Unreleased Comics From "Wu-Massacre" Leak Online, Are Awesome
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Talk about your wasted opportunities.
Late last week, a few pages of the a comic book originally slated to accompany the Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, and Method Man collaborative album Wu-Massacre leaked online. The short comic book, also titled Wu-Massacre, sees the three Wu-Tang Clan members transformed from hip-hop heavyweights into ultra gritty über-badasses.
That’s the first page to the left. We can’t really show the rest as it’s potentially NSFW. Lots of guts, gore, and viscera is splattered across the following panels as the three Wu-Tangers fight against (and utterly destroy) some unknown adversaries. It’s the kind of stuff that must make up the fever dreams of every young male hip-hop star put to paper. The project had some serious creative backing too, with art direction handled by Alex Haldi and character design by illustrator Chris Bachalo.
And just to avoid any confusion going forward, Ghostface Killah is the guy in the white mask, Method Man is rocking the red jacket, and Raekwon is the commando-looking guy. Alas, whatever story there was is lost along with the dialogue. But does it really matter with artwork this fresh?
In related Wu-Tang clan news, the group recently came out – along with basically everyone else in east coast hip-hop who wasn’t at the Made In America festival in Philadelphia – for the Rock The Bells festival over the weekend. And members of the clan have also been busy with pursuits outside of the main group. Ghostface, Raekwon, Method Man, and GZA with D-Block members Sheek Louch, Jadakiss, and Styles P to form Wu-Block, with a self-titled release from the group coming some time in October. Meanwhile, RZA’s directorial debut The Man With The Iron Fists nears ever closer to its November wide release. Man, so much Wu to keep up with. But can one ever have too much Wu?
You can view the comic in high definition at Animal New York, the site that initially posted the comic pages online.
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