Sep
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2017
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Quick Reviews of Stupid Comics 9-22-17

Man, I had all these fun things planned for this, but since we live in the darkest timeline, you’re getting none of it. Sorry. On the plus side, I finally got around to vacuuming my room! This was about two months in the making, getting to the point where the carpet just didn’t feel right, ya know? Squish squish squish squish, but not quite. I’m pretty clean. I mean, I’m clearly not if I haven’t cleaned in almost two fucking months, but this is pretend time, so let’s just roll with it.

Hey, you know what’s rad? This song:

 

Hey, you know what else is rad? Comics!

Batman #31

God damnit. Yes, it’s another issue that’s perfectly fine until Batman opens his fucking mouth. We got a scene where a horde of villains crash into a building via fucking kites, have a fight with the Joker while telling jokes and riddles, and then Batman goes and says, “No one…no one but the insane know what happens next. But I have to tell you Cat [so you’ll know if we should get married and live happily ever after].” Batman, why do you have to ruin everything by saying stupid, heavy-handed shit?

Aquaman #28

My Comics Dash cohost lied to me. This book is still basically unreadable. It’s funny though, because I haven’t read an issue of Aquaman since #8, and the amount of exposition here really got me caught up to what’s going on. It’s fucking everywhere. Also Dan Abnett wrote the sentence, “But there’s alive” which doesn’t make any fucking sense.

Snotgirl #7

Hoorah this book is back and amazing, and I love it! The art direction and lettering are phenomenal, matching the tone and characters to a fucking T <= I wanted to make that a fun color, but I don’t know how. Anyhow, the character work continues to be off the chart, and Lottie is actually seeing development. It’s like a slow ooze in execution, but it’s there, and it’s great. And her relationship with Coolgirl is taking some neat turns, especially now that Coolgirl is getting integrated in with the other Haters. It’s like a mess of awful people eating food and taking pictures for their shitty Instagrams, but somehow really interesting and endearing. Yeah, I don’t get it either.

Kill the Minotaur #4

This book still remains kinda cool while also being kinda middling. There’s good stuff here, and this issue is probably the best one yet with a massive fight scene and a lot of fun infighting between the groups, but there’s still something about its method of storytelling that I don’t quite jive with. I will say, the artwork on display is great, and the fight is filled with some wonderful, wonderful gore, so if you’re into that kinda thing, it’s worth a look. I’m keen to follow the artists to other books. They know their shit.

Wayward #23

It’s Wayward. It’s fantastic. This might be one of my favorite issues of it though–it’s not perfect nor is it as emotionally crushing as #5–as it boasts some amazing character work and it mixes funny with serious really well. ILU Jim Zub.

Angelic #1

So, Angelic is the kind of book that leans heavily into YA/kids storytelling. That isn’t inherently a bad thing, but given what this book wants to talk about and do, it ends up muddying some cool concepts. Flying monkey women lose their wings when they marry, and yeah, that’s neat if not very on the nose, but then the book just goes even further by smashing it on the nose over and over until it’s bleeding and broken. I really wish it was more subtle. That being said, the art is really cool, and when you get passed the strange dialogue, there’s a lot to like here. It’s far from perfect, but it is interesting, which is more than Aquaman can say for itself.