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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
Sometimes you can read a thing that is so a product of its time and... that's not a negative? The anarchic antics of the titular characters are sooooo 1980's, so influenced by the Young Ones and similar British comedy tropes, but it's so SF influenced and so far fetched and over the top that there's not much by way of cringe in it. Davis and Moore are clearly having a blast with their insanity. The final story arc - DR & Quinch Got to Hollywood is a send up of very different things than the earlier ones, but it works on its own terms.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This collection was much funnier than I was expecting, although I don't know why I was expecting it to be less funny considering it's an Alan Moore penned comic-strip - I guess I wasn't expecting the material to still be poignant, but then again, war and violence never really do get old, do they?
I will say to the negative that this wasn't the best reproduction of the original material, I assume because they were working from the original, poorly-aged prints or something, because it had no business being as blurry as it was, so much so that some of the bolded words were practically illegible.
I will say to the negative that this wasn't the best reproduction of the original material, I assume because they were working from the original, poorly-aged prints or something, because it had no business being as blurry as it was, so much so that some of the bolded words were practically illegible.
Playful comic from a young Alan Moore.
Holds up incredibly well. A cross between Mad Magazine, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the movies Summer School and Repo Man.
This is a great late at night read for 13-16 year olds and enjoyable for anyone older than that.
Nice short story arcs with loose progression in character development.
Holds up incredibly well. A cross between Mad Magazine, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the movies Summer School and Repo Man.
This is a great late at night read for 13-16 year olds and enjoyable for anyone older than that.
Nice short story arcs with loose progression in character development.
dark
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was rollicking and relentless and kind of terrifyingly awful in ... a fun way? It's like if Messrs. Croup and Vandermar were antisocial alien college students with no need for secrecy or silence.
Alan Davis' art, you guys. SO freakin' great.
Alan Davis' art, you guys. SO freakin' great.
This isn't exactly embarrassingly bad or morally abhorrent, but it's such lightweight fare for Moore, it barely has any teeth or brains to it. Published around the same time as the very likeable and interesting Halo Jones, it doesn't come close in terms of sheer writing quality.
While I appreciated the tongue in cheek random violence of these characters, there was something a little too blunt about it for my tastes. Some of my favorite comics dwell in the deranged, but something about this felt a little too forced and juvenile.
Filling in the gaps in Alan Moore’s back catalog, I picked this up as a curiosity to find Moore at his silliest and most playful. Some of the early stories are throwaway British comics stuff, but the last story, an extended riff on Hollywood success is more developed and properly funny. I shall be looking for ways to include the lines, “close the curtains, Geoffrey, I’m amphibious,” and, “mind the oranges, Marlon” in any future writings. Glorious.