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For this entire run I dabbed a live budder called Strawberry Cough from Summit Concentrates. It was such a mellow high but kept me really focused while reading and writing this post.

Review: RAIN

June 2, 2022
 

Today I’m doing a review on my first indie comic on Coffee, Cannabis and Comics; Rain, a 5 issue run by Joe Hill, David M. Booher, Zoe Thorogood, & Chris O’Halloran + Syzygy Publishing. When I first went to my local comic book shop, I wanted to make sure I picked up at least 2 unfamiliar comics. What I meant was I didn’t want to get the traditional superhero comics and instead try something from an independent publishing company.

I was looking all over the shop for Saga, an indie comic my buddies Ben and Cassie highly recommended, I finally found it but right next to it was Rain. The cover caught my eye, the art and the treatment of the title; particularly the R and A since they were both filled in.

As a reminder I will be basing my review on the following:

  • Cover Art

  • Story

  • Overall Rating 5 star rating system from Comic Geeks App

It was interesting how the covers made so much more sense after I read the issue. I felt that they were creative in how much of the story they were giving away as well as how to show it in a minimalist style.

Cover Issue #1 This cover is by the artist of the book as well, Zoe Thorogood and it’s the one that drew me in. I figured it was a love story but what was really interesting was the beam going through their hearts. Zoe Thorogood also created the covers for issues 2-5 which I picked up over the next couple weeks.

Cover Issue #2 Some noticeable changes on here from the first cover, one person is gone and the same color garment is now covered in blood and the remaining person is crying.

Cover Issue #3 The third cover felt the most heartbreaking to me because of the child as the main focus with a beat up, crappy old umbrella, with the reoccurring beam coming through.

Cover Issue #4 This one felt slightly different from the previous three as it was more blues and greens as opposed to the warmth of the oranges and reds. Also we see the person holding a letter and a rope covered in spikes, interesting.

Cover Issue #5 Now the fifth cover was the last issue of the run but also the one that deviated the most from the white negative space of previous issues. But having it covered in red I think was a great idea and still follows the layout from the previous issues.

Check out the covers of RAIN issues 1-5 below.

Rain Issue 1 Cover
Rain Issue 1 Cover

Cover art for the comic Rain issue 1

Rain Issue 2 Cover
Rain Issue 2 Cover

Cover art for the comic Rain issue 2

Rain Issue 3 Cover
Rain Issue 3 Cover

Cover art for the comic Rain issue 3

Rain Issue 4 Cover
Rain Issue 4 Cover

Cover art for the comic Rain issue 4

Rain Issue 5 Cover
Rain Issue 5 Cover

Cover art for the comic Rain issue 5

Rain Issue 1 Cover Rain Issue 2 Cover Rain Issue 3 Cover Rain Issue 4 Cover Rain Issue 5 Cover

Story As I previously stated, I wanted to pick up some indie titles and man what a series to start with. I honestly had no idea what this story would be about going into it. I saw the cover, flipped through to one page that showed a bunch of people dying with what looked like ice rain of some sort. I thought it was pretty crazy but was really drawn in by the art as well as the colors from that particular spread.

Issue 1 We start off in the story with Honeysuckle waiting for her girlfriend Yolanda, to arrive at her place in Denver from Boulder, they were moving in together(it was pretty funny to open this up and see Boulder/Denver since I live in the area). We learn a bit of background story that coming out to their parents were two different stories, one family very accepting, the other not. Luckily Yolanda’s parents were very welcoming to Honeysuckle and said they would be her second family if needed.

Now during this time while we get backstory, Honeysuckle is talking about how the first day of the rain caught everyone off guard… It was foreshadowing that I thought we would learn about later.

Spoiler alert, do not continue if you want to pick up the issues.

