Remember Part Three is a comic created by Patrick D. Foreman, written by Damien Becton, with art by Marcelo Santana Jr.. Detectives Halia and Aimee are called to the scene of yet another murder. This is a revenge mystery drama comic that stars two women detectives, takes place in rural Arkansas, and has scenes set in both the past and present. The lead detective is Halia Johnson, she is a biracial woman who is related to all of the recent murder victims. Aimee Rodriguez is her partner and she isn’t a stranger to having someone close to her being murdered. Halia’s grandmother Karen seems like the classic Southern grandma. This story begins with Halia and Aimee driving up to Halia’s Uncle Roy’s burned down house that is still smoking. The officer outside tells them that it’s real bad and that Halia should wait in the car while Aimee checks out the crime scene. This takes place in rural Arkansas both in the present day and what appears to be forty years in the past. The violence here is very bloody with gruesomeness and gore. The pacing is overall steady with a mix of slow and fast scenes. This has an ominous and unsettling tone with a thick air of mystery. There are many violently intense moments that are heightened by the underlying, and at times overt, drama. The dialogue has a few monologues, conversations, and a modern talking except in the past which can be a bit more country. There aren’t any word-heavy pages here. This is an exciting and riveting finale that brings to a close this tale about a family plagued by mysterious deaths that they just can’t understand.

            The art here is drawn in a somewhat smoothly detailed modern style that is bit reminiscent of older comics with a strong focus on lighting and shading. The color palette could be described as “gloomy” as there is a strong lack of vividness with most of what we see being either washed out, faded, or dark in tone. For scenery we have grassy open spaces surrounded by thick forests. The main locations are large homes in the past and present. Backgrounds here usually show the actual surroundings with gradient colors rarely appearing during action panels. The expression level here is a bit above-average as these characters do a good job of reacting to what goes on. Emotions shown tend to either be aggressive and sinister or fearful and terrified. Faces here have an average to above-average level of detail which results in most of the different expressions being clear. Weapons used here include guns, knives, and fire. The violence is very bloody with a light amount of gore and strong gruesomeness. The action scenes come in bursts with a smooth flow and good panel breakdown.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes, if this is up your alley.

“Would I like this?”

If you like murder mystery stories with revenge elements that star two women detectives and features strong drama, heavy violence, has scenes in the past and present, and that takes place in the Southern US then this is for you.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

R. Violence, blood, light gore, gruesomeness.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“Remember when, and remember me.”

 

Kickstarter Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackcottonuniverse/remember-part-three-dont-ever-forget/description

***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 22

Violent Pages: 9, for 41% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 0, for 0% of the comic

 

**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**

 

Violence Level – 3

“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”

“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”

“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”

“This was a tournament arc.”

“All my life I had to fight.”

 

Gore Level – 3

“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”

“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”

“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”

“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”

“This is a slaughterhouse.”

 

Death Level – 2

“And everybody lived happily ever after.”

“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”

“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”

“Yeah this was a tragedy.”

“Think Gettysburg.”

 

Porn Level – 1

“Everybody kept their clothes on.”

“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”

“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”

“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”

“Oh. This is porn.”