Quills and Frills-1/24/2015 Shutter, Image Comics

Aleathia says:

Yeah, yeah.  I'm an Image Comics whore.  I just can't help it.  Everything that seems to appeal to me in the comic world is flying off the shelves of Image, Boom! or IDW.  For months I have been eyeballing a comic called Shutter.

The covers kind of made me think it was a cutesy girlie comic about a chick that takes photographs. Having said that I never actually opened the damn comic to read it.  So while waiting for my other half to swarm through the boxes and nooks and crannies of the store I took a peek.

The comic is a bit crazy-all-over-the-place-what-time-and-space-am-I-living in sort of deal.  It opens up in NYC, but there are zoo animals walking around like people with people....and they talk.  There is a lot of adventure in this story.  There are flashbacks and flights to the moon and mystery.  There is a fair amount of violence from the reactionary main character.  There is even a talking cat clock side kick.  What is not to love?

The great thing about this particular comic is that it is only 8 issues in which means you have time to grab the trade paperback and issues 7 and 8 to catch up before the new issue comes out next month!!

The writer, Joe Keatinge,is kind of an all around guy who not only writes comics but has been an editor, colorist, and an artist.  He wears quite a few hats in this biz. He is most noted for writing Hell Yeah, Shutter, and PopGun.

Leila Del Duca is the artist for this fantastic journey and she has a lot of other worldly creatures under her hat to go along with a mix of sci-fi and an endearing leading lady.  Prior to bringing us the world of Shutter she penciled an issue of The Pantheon Project.

Owen Gieni has been around the block doing pencil work for Skullkickers,Glory, and Dead Sonja. He is the colorist for Shutter, but has also worked on Manifest Destiny, Judge Dredd,Glory, and Debris.

Here are a few panels to sink your teeth into and see if you want to pick it up at your local comic store.  As always, thanks to Heroes Your Mom Threw Out comic store for keeping me fixed.