Stitched Volume 1 (STITCHED TP)

Strange that this comic series is actually based on a short film that Garth Ennis made. Wolfner took over the making of the comic and I would say he did a fine job. Superb art and great action/horror vibe. Of course with some classic UK style humor and characters influenced by Ennis. Very violent, but even the violence was superbly illustrated and unique in terms of what you see in most contemporary horror. A good read I would recommend to fans of Crossed, the Avatar label, or anything Ennis.

If you have read anything by Mr. Ennis, than you have read gritty, heart stopping (and heart stomping stories). Garth Ennis is the kind of man who could turn a Disney Cartoon into a horror story. Stiched Vol. 1 has once again set the bar high for horror and human characters. And the story is collected in this niffty hardcover edition, so its great catching up when you can't get a hold of the individual issues. A worthy buy to add to your Ennis collection.

Not a bad book, but not a good book either. Seems like gore is used to prop up a pretty weak plot. May not finish this series.

Garth Ennis at his best(meaning wonderfully twisted).Starts out as a "down behind enemy lines" tale,then morphs into "beyond worst case scenario"!

Let's take a moment to appreciate how at the start of the last decade, Ennis introduced two twists on the zombie mythos, and named them "Crossed" and "Stitched."All good? Okay: The comparison does not do "Stitched" many favors. Like much of late-period Ennis, the story focuses on a ragtag yet incredibly competent military team with an uncanny knowledge of the Falklands war. They get pinned down by an enemy that will not die, and discover the reason: An Afghan cult has found a way to kill prisoners and re-animate them as killer corpses who move at the beckoning of loud noises.There is one good idea here, the use of rock-filled cans as ways to move the zombies. In just a few pages, Ennis manages to turn the sight of those cans into nightmare fuel. But the rest is pretty rote, and the terror simply is not as memorable or overwhelming as what Ennis created in "Crossed."

Although Stitched is a pretty stripped down book, lacking much of the elaborate gore or exotic themes that have been such a big part of the Avalon line, that simplicity is what makes it a standout example from the publisher.Some American and British troops find themselves behind enemy lines, fighting a mysterious enemy. Boom, that's it.The fun is in the details. Every one of our protagonists is well developed, a fully drawn, interested person, and when the inevitable body count starts, you really do care.Who are the villains, and why? I'll admit, you never really find much out along those lines. But you're so into the pace, and cheering the heroes, you don't really mind.

I missed Stitched when it came out and was glad to catch it collected because it was solid Garth Ennis. As the editorial synopsis notes, a group of Americans crashland in the middle of Afghanistan and find themselves assailed by something that should not be. They luckily find some allies in the middle of the fray too, or it would have been a really short, disastrous-for-them kinda read. The art in Stitched looks good in my opinion, adding in a level of detail that makes The Stitched that much more terrible. The characterization is actually really good as well, and the storyline progresses in a way that makes you want to know more about what is transpiring, making you ask what that sound is, who those shrouded folks are, and how someone would combat something like that. The revelations behind what The Stitched really are/how they work/what they are being used for is interesting to see played out too, because a lot of the theme makes sense in a real world scenario meets some long-forgotten arcana kind of way.While not as graphic as some of Ennis's work, it is still pretty gory. Anyone not accustomed to that should check into this first, and any far of former works should find them really likable.