For some reason Facebook won't let me post a link to Comicbits On Line, so I have reposted it here so people can still read it...
"REVEREND CROSS: BOOK 1
– Review by Terry Hooper on Comicbits On-Line!
The first three issues of Reverend
Cross have sold out but have been collected into a new trade
paperback version with 25 pages of brand new Reverend Cross action.
It's available to buy now of course and it has a specially
commissioned cover by Vince (Harker/Clock Strikes!) Danks. With art
and stories by Atlantisvampir, Jason Dennis, Gabrielle Noble, Patrick
O'Connor, Andrew Richmond, John A. Short and Grant Springford!
Reverend Abigail Cross the first
ever femalevicar action hero. Licensed by the Church of
England to kick demon ass! This collection contains 12 stories... 4
of them new! Hitler has escaped from Hell and only Cross can stop
him!
Gabby
Noble -she brought us Oktobriana versus Vladimir Putin so why not
Cross versus Hitler? Incredibly Noble's art is getting even better.
Patrick
O'Connor -art wise this is probably the weaker of the strips but
still good fun.
Jason
Dennis -the art here is lovely. The character designs look good and
the composition -spot on.
Atlantisvampir
-first thing I thought was "Manga". The whole point of an
anthology comic is that you get strips drawn by different artists and
so this fits in well and if I complain its because I want
to...overall it is not
that
bad.
Grant
Springford -first thought: "It looks like an animation cell. Is
that bad? No. What it shows is that the mix of artists works and the
page above is a lot better than some Marvel Comics art I've seen over
recent years (and I am not kidding).
Is
it a good package (as we publishers call it)? Yes, the mix works and
you get 100 pages so not bad at all. The glue binding
everything together (get me!) is John Short and his stories and
scripts. They have the right pacing of action and a good smattering
of tongue-in-cheek gags that Roger Moore would have loved as James
Bond.
Short
does one thing that the pretentious artistic babies do not understand
("I'm waiting for the HBO TV series offer!") and that is
that comics are fun. Entertainment. In the world we live in escapism
is something we need and this is what Short has been doing: creating
good fun and entertainment. Believe me if this was bovine excrement I
would not be pulling any literary punches.
Recommended?
Yes."
http://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2022/09/reverend-cross-book-1-out-now.html