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tani's review against another edition
3.0
Artie Buckle is your stereotypical literary cop, a drunken loudmouth with unconventional ways and (maybe?) a heart of gold. He's in the middle of a bust when a creepy tentacled horror that he dubs Vinegar Teeth appears and eats one of the perps. The mayor, desperate to improve her polling numbers in an election year, makes Vinegar Teeth a police officer, and it's just Artie's luck that they're assigned to be partners, when all he wants to do is drink his booze and listen to his favorite songs.
If you like a comic with a strong sense of the absurd, this may be a good choice for you. This story is riddled with sarcastic comments and strange situations, and it very rarely takes anything about its story seriously. Which is as it should be. The sheer ridiculousness of this story is definitely one of its appeals. Vinegar Teeth, for all his monstrosity, is a silly creature. Artie's yelling is unending and humorous. The other characters are little more than caricatures of a role. If it went on much longer than it did, it would be annoying, but with a short story like this, it worked pretty well.
In terms of the artwork, it was intense. It feels really old-school, which is not very much to my taste, and there's lots of blood, guts, and puke. In short, it's pretty gross. The best thing I can say about it is that I was grateful for the coloring of the speech bubbles. That made it so I could generally have a good idea of who was speaking. Without that, I probably would have had a very hard time following the action of this. There are just only so many tentacles you can have in a scene without it becoming confusing. Since almost every scene has tentacles, I think you can see where I'm going with this...
I was also surprised to find this story had a bit of heart, despite its strangeness. The power of music, Artie's sordid past... Those made the ending more satisfying than I expected it to be, which I appreciated. In all, this was a fun read, but probably not particularly memorable for me, so three stars it is.
If you like a comic with a strong sense of the absurd, this may be a good choice for you. This story is riddled with sarcastic comments and strange situations, and it very rarely takes anything about its story seriously. Which is as it should be. The sheer ridiculousness of this story is definitely one of its appeals. Vinegar Teeth, for all his monstrosity, is a silly creature. Artie's yelling is unending and humorous. The other characters are little more than caricatures of a role. If it went on much longer than it did, it would be annoying, but with a short story like this, it worked pretty well.
In terms of the artwork, it was intense. It feels really old-school, which is not very much to my taste, and there's lots of blood, guts, and puke. In short, it's pretty gross. The best thing I can say about it is that I was grateful for the coloring of the speech bubbles. That made it so I could generally have a good idea of who was speaking. Without that, I probably would have had a very hard time following the action of this. There are just only so many tentacles you can have in a scene without it becoming confusing. Since almost every scene has tentacles, I think you can see where I'm going with this...
I was also surprised to find this story had a bit of heart, despite its strangeness. The power of music, Artie's sordid past... Those made the ending more satisfying than I expected it to be, which I appreciated. In all, this was a fun read, but probably not particularly memorable for me, so three stars it is.
queenkoko's review
1.0
I didn't care for any of it. The story line, the dialogue, and the artwork did not do it for me.
sizrobe's review against another edition
2.0
What the fuck did I just read? Basically it's a buddy cop story, but one of the cops is a Lovecraftian monster. Sounds like it could be good, right? Nope. It turned out mostly boring.
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