"If you're a fan of detective stories, this is the indie book for you" - AICN

[Bald Steve]

We just got another smashing reveiw from Ain't it Cool News, this time it's for Hard-Bullied Comics 5, 6, and 7, the first three chapters of "Dead Zep", our second story arc!  HUGE thanks to Ambush Bug for the kind words, and for being one of the most vocal supporters of independent comics!

ORIGINAL REVIEW HERE, just scroll down.

HARD-BULLIED COMICS #5-7
I've been a fan of this series from the beginning. Tough detective stories set in a fantastic world. The heroes are as hard luck and noir as you'll ever find, but the cool thing about these stories is that there's a fantastical take on things, like people being turned into half-animals and dead rockers kept alive to please their fans, that makes these stories stand out. Each issue focuses on a different detective who is working on the same case from different angles. There's the charismatic Billy Blackburn, who is the most relatable of the crew. Knuckles leads with his fists and provides some brutal panels of action. And the snake-headed Jason King and the tiger headed December Leonard are not to be trusted. All four were in a military unit together years ago; two were transformed into man-beasts while two became hard nosed detectives. There's a mystery in there somewhere and it's good enough to keep my attention. Reading the first three issues of this four part arc all at once is torture, since now I have to wait to see what happens in the fourth part. I picked all of these books up at this year's SDCC. HARD-BULLIED COMICS have always been strong reads, but these last three issues rock even harder due to the superb art by Federico Dallocchio who has a style reminiscent of Jim Calafiore with heavy separation between lights and darks. Perfect art for a noir tale such as this. If you're a fan of mystery and hard nosed detective stories, this is the indie book for you.