Grim Leaper #3 - Review

Grim Leaper, a four issue mini-series written by Kurtis J. Wiebe along with artist Aluísio C. Santos has been absolutely fantastic thus far. Lou and Ella meet when they discover that they both have the same curse: When they die - which happens quite frequently - they leap into someone else's body that live around the same general area. They obviously fall in love, making this, as the cover of each issue proclaims "A story to die for," but, albeit, a very unromantic and gruesome one thus far. Issue #3 changes that, delivering the most heartwarming and romantic chapter thus far, while still remaining entirely absurd. 

Lou and Ella go on a cute date to the zoo after a charming scene finding the two of them together again after the death of their previous bodies in the last issue. It's here that we finally see the two lovebirds sitting down and getting to know each other more, which is sorely needed if Wiebe wants this to be a "love" story. This is abnormal for Grim Leaper, especially considering that not only does the direction of the plot change, but Lou's narration becomes a lot more tame, but it works. The "love" needed to be fleshed out more and this issue does it. 

This date does build up to an incredibly awesome turn towards morbidity with a great scene towards the end of how these bodies die, though. Which is made even better by Santos's stylized artwork. 

It's a superb issue, and ends on an exciting last-page reveal for Grim Leaper's conclusion next month. 

***

The back-up this time around in the "MORE LOVE STORIES TO DIE FOR" section is "Apple Of My Eye," written by Jeremy Holt and illustrated by Chris Peterson. The main character, a seemingly middle-aged man, is in love - or perhaps in lust is a more accurate depiction - with Siri, the horrifying (at least in my opinion) voice-operated AI on the iPhone 4S. It's a silly story with a brutal and arrestive execution. I enjoyed it.