Comic book review: Winterwold #4- Decent comic book to be made into a television show shocker

Writer: Chuck Dixon
Artist: Bruce Guice
Publisher: IDW
Released: 19th November 2014


Winterworld is to be made into a television show. I find that a bit surprising really, as the book is good, and most television programmes are, well to point out the bloody obvious, they are usually bad, very bad.

I’m a bit shocked that a book about an independent, self-sufficient, decent man is going to be allowed on television in 2014. The mainstream media continuously pumps out anti man/anti-family programming that portrays men as order following statists, psychopaths, criminals, fools, losers, geeks, metro-sexuals, flaming best friends or juvenile weaklings dominated by bossy women, so this surprises me. Yeah, it’s very surprising, but in a good way for a change. I wait with frosty Winterworld breath to see how they mess it up. Nah, only joking. I’m sure it will be great. After all, if they follow the excellent comic they can’t really go too far wrong.

Issue #4 sees the end of the first arc. It features a determinedly unintimidated Wynn (the young ‘charge’ of the main protagonist Scully) versus a bunch of Al (Abraham) Gore worshipping fanatics and their new god, a killer whale. Will she become the latest sacrificial offering to the eco-friendly fish god who is silently stalking her through the frozen sea? I won’t spoil the outcome, but I approve. It’s good, and this month’s front cover of the killer whale preparing to gobble up our daring young heroine is the best cover of the series so far.

Tomas Giorello takes over as the artist for next month’s arc, and I couldn’t be happier. Bruce Guice has been very good, but with Giorello taking over it’s going to get even better. Giorello’s work on King Conan for Dark Horse comics was absolutely stunning, and in my eyes he’s one of the very best artists working in the comic book industry today.  Excited? You bet I am. I can’t wait to see what he does with the icy landscapes of Winterworld.

Winterworld is a rare comic book. Simple, yet good, with no underlying statism and characters that I can relate to and care about. There’s a refreshing absence of wagging fingers telling you to bow down to uniformed ‘heroes’ and watch what you say less you might upset the feminist liberal thought Police. It’s just a good old-fashioned comic book. Hopefully it will make a good old-fashioned television show as well. God knows we need something decent to watch on the lying box these days.

Rating: 8/10