Bump #3
	Writer: Mark Kidwell Artist: Mark Kidwell Colorist: Jay Fotos Letterer: Jason Hanley Published by: Fangoria Comics ‘Bump’ created by Mark Kidwell
	Reviewed by: Bruce Logan

EXCLAMATION: “That is some amazing woodwork!”

EXPLANATION: Continuing the slash fest of the first two issues, this part of the four issue Bump sees yet more blood, gore and innards. The remaining survivors do their best to, well, survive and even though all of them aren’t left standing (i.e. alive) by the last page, most of them are. As for the ‘dollies’ (created by Edgar Dill), they welcome a new member into their ranks, the dead wife/mother from the family of four who were amongst those who took shelter in the Dill’s haunted house. Elsewhere, worried about her husband’s whereabouts, Sheriff Gil’s wife intimates one of his (former) colleagues. Look forward to seeing him (and more of the police) next issue. As for the sheriff himself, he finally gets to the Dill household and finds the remaining survivors.

EXAMINATION: This issue, just as the previous two is more than just a gore-fest. Writer & Artist Mark Kidwell and Colorist Jay Fotos have together created a story that is both fast paced and deep. The characters, whether the good ones or the bad, or even the ones who are just trying to stay alive, they come across as real people and not just ciphers put in place just for the heck of it. Sure, the clichés are clear as day (even to the lay man), even more so when seen from a slasher-horror-genre angle but rather than being a turn off they come across as mildly boring (sometimes) and familiar.

PROCLAMATION: If the movie is done as well as the story and with half as much verve and dedication it should make for an interesting viewing…barring the over-the-top blood and gore, mind you.

RATING: 4/5