The spread right before we see everyone stabbed to death with some weird crystalized rain…

But what happened was as we are moving through the story and Honeysuckle is talking about the rain in past tense, we see it actually happen. It was a TOTAL different approach that I was not expecting. So as we build up and learn about Honeysuckle and Yolanda’s relationship and get sucked in only to have our hearts ripped out when we find out that Honeysuckle is in fact retelling the event. You’re left turning the pages to see Honeysuckle go from yelling, “Yolanda!” to seeing Yolanda get stabbed by the rain and then the next page all black black with a simple message from Honeysuckle as the narrator, “Like I said, when the rain fell, most everyone was caught outside in it.” Cut to the last page of Yolanda dead.

Honestly I should have for seen this happening for how the story was building up the relationship; I just didn’t think it would happen so early in the story.

PHEW! What a wild ride in just the first issue!

I highly recommend picking this up as the rest of the story continues to draw you in and hit you with twists like no other. With Yolanda and her mother gone and no way to let Yolanda’s dad know about what happened, Honeysuckle sets on trek to Denver, Colorado from Boulder to deliver the news. But along this apocalyptic journey we learn more about the current events, could someone actually be responsible for making the sky rain down glass??

One of the beginning spreads of issue #1 in which we get a first instance of weird weather…

Overall Rating I give this a 4/5. The cover designs were great and I really like the art style; I think what I liked about it is that it is different from the other comics I am currently reading. The actual story, I liked it. A lot. I was gasping turning the pages so much that my wife looked at me and asked, “Are you ok over there?”

The only thing that keeps me from giving it a 5 out of 5 is because of how abrupt it ended and left me wanting to know more. There was so much jam packed at the end that it felt a bit rushed. I’m still OK with the ending but just think they could have continued it.


If you’re a cannabis consumer like me and like to keep track of your consumption, be sure to check out Chronicle below.

 
In Comic Review Tags RAIN, Image, Comic Book Review, indie, colorado, denver, boulder, syzygy publishing, image comics, indie comics, independent publishing
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Thor: Love and Thunder Movie Trailer was released Monday, May 23 2022

Trailer Review/Thor: Love and Thunder

May 24, 2022

Behold! We got a trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder. Time to take a dab and watch this! I’m so excited to see this one and am anxious for its release, also I love Christian Bale. I’m going to be finishing up my Slurricane (indica) from my local dispensary Shoppe Callies!

View trailer and dope poster for Thor: Love and Thunder below.


TRAILER REACTION!

The Space Viking Thor Odinson(Chris Hemsworth)!! Oh wow, I am PUMPED for this one. “From dad bod to god bod,” haha absolutely love that, that needs to be on a shirt.

Well since I am new to comics, I’m unsure if we already know how Jane Foster(Natalie Portman) got her powers or if we are going to find out something new in this movie. What it does make me want to do is a bit of research and possibly read some Thor comics before the movie releases.

Gorr the God Butcher is played by Christian Bale, making his MCU debut. I’m pretty pumped about this one; I’ve seen some chatter about the design of Gorr being too humanistic but I think this might be done because of an actor’s likeness and showing their actual face rather than CGI. That’s just my 2 cents.

We also get to see Zeus, played by Russel Crowe in a hilarious “flick” clip at the very end of the trailer. We’ll see if he plays a bigger role in this movie. Glad to see some returning faces, especially Korg as he is one of my favorite. Can’t wait for it to come out!

Thor: Love and Thunder Movie poster by Marvel with coffee cannabis and comics logo on red bars on each side

Thor: Love and Thunder Movie Poster by Marvel

The poster looks really badass and I have to say I’m a big fan of the the styling of Thor. Anyways I feel like this is on par with the recent Dr. Strange posters that were also awesome.

Thanks for tagging along, let me know if you’re excited for this movie in the comments! Also if you have any comic recommendations to give me background that would be great. See you next time!

If you’re a cannabis consumer like me and like to keep track of your consumption, be sure to check out Chronicle below.

Chronicle: Real Reviews by Real People

In Trailer Reactions Tags Spider-Man, Dark Crisis, The Boys, Wolverine, X-Men, RAIN, Saga, MEZO, Jurassic League, Patch, Comic Book Review
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over head photo of comic book, coffee mug, puffco smoking apparatus, hotknife, and coffee cannabis and comics logo

To start off my comic book journey, I chose Ben Reilly Spider-Man, X-Men ‘92, Wolverine:Patch and Jurassic League

My First Comic Book Purchase Plus Free Comic Book Day

May 19, 2022

Nothing like getting your first comics in your 30's. Diving into this wonderful creative world and not looking back. I’m a graphic designer in the cannabis industry looking to disconnect from the digital world by reading comics. I hope you enjoy my first post, thank you for checking it out!

