Archive for February, 2005
February 21, 2005 | Comics
PVP #14
Scott Kurtz
Image Comics
$3.65/$2.95 US
**** (out of five)
Verbal spam, teen driving lessons, comic book conventions and sexual objectification: PVP is one great book.
For those who prefer a more regular fix than this month’s new PVP collected edition, Reloaded, the latest issue offers up more silliness and laughs with the staff at the funniest fictional gaming magazine around.
To sum up: Scott Kurtz is a comedic genius. Buy his stuff.
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February 21, 2005 | Comics
John Constantine — Helblazer Special: Papa Midnite #1 (of 5)
Mat Johnson, Tony Akins, Dan Green
Vertigo/DC Comics
$4.50/$2.95 US
*** (out of five)
Not every villain can carry his own title, but then not every villain is Papa Midnite.
Springing forth from the pages of John Constantine — Hellblazer and tied directly into the new theatrical release starring Keanu Reeves, comes the origin of this master of voodoo courtesy of novelist Mat Johnson and the art team of Tony Akins and Dan Green.
Travel back hundreds of years to meet a young Midnite, whose role in an attempted slave revolt may have repercussions on his future.
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February 21, 2005 | Comics
Superpatriot: War On Terror #2 (of 4)
Robert Kirkman, E.J. Su
Image Comics
$3.65/$2.95 US
*** (out of five)
The big guns, big muscles and big breasts that were the hallmark of the early ‘90s comic are still prevalent in Superpatriot.
But the largest thing missing among all those big things was a sense of humour, something rectified in this latest series.
All the guns, beefed up combatants and beautiful babes are there, but a wrong-place, wrong-time battle scene that ends with a ‘my bad’, the whimsical takeover of a small town and septuagenarian sex jokes are what separates this book from the past.
A fine effort from Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible) and E.J. Su.
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February 21, 2005 | Comics
Vimanarama #1 (of 3)
Grant Morrison, Phillip Bond
Vertigo/DC Comics
$4.50/$2.95 US
** 1/2 (out of five)
Writer-supreme Grant Morrison seems to be falling into a pattern lately: one hit, one miss.
WE3 was awesome. Guess what Vimanarama is?
Using his rather impressive creds to continue to do pretty much whatever the heck he wants to over at DC, Morrison starts this story with a lurch, sending his hero, Ali, chasing after his baby nephew Imran, who has disappeared into a hole in the basement floor at their family’s London, England, variety store. Rather than finding an inevitable mess, Ali discovers an ancient East Indian city and its strange protectors.
Vimanarama is weird. Hopefully its salvageably so.
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