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Witch Doctor, Vol. 1: Under the Knife [Paperback]

Brandon Seifert , Lukas Ketner , Robert Kirkman
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Book Description

December 27, 2011
The Doctor is in! House M.D. meets Fringe in the first Skybound Original from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman''s new comics imprint! Meet Vincent Morrow, a doctor looking for a vaccine... for the apocalypse! Horror gets a brain transplant in Witch Doctor, the book Warren Ellis calls "Mental!"

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Editorial Reviews

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"A dizzyingly imaginative romp... reads a bit like a mashup of Doctor Who with Lovecraft" -Publishers Weekly

"Charmingly demented... This is a fine debut, and I can't wait for future volumes." -Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing


"Eminently entertaining" -io9


"A spectacular genre hybrid that specializes in putting new twists on familiar horror tropes" -The A.V. Club

Product Details

  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Image Comics; First Edition edition (December 27, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1607064413
  • ISBN-13: 978-1607064411
  • Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.4 x 10 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #306,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brandon Seifert is a comics writer born in Fairbanks, Alaska and currently based in Portland, Oregon. WITCH DOCTOR, his writing debut co-created with artist Lukas Ketner, was turning heads as a self-published comic even before becoming a sales success for Robert Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment imprint of Image Comics. Seifert also co-created SPIRIT OF THE LAW (MonkeyBrain Comics) and has written DOCTOR WHO (IDW Publishing), HELLRAISER: THE ROAD BELOW, and HELLRAISER: THE DARK WATCH (co-written with Clive Barker).

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars "He just vomited scorpions at me!" February 9, 2012
Format:Paperback
Who you gonna call when the exorcists have failed, or you really need to keep the apocalypse at bay?

Try Dr. Vincent "I'm NOT a MAD SCIENTIST" Morrow, and his "sharp" anesthesiologist, Penny Dreadful, of course! Together, they practice a distinctly unconventional medicine that's probably NOT covered by your HMO.

That's right...Morrow is a specialist in supernatural medicine, and his patients all seem to be suffering some sort of possession or...infestation.

This tale qualifies as the first ever "medical horror" graphic novel I've read. The story is quite imaginative and wickedly funny, and the artwork is steampunkish with great "Lovecrafty bits". It's also in living color, with nice spurting "aortal red" blood, glistening "intestine pink" entrails, and "slimy lime" pus.

The Doctor is a delightful character. Snarky, yet quite likeable, he quotes Outkast, makes fun of the seventies, and tells a priest to get a C.T. scan...you know - "a sciency thing at the doctory place."

Need further enticement? This book is the only one I can think of to include the line, "He just vomited scorpions at me!"

What are you waiting for? Go read it
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Witch Doctor is In! August 25, 2012
Format:Paperback
"I crave something NEW. WITCH DOCTOR is that something... it's new, original... and exciting." - Robert Kirkman

I kind of grew up with comic books because my uncle is a huge collector. I was introduced to the Uncanny X-Men at a very young age--the Dark Phoenix is still my favorite to this day--and pretty much the entire Marvel Universe. I remember it vividly. I wanted to be the Dark Phoenix. I wanted that kind of power--destroyer of worlds. Hey, I was just a kid. What did I know? Now I create and destroy worlds within the pages of novels. It's far better than the powers DP holds, in my opinion.

A friend handed Witch Doctor to me and said, "Have you seen this? You need to read it." At first, I didn't think much of it. He'd handed me a graphic novel and I dig graphic novels. I said, "Yeah, sure, I'll read it" and set it on the coffee table.

It sat there for weeks before I finally picked it up.

This is the first graphic novel that has had me laughing out loud in the doctor's lobby and thinking halfway through it that if they EVER make a movie out of this one, Sean Patrick Flanery needs to play Dr. Vincent Morrow. Having met Mr. Flanery, I know he could pull it off.

This book is beyond wicked. It's sick, twisted, bloody, hysterical, and I am completely hooked by its story line. I love all of the mythology pulled into the story, including the sword Dr. Morrow wields. Penny Dreadful and the doctor's assistant Eric Gast are both great characters whose humor rivals the good doctor's. My favorite line from Penny, when Dr. Morrow is "interrogating" a vampire, is "Does it sparkle?"

The story is compelling and far better than some novels I've read.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Doctor is In! February 12, 2012
By TheDrag
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is one of the comics that anyone should pick up and start reading end to end. The characters, the plot, and the graphic nature of this book fits it sooo perfectly. It's great seeing a medical drama mashed in with monsters. It's great hearing that many people enjoyed Witch Doctor so hopefully the creators will go on and keep making more stories in this universe.

This trade didn't have all the extras that were added into the comics themselves but they do contain a decent more that weren't as well as concepts for the main characters as well as variant covers. This volume contains issues 1-4 as well as the issue 0 from the back of The Walking Dead.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!!! December 26, 2011
By Ant
Format:Paperback
First, about the book as it is. I didn't get this from Amazon so, I'm not sure if the cover is some sort of Amazon variant. The cover listed currently (12/26/2011) is the same cover from the first issue so, it's probably just a mistake. It contains issues 1-4 of the first mini series and the 0. The 0 is the same as the one that came with the Walking Dead #85; which I think is the same as the 0 the creators handed out at Comic-Con only now in color. There are some early sketches in the back, that I don't remember being in the single issues.
Now, for the story. I love it. Just as the description says, we have a House like lead. But, he's more funny House then serious House. Each issue he takes on a new case with his new assistant, and tries to solve his patient super natural illness. It was a really fun read and has another mini series coming out in 2012.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A solid entry in the horror/action genre August 5, 2012
Format:Paperback
An excellent piece of speculative fiction, managing to be a rather bizarre combination of Call of Cthulhu, Ghostbusters and Hellboy. It brings some original ideas to the table though, but I won't mention them here, as spoiling them for new readers would be a crime. Excellently put together, although I think the art is somewhat limited and too "standard" comic-book style for the subject matter. The writing is solid, but there is room for improvement. A solid entry to a somewhat crowded field of horror/adventure comics. I hope to see more of this series in the future, as the characters are interesting, the ideas explored somewhat fresh and the action intense.
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