{"id":10205,"date":"2014-06-11T05:21:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T09:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=10205"},"modified":"2021-11-24T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:49:08","slug":"z-view-the-package-by-elliot-blake-alexis-ziritt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=10205","title":{"rendered":"The Package by Elliot Blake &#038; Alexis Ziritt \/Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2014\/z061114zview_thepackage_cov.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"708\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Package<\/strong>&nbsp;is a graphic novel created by <strong>Elliot Blak<\/strong>e<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&nbsp;Alexis Ziritt<\/strong>&nbsp;published through <strong>Kickstarter <\/strong>and available on<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comixology.com\/The-Package\/comics-series\/22058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Comixology<\/a>.<\/strong><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Writer:<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&nbsp;Elliot Blake<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Artist: <\/span><b>Alexis Ziritt<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Cover: <\/span><b>Alexis Ziritt<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-style: italic; color: #666666;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; color: #333333;\">Hitman Fred Cutler is sent to Mexico by his boss to retrieve a package. The package never arrives, but hired killers do. When Fred comes to, he discovers a bomb has been sewn into his chest. And if he wants to live, he&#8217;s going to have to kill his boss, L.A.&#8217;s most notorious gangster, Rafi Vega.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2011\/z072511the_package.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"615\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The&nbsp;Good<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">I love the cover by <strong>Alexis Ziritt<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><strong>Elliot Blake<\/strong> has created an excellent <strong>revenge story<\/strong> with a couple of unexpected twists.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">The pinups by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/7f773159b859f7248148e995f0a3eaab\/tumblr_n5xeayPo8Q1qllbbuo4_1280.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma Rios<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/37.media.tumblr.com\/68692bb4c5a7d3cf82d310cf625af11d\/tumblr_n5xeayPo8Q1qllbbuo1_1280.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Andrew Maclean<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/37.media.tumblr.com\/3229c4e93206522f12c020e4ddd8365a\/tumblr_n5xeayPo8Q1qllbbuo3_500.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Robert Wilson IV<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/37.media.tumblr.com\/08fb7bfffd796eeaf252a2e835e5a9fa\/tumblr_n5xeayPo8Q1qllbbuo2_1280.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Eric Bonhomme<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">The running gun battle when <strong>hitmen<\/strong> show up in <strong>Mexico<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">I could easily see this very cool graphic novel turned into a very cool movie.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">The price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The&nbsp;Bad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">When you don&#8217;t know enough to get&nbsp;quiet around<b> Rafi.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">What happens when you keep &#8220;testing&#8221;<strong> Charlie<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">Waking up a few days after being shot to find a bomb has been placed into your chest.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">Nearly everyone &#8212; definitely all the major players in this tale.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">It&#8217;s too bad some people may be put off by the roughness of the <strong>Ziritt&#8217;s<\/strong> art. &nbsp;For me, it works &#8212; gritty art to compliment a gritty <strong>crime story<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Ugly:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\">When <strong>Fred<\/strong> finds out what the package is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>The Package<\/strong>&nbsp; is a comic for&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">mature audiences<\/strong>&nbsp;due to <strong>profanity<\/strong> and<strong> violence<\/strong>. &nbsp;If you\u2019re a fan of<strong> Sin City<\/strong>; <strong>Dead Body Road<\/strong>, <strong>Criminal<\/strong> and <strong>Tarantino&#8217;s <em>Reservoir Dogs<\/em><\/strong>, then you&#8217;ll dig <strong>The Package<\/strong>. &nbsp;<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Package&nbsp;is a graphic novel created by Elliot Blake&nbsp;and&nbsp;Alexis Ziritt&nbsp;published through Kickstarter and available on Comixology. 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