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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
1. That was hilarious.
2. The Fantastic Four turned Skrulls into cows that believed they were cows? And let those cows enter the food supply?
3. I love Squirrel Girl.
2. The Fantastic Four turned Skrulls into cows that believed they were cows? And let those cows enter the food supply?
3. I love Squirrel Girl.
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It's a fun, quick read, but feels pretty meaningless. Howard is not really his own character here. The series crosses over with virtually every major series on the Avengers side of Marvel: She Hulk, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange, Captain America. They're all here. And because of that this becomes a comic about other comics. There is a depth that's lacking. And while it can be funny (Zdarsky does a great thing with overusing footnotes and making up citations), it seems to settle more for something cute and pleasant.
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
An absolute joy: Zdarsky walks a fine line, as all the successful goofy Marvel comics must do, and manages a miracle. It’s incredibly self referential but not in a way that’s tiresome (the callbacks becoming ever more absurd is beautifully done), at one moment feels like it’s crassly cashing in on the Marvel film franchise until it kind of gleefully punts that to the kerb and manages a conclusion that’s very funny and very ridiculous and appropriately mildly thrilling. It’s also incredibly warm hearted and affectionate and obviously adores this goofier end of the Marvel universe. The back up strips are great too
Chip Zdarsky, you clever fool, you write jokes that make me cackle. Dang. Didn't know what I was getting into and it ended up being hysterically funny.
So this was awesome, absolutely laugh out loud hilarious!
Howard is a private eye, a Duck dick if you will, and his office is next to none other than She-Hulk. Despite her appearances being few and far between she was infinitely more interesting and likable in this title than in her own now canceled series [b:She-Hulk, Volume 1: Law and Disorder|20454376|She-Hulk, Volume 1 Law and Disorder|Charles Soule|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1416733418s/20454376.jpg|32024688].
Other cameos include:
Spider-Man
Doctor Strange
Rocket Raccoon & the rest of the Guardians
Aunt May
Black Cat
Luke Cage
Iron Fist
Human Torch & the Fantastic Four
Falcon/Current Cap
And so on...
I loved the team up with Rocket and every Spidey scene was hilarious but the final issue, which was packed with superheroes, was actually my least favorite. There are plenty of fun in-jokes and references that make the book fun for fanboys and fangirls.
Howard is tasked with retrieving a stolen necklace which takes him all the way to outer-space and back. He teams up with a tattoo artist named Tara which I didn't really think was necessary, but I guess they wanted someone for him to talk to.
Overall, this was witty clever fun.
Howard is a private eye, a Duck dick if you will, and his office is next to none other than She-Hulk. Despite her appearances being few and far between she was infinitely more interesting and likable in this title than in her own now canceled series [b:She-Hulk, Volume 1: Law and Disorder|20454376|She-Hulk, Volume 1 Law and Disorder|Charles Soule|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1416733418s/20454376.jpg|32024688].
Other cameos include:
Spider-Man
Doctor Strange
Rocket Raccoon & the rest of the Guardians
Aunt May
Black Cat
Luke Cage
Iron Fist
Human Torch & the Fantastic Four
Falcon/Current Cap
And so on...
I loved the team up with Rocket and every Spidey scene was hilarious but the final issue, which was packed with superheroes, was actually my least favorite. There are plenty of fun in-jokes and references that make the book fun for fanboys and fangirls.
Howard is tasked with retrieving a stolen necklace which takes him all the way to outer-space and back. He teams up with a tattoo artist named Tara which I didn't really think was necessary, but I guess they wanted someone for him to talk to.
Overall, this was witty clever fun.
Fun. Lots of fun. I don't really know what else to say other than chip Zdarsky's sense of humour is fantastic and the loving mockery, silliness and references that even I get are all fantastic. I really hope there's more to come.
This is cute. Howard the Duck didn't used to be cute, but this feels like Squirrel Girl. Gone are the innuendos, smokes and booze, present are cameos and vignettes and comments about Howard's woefully out of date attitudes towards women. Deeper issues are addressed and left hanging, fourth-walls are broken, and jokes - funny ones - are told. I think this is a good creative team to work on Howard; he looks great, and the cartoonish style matches the jokey tone, but I think the direction / intention is muddled, and the "story," such as it is, is a vehicle for marketable availability now that the character has re-arrived on screens. Don't buy this - borrow it from someone else and read it.