Crossed
Ahe Avater press we meet agien. Right I should tell you that if extreme horror is this companies bread and butter then Crossed is its Hovies. This comic has made a mint for Avater which is cool cause I love Garth Ennis but is also worries me considering how fucked up it is and what kind of nutbag might read it
((Me *cough*))

So some form of infection spreads across the United States in the form of a crossed rash on the face. The people who are infected become the most sickest, savage and perverted forms of life. Like with zombies infection can be transferred via blood, saliva and another where the crossed have their wicked way with you. Gimme zombies tearing me limb from limb any day.

We're left with a bunch of survivors very like the walking dead crew and while you could make many comparasions with both groups you find yourself wanting to distance yourself from the crossed crew their not better or worse then Rick Grimmes happy bunch but you do relise their stable's are very different. In the Walking Dead our heros are trying to maintain their humanity while trying to survive while in Crossed our "hero's" relise they have to lose their in this world gone mad. A an ugly world it is at that. The crossed are every vile thought brought to life and at first glance this comic will and I mean will come across as a snuff book. But read it one or two more times if your stomach can handle it and youll see Ennis is trying to tell us somthings about ourselves, socitey and how somtimes it we might not need the Crossed to damn us we do a very good job on our own.
The art is exellent and Jacen Burrow's look of the Crossed is wicked. Other artist have done their own Crossed comic look but Burrow's grinning sickos really send a chill up your spine.
Speaking of the other Crossed stories it kinda bugs me that they seem to be suffering from Saw syndrome.
Each book is really trying to up the anti with gore and shock tactics and dont get me wrong thats what Ennis used in the first book but there was a human element there....a story. They all lack that conviction....and as my mate Mike pointed out some real vindacation. This one is dark.messy and gut wrenching but at least your left with hope. Avoid Crossed Family Values and Psychopath your wish to avoid mental scaring. Crossed 3D aint so bad but its waffer thin and wish you were here seems to go back to the human element. All in all Crossed volume one isnt a bad book but it sure as shit wont be for everyone. For fans of extreme horror comics I recommend it along with a hot soapy shower after reading.

I give Crossed an 8.5/10