Created on June 1, 2012 and written by TommyHancock
Category: Comic Book Reviews, Image Comics Reviews

Rating: 4/5
Publisher Name: Image Comics
Publisher Website: www.imagecomics.com/

Writer: Kurtis J. Wiebe
Pencils: Aluisio C Santos
Number of Pages: 28
Price: 3.50
Color: Color
Safety Content Label: PARENTAL ADVISORY – 15 years and older. Similiar to T+ but featuring more mature themes and/or more graphic imagery.

Publisher’s Blurb:
A brand new series from the mind of critically acclaimed writer KURTIS J. WIEBE (GREEN WAKE, PETER PANZERFAUST), GRIM LEAPER is a gory romantic comedy. Lou Collins is caught in a cyclical curse of violent, gruesome deaths and new beginnings in the bodies of strangers. With no clue why, Lou desperately searches for a way to break the curse and cross over peacefully to the other side. Then equally doomed Ella comes along. It’s a love story to die for.

Reviewer’s Comments:
A fine start to a very interesting comic series. Grim Leaper issue 1 is equal parts morbid and hilarious. After reincarnating for the 13th time, Lou takes a stroll through the city he was born in, lived in, and died in(and died in, and died in, and died in). He ends up at an all too familiar diner where– and given the tagline “A Love Story to Die for”, this shouldn’t come as too much of a shocker– he meets a girl.

We are then treated to one of the most interesting, even if one of the briefest, boy meets girl stories I have witnessed. As it turns out, Ella has an all too similar situation. Two people who had been actively avoiding getting close to anyone now had each other. Well, as long as they could deal with the whole, you know, continually dying dilemma.

Sadly, while the main story was fantastic, of the 28 pages of sequential story only 22 are the main story. The last 6 are a backup story called “Drive Time Commute”, which, if I’m being honest, just isn’t very good. If the backup was left out and the book was 2.99 and issue, I would have given it a 5/5. It’s honestly that good. Sadly, I have to take the comic into consideration as a whole, and this backup does more harm than good to the overall package.

Bottom line(cause Stonecold said so): If you’re a fan of dark humor, this comic is for you. I recommend it 150% for anyone who liked the movie Wristcutters: A Love Story(if you haven’t seen it, check it out as well, btw). Be warned though(as if this doesn’t pull you in more) $hit gets gruesome. It’s certainly not death scene after death scene, but when they do happen, they happen HARD.

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About the Writer: TommyHancock (34 Posts) Though the list of things that Tommy Hancock loves is quite immense, very few things have ever come close to his love for comics (Not including living things, of course. He's a jittery ol' hermit, not a monster). Fancying himself a writer, Tommy has aspirations in every form of media(Novels, short stories, TV, film, web series, comics(#1), etc.) and can usually be found locked in his room tapping away at his laptop, which is quite literally falling apart from the constant poundings. Lacking any artistic ability himself, aside from being able to string words together, Tommy is always on the lookout for a talented Lad or lass to collaborate with, so if you're in the market for a writer feel free to drop him a line. He only bites when provoked. Tommy Hancock lives in the California High Desert with his dog, Quincy. He resides in a house that is heavily fortified to withstand even the most extreme of zombie onslaughts.

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