Terrance Zdunich's (Repo! The Genetic Opera) The Molting 12 Issue Maxi-Series is officially in full swing. And we here at Movement Magazine couldn't be more excited.
The first issue introduces us to our cast... and then proceeds to almost immediately rob us of those cast members. But it does it with style and enough promise to make you anxious for the next installment.
The story begins at a court hearing to determine the fate of the newly orphaned Deveraux's, being the sub-eponymous "Guilty Suzie" and her older brother, Tony. They end up in the care of their balding ginger uncle, Henry, and their morbidly obese aunt, Melinda, who's bound to a wheelchair and apparently part banshee. (You'll see what I mean the first time she takes to wailing. The wailing whale, ha! I kill me.)
Things don't look good when the Deveraux siblings as Henry and Melinda almost immediately show their true colors, rifling through the late Mr. and Mrs. Deveraux's belongings, and poor Tony ends up getting clobbered while defending little sister Suzie.
All of this is done with an overarching monologue from the state that keeps in time with the event of the story to great affect, and the art is riddled with visual cues in nearly every panel. I'm especially fond of Suzie's hair during a particularly traumatic event towards the end of the issue. Oh yeah, did I mention that things keep going straight downhill for those kids? I won't ruin it for you, but to say it is well worth the fifteen minutes to read it, and the wait to get the next issue. And, of course, the dollars necessary to get your hands on the twisted little beauty.
And keep your fingers crossed that we'll see a second issue soon!
http://themoltingcomic.com/
Report by Dave Conkey/MovementNorth
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