{"id":7088,"date":"2013-08-16T16:39:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T20:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7088"},"modified":"2013-08-16T16:39:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T20:39:48","slug":"disease-death-and-a-damn-good-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7088","title":{"rendered":"Disease, Death and A Damn Good Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>“Plague” is a term that refers to something disgusting and dangerous. It breeds the idea of death and destruction.\u00a0 The Plague<\/i>\u00a0 is all of those things and more.\u00a0 The truth is,\u00a0 The Plague <\/i><\/a>is pretty f*cking awesome.<\/p>\n

The Plague <\/i>opens in the farmlands of Iowa where we meet a hardworking family.\u00a0 A loving mother is tasked with saving her daughter from a particularly aggressive and disgusting rat. When chasing the rat out with the broom fails, she has to resort to using her husband’s shovel to finish the job.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite things of The Plague<\/i> is how the art helps tell the story.\u00a0 From the moment you see the first rat you know its no ordinary creature.\u00a0 The detail in its blood stained fur, the expression of its wild eyes, they tell you before the chase even begins that something is different about this rat.\u00a0 When the commotion dies down and her husband, Robert, disposes of the still twitching body you get the feeling they haven\u2019t seen the last of these creatures.<\/p>\n

At the same time, in a New Jersey lab, doctors Jeremy and Carol are experimenting on an unusual rat of their own.\u00a0 As they try to document the phenomenon they are seeing in the rat, namely an increase in aggressive behavior and blood around the eyes,\u00a0 Jeremy remarks that he has been seeing this more and more.\u00a0 He also reveals that his studies so far have revealed a foreign body in the rats that resembles parvoviridae family of viruses.<\/p>\n

As the story continues, it jumps back and forth between Iowa and New Jersey.\u00a0 For every question that the characters manage to answer, two more new questions arise.\u00a0 The characters are great and the dialogue is on the mark. As the mystery developed I found myself growing more interested with every turn of the page, hungry for answers.<\/p>\n

The tone, characters, and storytelling help craft a creepy tone that is present in every aspect of the book.\u00a0 There is something special about the art as well.\u00a0 I\u2019m no artist, so I don\u2019t know if it’s the drawings themselves, the way the colors blend on the page, or the coloring method but the art jumps out in every frame.\u00a0 The colors and shadows heighten the suspense that is built with the story. This brings the book to life in a way the personifies the dialogue, the fear in the characters, the truly disgusting rats, and the nature of\u00a0 the plague itself.<\/p>\n

This book caught me by surprise and continued to hold my interest. If you are a fan of comics, stories, or art this is definitely a book for you.\u00a0 While I\u2019m only two issues into the series I cant wait to see what comes next.\u00a0 The Plague <\/i>is a refreshing combination of suspense and horror and shouldn\u2019t be missed by anyone.<\/p>\n

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