The Comic Book I Read: Parliament of Rooks #1

 

I'm not sure why I picked this book up Friday. Partly because it was a light week (only two other comics). Partly because Saga and Daredevil, which were due out, hadn't yet hit the stands because of a shipping problem, so I had a two book hole in my heart. Partly because I liked the cover and title. Partly because when I opened it up the art was mostly black and white, with occasional splashes of red, orange, and yellow. And partly because UT had such high quality paper's like a slick magazine--but still listed for $4.99. (And to think that I grew up on 12¢ comic books. 👴)

When I sat down to read it, it took 2 1/2 pages of moody, entrancing art before I hit this line:

"The howls carried on the wind...She knows what they proclaim and she wonders if they might deafen the stars themselves."

And I said, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...what a feeling."

That line's worth at least a buck by itself. 

And get this: the story is 34 pages long, and the only ads are after the story pages. And speaking of the story...which was created, drawn, and co-written by Abigail Jill Harding*...is interesting. An architect who lives in a huge (and rotting) mansion designs a library for the princess of the kingdom. King says no way and throws the architect out, then things get tricky. In a supernatural / horrorish way. 

I'll definitely be back for issue 2 next month. You can also get an e-version of this book on the cheap ($2.99) from Amazon, the whole five e-book series for really cheap ($6.99), or, if you have a Kindle Unlimited membership, for F.R.E.E. (And if you have that membership, you can also read (for free) the novel A Matter of Reason by Thomas Paul Kalb. Tell him BrotherK. sent you. 😉)

* I don't see too many writer / artists anymore, so that was a plus, too.