Tarantino Comics - Issue 51

There’s no doubt about it - DEATH PROOF is an exploitation film.  So how would you classify it?  Is it a Horror film?  An Action flick?  Or an All-American Carsploitation?  Thankfully Brian Kong captures all these genres in TARANTINO COMICS #51.

I personally like to breakdown DEATH PROOF into two different parts.  The first half is a horror flick.  Stuntman Mike (played by Kurt Russel) is the charming serial killer who stalks and kills beautiful groups of women.  Unlike most murderous bad guys, he doesn’t wreak havoc using a pickaxe or a glistening ligature.  Instead, Stuntman Mike gets his jollies by colliding his death proof car into unsuspecting victims at breakneck speeds.


After Stuntman Mike recovers from his first set of on-screen murders, DEATH PROOF transforms into a high-octane adrenaline rush.  Brian Kong captures this changeover by drawing the fiendish Stuntman Mike in the background of this cover.  Even though his monochrome presence is found lurking over his new prey (who I like to call the Zoe Bell posse), Mike is in for a big surprise when the film shifts into a roadsploitation action movie.  Brian hints at this transformation by illustrating the spunky Abernathy Ross (Rosario Dawson) in the foreground.  Flourished with a pop of pink, Abby’s presence ensures this issue of TARANTINO COMICS isn’t grim – Instead it’s a wild and dangerous ride fueled with fun in the process.