Classy

That may be the only time I’m ever called classy. :) But thanks. I try to respond to comments whenever I have a response…

And, of course, as soon as we made it ongoing, they took it out of the center of the DCU. There was a lot of continuity, a lot of “Hey, it’s THAT guy” and a very dark look at super-spies.

And then it turned into Chimera and his amazing friends.

anyway, i wasn’t able to get through the first issue of the first trade. what’s wrong with me. i usually love Rucka.

I appreciate you doing the full review. I was just bustin balls (cause honestly, this isnt a book thats going to ever mean a whole lot to ANYONE :) but its still cool that you came back to it.

Classy

These diseased maniacs kill and fight and hate everyone. The scene in the cave was a group fighting and hating each other.

I hope the book keeps that comparison going throughout because it would be fun to see it explored especially by someone as sick a Ennis.

I agree though; if it becomes just another zombie book with over the top violence, I will drop it.

I’m still interested in exploring Ennis’ sort of ultimate evil though. It was like a bad car crash. I didnt want to look but I couldnt keep my eyes off it.

I think what troubled me the most was a simple equation. I kept asking myself what made this book different from ‘The Walking Dead,’ and the only thing I could find was the brutality, the rape, the on-panel murder… Certainly sex and death are popular themes, and the question of “What is evil?” is a compelling one. But I read the book once, and called the comic shop to drop it from my pull list.

The last page reveal was just too much, too dark, too horrific, and quite frankly, it didn’t add anything but revulsion to the tale that it told. The actual events of the issue reminded me of the remake of the remake of ‘Dawn of the Dead,’ only without the immediacy of seeing it all happen to real people. From a purely human perspective, the blood and the violence were so stylized, so slick, so unreal, that it felt like enjoying the suffering of the characters was expected to be part of the enjoyment of reading. And I didn’t.

Partially, I’m sure, it’s my current irritation at child endangerment as a plot point. Partially, it’s that I have a daughter of my own, and seeing what happened to Arwen made me want to go and make sure she was okay. But I think the largest part of it was the sheer glee with which we were shown the events at the end of the issue, and the fact that the narrator’s dislike for whatsisname (with the bag of salt) kind of seemed to give the impression that he deserved his fate for being stupid and weak.

As always, with any of my reviews, your mileage may vary. Some would say that, when it comes to art, if you react at all, the artist was successful. I do subscribe to that theory, but when the reaction is discomfort, disgust, anger, and revulsion, I won’t be spending my 3 bucks in that same vein again.

And there we have a full review. :)

Fixed now.

Ya yeah nitpicky i know…

I can understand that, I guess. It was very very over the top.

I’m still interested in exploring Ennis’ sort of ultimate evil though. It was like a bad car crash. I didnt want to look but I couldnt keep my eyes off it.