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Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. In this episode, Linkara looks at another Silent Hill comic that had potential that was very quickly squandered.
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Originally uploaded October 3rd, 2011.
ORIGINAL INFO: Silence will fall… but not today, since this is another Silent Hill comic where nobody shuts up.
RUMINATIONS: While I joke in the later reviews about which one could be considered the worst and don’t give an answer, the honest answer about which of the Silent Hill comics is the worst would have to be Paint it Black. It’s not only because it mangles some good ideas and potentially interesting monsters, but nothing about it makes any sense and NOBODY is likeable. You could argue in ANY of the other Silent Hill comics that there’s someone in there who we can root for, even if they’re not all that great, but not here. Ike Isaacs is an awful human being, simultaneously too pretentious and a hack (he only cares about doing his art one second, then wants to leave his artistic inspiration when he learns he can get rich and live the high life). The cheerleaders are annoying, confusing, and thoroughly awful people themselves. The only person I liked in this whole mess was Joe… who was in maybe two pages and is not involved in the events other than kicking Ike out of the apartment. I hope he ended up with a better roommate, at least. I hear nice things about that Henry Townsend guy.
The fact that Ike not only survived to make it into Dead/Alive but also survived the entire series of comics is probably the worst offense at all. Scott Ciencin tragically passed away fairly recently, so while my remarks towards his writing are indeed insulting, I have to say that, honest to God, if I ever wanted to meet ANY creator to ask them about the awful comics I reviewed, it would be him, since I am genuinely curious about the creative decisions he made with the Silent Hill comics and would have loved to learn more.