It seems like getting into comics was meant to be for me this year. About a month ago I had reached out to a friend of mine about how I would love to get into comics but I have no idea where to start. He said something like ‘just dive right in. Start with something you know, characters you like and then also just browse and take your time.’ Fast forward to Free Comic Book Day on May 8 and I finally entered a comic book store for the first time. 

I have been wanting to go to this store for a bit now; I am a fan of Funko Pops but I always just order them online or pick them up at Gamestop. So when my buddy reached back out and said “go pick up your free comic book and get started,” I wasted no time to check it out. The store is called I Want More Comics and I was like a kid in a candy store. I approached the door and saw a big wall of comics on display outside and two employees. I was handed a piece of paper and told to write down the Top 3 comics I wanted and then 2 back ups in case they didn’t have them.

Free Comic Book Day: Dark Crisis #0 FCBD Special Edition 2022, Spider-Man / Venom #1, The-Boys Herogasm

I opted for:

Dark Crisis #0 FCBD Special Edition 2022

I thought it did a good job summarizing what has happened and what is going to happen without the feeling of being overwhelmed. When I first picked this up and read thru it, I didn’t even realize it was a #0 issue and the #1 issue has yet to come out. Luckily the Comic Geeks community helped me out with understanding what I was actually reading. 

comic book open to show panel of The Flash from DC Dark Crisis comic

This panel of The Flash looks so badass

The Boys-Herogasm

Big fan of the Amazon show and fully expected this issue to be full of the same craziness. Sure enough it was. Couple chuckles, fun little read, glad I picked it up. I’ve also heard rumors that Herogasm will feature in the 3rd season of The Boys on Amazon. 

A page from The Boys - Herogasm

Free Comic Book Day 2020: Spider-Man / Venom #1

Behold my first Spider-Man issue. This was an ok read, I wasn’t really sure who or what was going on. Ultimately I opted for a different Spider-Man series when I went back for my first purchase. 

Now the Venom #1 preview was really badass, awesome action packed panels with some really nice full page shots. Because I'm new to the comic world, I'm not really sure if this is a series that is already ongoing because at the end it says continued in Venom #26. But I thought it was the beginning of #1. After posting about this on Comic Geeks, I was told this run ended last year, SO I might have to go pick this one up at some point.

comic book open to reveal page of spider-man sitting on a roof

The colors were dope but the story wasn’t compelling enough for me to garner further interest

I went home and read them right away. I burned thru them so quickly that I was itching to go back to the store and start my actual comic journey and select some issues to start reading. Three days later, I went back and made my first purchases.

Wolverine: Patch Issue #1

X-Men ‘92 House of XCII Issue #1

MEZO Issue 1 (Didn’t realize this was Volume 2)

RAIN Issue #1

Saga Volume 1

Ben Reilly Spider-Man Issues #1-3

Three comics fanned out on a table, Rain, Saga and MEZO

I wanted to pick familiar comics and unfamiliar. Saga and RAIN have me HOOKED!

Following that purchase, I spoke to the person at the counter of my local comic shop of when new issues come out. I wasn’t aware that certain ones come out on certain days, etc. So I went back the next day and was able to pick up issue #4 of Ben Reilly Spider-Man. But the most exciting part of it was picking up Jurassic League Issue #1. 

Be sure to check back next week as I review a couple of these issues. First one up will be Wolverine: Patch Issue #1. See you next time!

If you’re a cannabis consumer like me and like to keep track of your consumption, be sure to check out Chronicle below.

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Chronicle: Real Reviews by Real People

In Comic Review Tags Spider-Man, Dark Crisis, The Boys, Wolverine, X-Men, RAIN, Saga, MEZO, Jurassic League, Patch, Comic Book Review
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