, I wasn't going nuts over it. I'm maybe somewhere in the middle of that. Lots of my friends loved this and lots of them were less impressed. I grabbed this off of Hopla with no idea what I was getting into - just that the cover looked cool.
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