PoserPreviews--Grey Chapter 3!

I still remember the randomly hooking up with Kris Hornett on twitter, and finding out that he was writing a Comic/Manga and I thought it was a cool as hell concept, and I felt like a fool asking him some Manga 101 questions, and he took the time to educate me, and share his first chapter of Grey with me and I was blown away. AND TO LAND AN INHYUK LEE COVER FOR BOOK 2 ON TOP OF A FIRE STORY!!!!!  GOOD LORDY!

I'm here to let you know that pre-orders for Chapter 3 opened on September 25th, and you are going to want to pick it up NOW!

Grey: Chapter 3-Deja Vu
By: Kris Hornett, Ardee Arollado, Kenet Guevarra

There are so many things I love about this book, it is hard to pick a spot to start.

​First, Arollado's art really sings in this issue. There have been a string of beautiful books heavily leaning into using the art with no text to drive the action (think Hedra or Giant Size X-Men Jean Grey/Emma Frost) and it really delivers.  

This series of panels is on page 5 amidst our immersion into an episode of Deja Vu. In several other books that use a flashback tactic normally has some sort of box text explaining the events of the past or present. You see someone unpacking the events on a follow-up page.  You see the creators create how you should interpret the events.

I like what Arollado and Hornett have done here.  Across 12 pages with next-to-no text offered, your mind is left to interpret these events amidst what you've learned about Shuyin in the first two books, and each time I've read it, I come up with a new theory. I derive a new interpretation of what we experience.  This style of freedom for the reader is a great way to keep us engaged throughout the series. We'll keep seeing images similar to these, and we will constantly keep thinking and interpreting until we get an answer.

Even as the book concludes in the final third, we see additional theories about what some of the events from the fashion show may mean, but as a reader we are instantly drawn back to re-interpret Shuyin's deja vu in the context of what we learn from (who may be my favorite characters) Kale.

Why do I like Kale?  No real reason...I just look at him and smile and laugh.  He looks like a "Kale" to me.  He looks like the embodiment of Whole Foods....He looks like a dude who would work with technology.

Regardless, he becomes a large vehicle in giving us enough information to keep us hooked to what could be coming for us in Chapter 4.  As for the final reveal.....what happened at the fashion show could look like child's play in the near future.

Final Thoughts

The first three chapters of Grey are firmly on my list for book of the year in any shape or form.  As the intensity of the books continue to grow, you are going to wish you've picked it up and checked it out.  I'm willing to say hands down this is one of the best books that not enough of ya'll are reading.  I love this book so much, I've picked up some extra copies, and you bet your ass I'm giving some away as a prize in my 500 subscriber giveaway.  When chapter 3 is released in print, I'll be sending those out too, because this crossover between comic books and manga is phenomenal.

Also, they've got some dope merchandise up on the website now, and all I'm sayin Kris is that I bet that hoodie would look real good on a certain reviewer in a 2XL.

Pre-Order Chapter 3 Now!

Look at that MERCH!