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Cullen grew up in rural North Carolina but now lives in the St Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson His noir horror comic and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt The Damned was published in 2007 by Oni Press The follow up The Damned Prodigal Sons was released in 2008 In addition to The Sixth Gun his current projects include Crooked Hills a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books The Tooth an original graphic novel from Oni Press and various work for Marvel and DC Somewhere along the way Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine Whispers from the Shattered Forum All writers must pay their dues and Cullen has worked various odd jobs includi Cullen grew up in rural North Carolina but now lives in the St Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson His noir horror comic and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt The Damned was published in 2007 by Oni Press The follow up The Damned Prodigal Sons was released in 2008 In addition to The Sixth Gun his current projects include Crooked Hills a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books The Tooth an original graphic novel from Oni Press and various work for Marvel and DC Somewhere along the way Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine Whispers from the Shattered Forum All writers must pay their dues and Cullen has worked various odd jobs including Alien Autopsy Specialist Rodeo Clown Professional Wrestler Manager and Sasquatch Wrangler And yes he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World s Youngest Hypnotist Buy him a drink sometime and he ll tell you all about it Visit his website at site_link www. Monsters Are My Business bookkeeping com site_link Full disclosure I received a free e ARC for review through Edelweiss Content warning for general violence and gore Three years ago a group of mad one percenters led by Mama Torment chief priestess of the Howling Gargoyles called down acid rain from the forbidden places between stars turning the eastern seaboard into hell on earth populated by mutant monstrosities and a small group of especially stubborn human survivors Chief among them Griz a hulking mercenary who does odd jobs in exchange for soup and chili and occasionally sweet government cash Along with necromancer Hillary and Buttercup a koala who s every bit as murdery as he is cute Griz and his team try to help the residents of the bogland when and how they can. Childrens Books Monsters Are My business cards When a government agent named Jenkins offers Griz a job tracking down his team the money s too good to pass up But Griz soon discovers what the Men in Black are really after a servitor entity Conjured from the flesh of an old god called Azare Ra Toth the creature was meant to serve its parent blindly Unlike the rest of its siblings the great herd this sentient big toe inexplicably developed free thought transforming it into a sort of conduit to its creator Now everyone from the Pentagon to a biker gang wants to use it to channel dark forces Can Griz and the team keep Bruce his eventual chosen name safe from those who seek to exploit him The artwork is the real star in MONSTERS ARE MY BUSINESS If you love freakish monsters this comic has got em in spades Bruce is awesome and Piazzalunga imbues him with the right balance of angst vulnerability and stabby ness Cuddles is freaking adorable even so when sporting a flamethrower he needs to be available as a stuffed animal asap My only complaint is Mama Torment s monstrous form A sort of aracne a spider with a human torso Mama s breasts are two gaping fanged mouths Like a vagina dentata but with boobs Idk it just felt a little juvenile and over the top. Book Monsters Are My business cards The writing is okay The story is engaging enough if not always memorable Some of the mythology felt intentionally vague or slippery so to speak I had to fact check a few times while writing this review because some of the details just didn t make that big of an impression on me There are a few interesting threads that need to be followed up on such as Hill promising Griz s soul to her own gods and thus hint at a sequel I d read it if only for Bruce and Buttercup 150674060X