By Faith Orcino

Staff Writer
With Valentine’s Day approaching, independent publishers Image and Shadowline has a comic mini-series that is “a love story to die for.”  Writer Kurtis J. Webe and artist Aluisio C. Santos co-created “Grim Leaper,” a four-issue story which independent comic publishers Image and Shadowline released in 2012.  Readers enter the strange life, or rather lives of Lou Collins.

He is trapped in a cycle of reincarnation, taking over the lives of others and trying to survive the fate of this curse.  Shortly after his 13th funeral, Lou meets Ella, a woman with the same curse as him.  The two do their best to find an end to the curse while staying alive, for at least longer than their previous life.
The series is not for the light-hearted.  There are a number of graphic scenes, most concerning Lou’s and Ella’s deaths, and is also filled with crude language.  The comic is more orientated to mature readers and those who can handle a bit of blood and guts.  Still, the story has an interesting way of handling the idea of love.  Santos’s art is complementary to Webe’s writing, especially with the unique color schemes and composition of the panels.
For more information, visit your local comic vendor and/or imagecomics.com.