The Dregs #4
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| Writer | Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson |
| Artist | Eric Zawadzki |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
An archetype lost in architecture. This is how the story ends whether you like it or not.
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Comic Crusaders - Johnny "The Machine" Hughes
Jun 21, 2017At times, this series has been a difficult read. In no part is this an indictment on any of the creative team. It's just that the superhero fan in me, expects good to always triumph over evil. Whilst this is obviously an unrealistic viewpoint, a large part of me wanted a happier ending for Arnold. Still, as in life, the best that you can expect is to have to make a decision tempered with the hope that you make the right one. Read Full Review
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10
Big Comic Page - Craig Neilson-Adams
Jun 23, 2017The Dregs is gripping, powerful and through-provoking stuff, and as Ive been saying since the very first issue is my runaway pick for the best comic of 2017. Lets just say that its going to take something truly special in the next six months to knock The Dregs off its perch. Hats off to everyone involved in helping to bring this series to life, and I can only hope that it reaches the level of audience that it clearly deserves. Read Full Review
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All-Comic - Alex Mansfield
Jun 26, 2017The Dregs is as smart and as nuanced as comic book storytelling gets Read Full Review
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Comic Bastards - Daniel Vlasaty
Jun 28, 2017The Dregs is easily the best book of the year. I know I've said that a few times now. But seriously. All things considered, from start to finish, I can't imagine anything being better than The Dregs. One of my favorite things about reviewing is finding new books, connecting with creators and other fans, over-thinking things long after I finished reading. And this is a book that's going to stay with me for a long time. I know. This is one of those stories you return to frequently, where you pick up new things each time, see things differently. I can tell. Because there's no way you can get it all with one read-through. So please, please, please do yourself a favor and read this fucking book already. You won't regret it. Trust me. Read Full Review
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Spartantown - Enrique Rea
Jun 28, 2017'The Dregs' is a powerful story steeped in social commentary that seamlessly exists within a compelling mystery. Nadler and Thompson have produced a clever concoction of fear, anxiety, hope, compulsion, sympathy, horror, anger, and ultimately, futility. It has more going on emotionally than ten comics combined. And it all blends to make one of the best comics of the year. A thoughtful and engaging story that stays with you even after the final page. Read Full Review
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10
Horror DNA - James Ferguson
Jul 01, 2017The Dregs is a powerhouse of a comic, stretching the boundaries of the medium. It delivers a riveting story, unbelievable artwork, and a premise that is just close enough to reality to be absolutely terrifying. That's the real kicker about the book. You can see something like this happening. It's not that far off. Plus, it's set in Canada! Just imagine if it was in the US! Read Full Review
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10
Outright Geekery - Shaun Barbour
Jul 01, 2017Pick up the series and sink your teeth into this grisly tale for which, once you start it, there is no turning back. Read Full Review
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9.6
Multiversity Comics - Matt Lune
Jul 03, 2017A visually breathtaking tour-de-force that provides an almost flawless conclusion. Read Full Review
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9.0
Bleeding Cool - Ell Falcetti
Jun 30, 2017The Dregs #4 is a smart, wicked, dark, hopeful, bloody, furious, angry, hurt howl. These days a lot of people are howling for a lot of reasons. Some of them howl at their loss of privilege. Some of them howl at their loss of freedom. The Dregs is a howl for the latter. Don't let it get lost in the din. Read Full Review
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Blew me away.
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The best series out there that nobody is talking about. Just WOW!
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This is a great conclusion to what has been a surprisingly great series. There is no clean resolution for Arnold, there are no fixes, but, in a series as complex as this, a "happy" ending would be trite and out-of-character. After reading it I thought, how could it end in any other way? One of the best series of the year.
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There's something about The Dregs that gets under my skin. I found those sweeping platitudes annoying, and there's Masonic themes that are a bit too...well, obvious. Maybe it's because people can't help joining the dots; plot more than two points and someone is gonna draw a damn triangle! 'The city will show you the way' apparently, but - ultimately - we end up swamped by a psoriasis of urban development and resort to walking listless, retreating to that other wilderness of the mind. Curiously, whenever I see one of these new shiny buildings in reality, I worry about the plumbing and if their windows actually open? Pores all clogged up. I don't know about the drugs, or cannibalism (it's a metaphor right?), but when I reflect on my o more
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9.0
With the premise of gentrification turning cannibalistic I was easily sold on picking up the 1st issue. Being a guro fan I had expected there to be more focus on horror and cannibalism, like we saw in the first few pages. Instead the story explored the more real every day horrors of poverty stricken communities, and their erasure by higher classes. At first I felt it was just playing out cliche tropes of addict homeless man, the world sucks, rich men suck, which are all valid, but the character of Arnold developed really well. The noir lady ghosting through the story was a nice touch too. I'd say it was successful for the direction it took. I enjoyed that the delusional Arnold's goals and reasoning were more clear to me than those of the ca more
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