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Writer: Dave Dwonch/ Artist: Anna Lencioni/ Action Lab I snatched up issue #1 of Cyrus Perkins and The Haunted Taxi Cab for three reasons: It’s a Action Lab comic. I love those.[icon_check] I figured that it had a supernatural twist based on seeing the cover and the title. [icon_check] The few taxi cab rides that I have taken were pleasant. (Sorry, I’m an Uber girl) [icon_check] Cyrus Perkins is your ordinary guy: he’s your taxi cab driver. Day in, Day out transporting folks throughout the city. He’s good at his job. He gets them from point “A” to point “B”. He gets paid. He goes home. Repeat. Day in and day out. Nothing too exciting happens but he’s fine with that. He has his routine down. It’s what he knows. It’s how things go.
UNTIL one evening, as fate would have it, a monkey wrench is thrown in the wheels and a teenager who enters his cab with gunshot wounds and is telling Cyrus to “Drive.” This is truly how this first issue begins. It’s a bold, gusty move via storytelling for the first issue of this series.
Lencioni’s art is easy on the eyes and brings the visuals to us with her A game. Every character, even the minor ones don’t look like rushed, there’s a polished look to each page and each person you see.
Final Rating? 9 out of 10
THAT CLIFF HANGER THOUGH! So far so good: an emotionally gripping but still intriguing start to what looks like a great new series. With several comics under his belt, writer Dave Dwonch seems to have a good understanding of how to mo…
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Carrie McClain
Carrie McClain is writer, editor and media scholar. Other times she's known as a Starfleet Communications Officer, Comics Auntie, and Golden Saucer Frequenter. Nowadays you can usually find her avoiding Truck-kun and forgetting her magical…
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