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Bad Kids Go To Hell #1-3
Bad Kids Go To Hell
A construction crew unearths a primal, supernatural force when they break ground for a new, commemorative library for Crestview Academy, a prestigious Midwestern prep-school and home to the spoiled offspring of the city's social elite. Three years later, six of Crestview's richest (and hottest) students are brought together early one Saturday for detention inside the newly completed library. Bored, the kids talk about their school's infamous "dark presence," and goad one another into a half-hearted seance. However, the joke turns deadly when they rouse an angry spirit, and start to die, one-by-one, in horrible accidents! Yet, as the kids drop like flies, are the murders really the work of an evil phantom, or has one of these six spoiled brats secretly conspired to bring them all together for detention in order to "level" the social playing field and do away with the competition?
The Breakfast Club meets The Grudge in this sexy, dark, comedy-thriller mini-series from scribe Matt Spradlin, co-creator of True Believer for the Sci-Fi Channel and visual effects coordinator for X-Men 2 and Beowulf, and hot new comic artist Anthony Vargas!
The Breakfast Club meets The Grudge in this sexy, dark, comedy-thriller mini-series from scribe Matt Spradlin, co-creator of True Believer for the Sci-Fi Channel and visual effects coordinator for X-Men 2 and Beowulf, and hot new comic artist Anthony Vargas!
132 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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July 22, 2012
I picked up this book at Comic-Con because it was five bucks and called Bad Kids Go to Hell. Sadly, the title doesn't appear to have anything to do with the book—which appears to have started life as a movie and then adapted into a comic to be turned into a movie and I don't even know. It starts off very Breakfast Club, with a bunch of spoiled rich kids stuck in detention, but then they discover they're on top of an Indian burial ground because apparently we're still doing that story, and there's an angry Native American spirit curse because apparently we're still doing that story, and these bad kids start dying. BUT NOT GOING TO HELL. Way to lie, title.
It takes a fair bit to really get going, but once the action starts, it's a fairly enjoyable read, despite the fact that none of the characters are really likable or interesting. I did end up liking a couple, but not for any good reason. But the women are all sexy schoolgirl stereotypes, and the two non-white dudes barely have a personality. The storytelling is both muddled and pedestrian, the art is okay, and the lettering is laughable. While it's kind of fun, it's exceedingly mediocre, and I am left scratching my head at the amount of energy that is being put into telling this story in various formats and promoting it.
It takes a fair bit to really get going, but once the action starts, it's a fairly enjoyable read, despite the fact that none of the characters are really likable or interesting. I did end up liking a couple, but not for any good reason. But the women are all sexy schoolgirl stereotypes, and the two non-white dudes barely have a personality. The storytelling is both muddled and pedestrian, the art is okay, and the lettering is laughable. While it's kind of fun, it's exceedingly mediocre, and I am left scratching my head at the amount of energy that is being put into telling this story in various formats and promoting it.
September 10, 2017
Although not a terrible read, the story could have been tighter. The illustrations were terrific and carried the book.
The best I can say were the reviews on the back cover, which, sadly, were more riveting than what was contained inside.
However, I'm fond of the older comics. Perhaps, this would speak more to a younger audience.
The best I can say were the reviews on the back cover, which, sadly, were more riveting than what was contained inside.
However, I'm fond of the older comics. Perhaps, this would speak more to a younger audience.
December 5, 2021
It was just okay. Good art but the story was lacking.
Me. Joe
Me. Joe
January 12, 2022
It had potential, but ended up making very little sense in the end. It couldn't decide if it wanted to be a supernatural horror trope or a revenge horror story.
July 19, 2012
fun comic - nothing new to the genre though.
February 4, 2013
I saw this movie prior to reading. My daughter totally enjoyed the movie but I found the book to be much more interesting.
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