After turning Venom's world upside down a year ago, DONNY CATES and RYAN STEGMAN are about to put the Sinister Symbiote through hell again, only this time CARNAGE has come calling, and everyone who's ever worn a symbiote is dead in his sig…
After turning Venom's world upside down a year ago, DONNY CATES and RYAN STEGMAN are about to put the Sinister Symbiote through hell again, only this time CARNAGE has come calling, and everyone who's ever worn a symbiote is dead in his sights! He's skirted the periphery of the Marvel Universe for months, but Cletus Kasady at last stands poised to make his grand return to New York in a blistering 60-PAGE story... and he wants to paint the town red!
I’ve been on the Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman bandwagon since Venom #1 released. The art in the series has been some of the sickest in the industry and the stories are tight and exciting. Cates has been building to the Absolute Carnage event in the pages of Venom as well as the Web of Venom series of one-shot stories for well over a year.
Ryan Stegman’s artwork on Venom is some of the very best in the comic industry. He takes things up a notch or 2 in Absolute Carnage. His line work and layouts are impeccable throughout every single page. Ryan Stegman has a fantastic talent for moving the reader’s eyes with the story and keeps you engaged in every panel. He even provides a jump scare at one point, which I honestly didn’t think was possible. Ryan Stegman’s work is phenomenal but his counterparts add a ton of their own flavor as well. JP Mayers’ inks and Frank Martin’s colors are extremely impressive on a collection horrifying facial expressions. They set an extremely dark tone that fits the horror setting and story.
Ryan Stegman, JP Mayers and Frank Martin do a flawless job executing Donny Cates horrifying vision for Absolute Carnage. The issue starts great and still manages to crescendo during the final act of the story. Stegman’s visuals in Venom are exceptional, he takes it to another level here.
Donny Cates does a great job laying out the current state of events and stakes moving forward. Symbiote God Knull is currently contained in a deep slumber on a distant planet of symbiotes. Venom and his offspring have bee..
