Originally posted by LinkaliciousMaximum carnage is all I have also...but it one of best series I ever owned(I dont even collect spiderman,but this was to amazing to ignore .lol!)
i dunno how many comics carnage is in, but i have the whole Maximum Carnage series and it's a comic book masterpiece. Right up their with Batman's sword of azriel and the death of superman. I'm not too down with modern comics now days, but if anyone knows of any series involving Venom and Carnage please post about it so i can't continue to expand my less than vast comic book selection.
they do there drawn very well but are difficult to find
there called Carnage:mindbomb, and Carnage:its a wonderfull life
they are very graphic and delve into cletus's psyhce were lots of brutal images, and even a dream battle against spidey
here is a review of mindbomb
Several pages provide, in truly graphic details, a visual representation of the inside of Carnage's mind. Just as Kurtz believes he might be on the verge of a breakthrough, Kasady rejoins with his symbiote. Instead of killing Kurtz, he keeps him alive, screws a tendril into his brain (this would make a great Excedrin commercial) and begins to "squirt bits of my mind into yours, show you what I think of the world." Through this, Carnage drags Kurtz down into the darkness with him.
My first reaction upon reading this book was disgust. The pictures are incredibly graphic, and the subject matter gruesome. Later on, I took another look and was forced to change my opinion. "Mind Bomb" is not a mindless gore-fest. In fact, it is really, really good. Artist Kyle Hotz draws Ravencroft in such a gothic fashion that you KNOW something wicked this way comes.
Hotz draws Carnage's world view in a very effective manner, such as the little Carnage mouths writhing out of Kasady's brain and Cletus as a kid holding twin butcher knives with a maniacal grin. The thing that really impressed me, however, was the writing. I've never heard of Warren Ellis before, but he is definitely good. He creates such a dark tone, not just with his take on Carnage, but with the way every character is presented, that redemption seems impossible. The reader instinctively knows that Kurtz will fail.
Carnage's philosophy is presented so effectively that it scared the heck out of me. In Carnage's previous appearances, he comes off as a cardboard figure, not really three-dimensional. In "Mind Bomb", you get a glimpse into his inner workings.