Abattoir #6 of 6

Abattoir #6 of 6
Radical Comics
Written by Rob Levin & Troy Peteri
Art by Wayne Nichols

Let’s get caught up on what’s been happening to poor (that’s an understatement) Richard Ashwalt. Ever since he turned down selling a house where a mass murder occurred, his life has gone steadily from bad to worse. He’s on the run for a murder that everyone thinks he’s done. He’s finding out that the person who offered to buy the house and eventually did Jebediah Crone, has been around for around 80 years, if not more and has been buying homes where murders have occurred. Richard thinks he knows what’s going on as he rushes headlong to face him but not before accidentally shooting and killing his wife as he gets his father’s old revolver . . . Yeah, he’s got it worse than any of us.

For the technical end, let me knock that out. The art is still in the same form from the other books and I’ve always said that it has truly added to the story, giving it that dark, haunting feel. You’re really feel the breath of the characters on the back of your neck reading this. The paneling is also the same; again, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Each frame leads you through the story effortlessly. Now, there wasn’t that much dialog in this story. Richard is doing most of the talking and I thought it could have used just a bit more. Something to really tie the story together, it was missing something.

I have to tell you folks; I didn’t like this one as much as the others. There was so more that could have been told; the stories could have been tied together more. To me, there were more questions at the end than answers; I don’t like that even when you’re leaving room for another series, story or whatever. Also, the ending, to me, was not the ending that it needed. I really wanted something else. It built to this great crescendo but didn’t deliver in the end. Again, that’s just me and what I would have liked to have seen. In my humble opinion, still get this and let me know if you liked it. I give this 3 caps out 5 caps