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Curse Words #1 by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne

Magic is quite something. I’m not talking about the Houdini kind of stuff. Real magic. The kind of stuff only witches and wizards can create. The stuff of Dungeons and Dragons. It’s a heck of a lot of fun because it is, for the most part, endless – especially in story telling. For Curse Words #1, Charles Soule (of She Hulk, Letter 44, and many others) and Ryan Browne (God Hates Astronauts), magic is potent, powerful, explosive, and so much more.

In this brand new series, we meet a man named Wizord, a wizard from another world. He’s landed on Earth and had decided to have some fun (I think) with his seemingly endless magic. But that’s not the end of it.

This issue is a testament to Ryan Browne’s ability to draw almost anything with precision–whether it’s New York City, an entire baseball stadium, a koala, or a man with a very impressive beard. In his previous Image book, God Hates Astronauts, it was always the amount of insane detail Browne put into the book that kept me reading (his Crab-headed humanoid aliens were always pristine) and with Curse Words, this has not changed. With colorists Jordan Boyd and Michael Parkinson at his side, the art of this book is almost enough of a sell to keep me reading.

Lucky for us, Charles Soule not only knows how to write a compelling story, but in one issue, he manages to establish a rich world full of a thousand and one questions. Who Wizord really is, why he came to Earth, and his scary, mysterious Hole World origins kept me turning pages as quickly as possible. The pacing in this book is fast, but every page is littered with pieces of information that pass by almost too quickly to ponder as the story progresses.

If you’re looking to dive into what will assuredly be a fun, magic-riddled, masterfully drawn and colored comic, look no further than Curse Words #1.

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