An imp from
hell walks into a bar a meets an alien girl--
No, this is
not a scene of The Abnormals, but it reminds you what it’s like to have some
fun with the weird, with all of the imagination and none of the angst. There was a time in comic book history when
adventures were fun and the power of thought was king, when you didn’t have to
worry about a story being too hurtful or if it was going to tie into a zillion
of other books. This is what The Abnormals
seem to be all about. Simple and weird
fun, and hey, there’s a moment when “simple” is also good.
The Abnormals
Special #1 is a study of an extremely diverse group with very unlikely
characters teaming up together. Grant
Springford, the creator of The Abnormals, got inspired in the 80’s Marvel comic books
and Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol, and you can really tell by the particular
flavor of his characters. Not wanting to
spill too much about the them for you to find out, I will just say that one
comes from Hell, another one seems to be an ancestor of the homo sapiens, and
there’s even one who’s connected with the astral plane. They’re set in England bringing a new edge to
the British super-hero scene.
If you want
to try The Abnormals, you can order it from Grant Springford’s website: http://www.theabnormals.co.uk/
He also has
a fanpage in Facebook that you can visit here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Abnormals/117308118317046
It’s an endearing
colorful book and, definitely, a work of
love on Grant Springford’s part.
