Instead of going for a subtle, gothic horror style finale, Strnad goes obvious. The entire issue–from Lovecraft-type tentacle monsters fighting with dinosaurs and giant living rock people–is oversized, but those scenes work in their context. The epilogue, which features a somewhat grounded Ragemoor, is just plain cheap. It did require me to look back and…

Strnad moves things along with unexpected haste this issue. I suppose he feels the need for a big finale and uses this issue to set it up. It’s a good issue, continuing–with less showmanship–the grandeur of the previous issue, but there’s something missing. The tragic romance, which turns out to be more like tragic lusting…

While the first issue of Ragemoor was competently written gothic stuff from Strnad and great art from Corben, the second issue is something else entirely. It reveals this wondrous–albeit horrible and sometimes disgusting–world, something Strnad would’ve been better to do the first issue. The weird orangutang of the first issue are actual weird orangutangs, not…

Ragemoor is, unfortunately, the story of a haunted castle. Hence the rage. It may be situated on a moor, but no one establishes it in this issue. Jan Strnad’s script feels a little like he intentionally took a backseat to Richard Corben’s artwork, which is fine. Strnad’s script does its job. He introduces the setting,…