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Kate Kasenow recommends Deadhorse: Ballad of the Two Headed Dog #2

A key, a runaway, a Sasquatch, a deserted campground, a mad scientist, and an ancient temple…all pieces to the mystery that is “Deadhorse I: Dead Birds,” the critically acclaimed self-published comic from creators Eric Grissom (ericgrissom), Phil Sloan, and David Halvorson. Now, in the beginnings of “Deadhorse II: Ballad of the Two Headed Dog” we have a few new pieces…a hotel that never was and—of course—a two-headed dog. If you haven’t been keeping up, now is a great time to jump into the adventures of William Pike, who’s just been kidnapped by an all-girl rock band. 

Yeah, I’ll bet you never thought you’d hear all those words together in a sentence; all the more reason you should pick up Ballad of the Two Headed Dog #2 before the mysteries of fourth dimensional transgression get any worse. 

In this newest issue this fantastic work has acquired a new colorist, Marissa Louise (marissadraws), who builds on Halvorson’s work by pushing the color story even further. Throughout flashbacks and emotional upsets, Louise captures character moments perfectly. Sloan’s art continues to impress with the depths contained in the brevity of his style. Last, but never least, Grissom’s writing tells a particularly poignant story in this issue: Prior to the events of his son’s funeral, we learn more about Gadsworth’s drive to find Pike, who goes on to reveal an intimate understanding of the supernatural events in Deadhorse, Alaska, while his friends Elise and Edgar are in more danger than anyone realizes.

And everything changes.

[Read Deadhorse: Ballad of the Two headed Dog #2 on comiXology]

Kate Kasenow is a comics artist from Indiana currently living in Manhattan. She works at ComiXology as a Lead Digital Editor and spends most of her spare time re-reading J. R. R. Tolkien.