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A review by mistled
Multiple Warheads by Brandon Graham
I'm sorry. None of my goodreads friends have reviewed this, so I almost must... but I have no idea what to think about this comic. I may come back to add some stars in a couple of days, but for now you just get this. I'm sure the following won't be coherent, but neither is Multiple Warheads, and that may be ok. maybe
First things first. Do you like puns? The pun-to-page ratio in this is about 8-to-1. Conservatively. If puns bother you, or could bother you after 100 pages of them, you should run away quickly.
I'm not sure if the plot in this is difficult to follow, or just so threadbare to be non-existent. We have two threads weaving their way through this post-war (post-apocalyptic?) Russia. Primarily, we are following Sexica (ex-organ-smuggler who goes by Sex, which actually isn't used as a joke all the time) and her boyfriend Nikolai (Nik, a mechanic, who is some sort of Werewolf creature maybe) as they travel towards the Impossible city on a vacation of sorts. 'Of sorts' because their home city was blown up somehow, so really they are fleeing the war. That's pretty much the extent of their story. I mean, they go places and do stuff... but yeah.
Secondly we have Nura, who is an assassin using a severed head mounted to her talking motorcycle to (literally) sniff out her current target, the head's previous owner (and whatever new head it has now). Read that again. I'll wait.
Yep.
Perhaps importantly, or not, as it is difficult to tell, this does not get resolved in this collection.
Let's look at the art. I am in no way qualified to talk about the art. It is extremely dense and detailed, at times using large amounts of whitespace to offset the noise, but most often not. I feel like it's good, perhaps really good, but I have no idea what to compare it to. Just, here....
(you should right-click each of these and 'open link in a new tab')
Yes, that last one has Maca Runes, The Tart of War, and Milkzapan Ghost. I warned you about the pun ratio. That isn't even a whole page.
First things first. Do you like puns? The pun-to-page ratio in this is about 8-to-1. Conservatively. If puns bother you, or could bother you after 100 pages of them, you should run away quickly.
I'm not sure if the plot in this is difficult to follow, or just so threadbare to be non-existent. We have two threads weaving their way through this post-war (post-apocalyptic?) Russia. Primarily, we are following Sexica (ex-organ-smuggler who goes by Sex, which actually isn't used as a joke all the time) and her boyfriend Nikolai (Nik, a mechanic, who is some sort of Werewolf creature maybe) as they travel towards the Impossible city on a vacation of sorts. 'Of sorts' because their home city was blown up somehow, so really they are fleeing the war. That's pretty much the extent of their story. I mean, they go places and do stuff... but yeah.
Secondly we have Nura, who is an assassin using a severed head mounted to her talking motorcycle to (literally) sniff out her current target, the head's previous owner (and whatever new head it has now). Read that again. I'll wait.
Yep.
Perhaps importantly, or not, as it is difficult to tell, this does not get resolved in this collection.
Let's look at the art. I am in no way qualified to talk about the art. It is extremely dense and detailed, at times using large amounts of whitespace to offset the noise, but most often not. I feel like it's good, perhaps really good, but I have no idea what to compare it to. Just, here....
(you should right-click each of these and 'open link in a new tab')
Yes, that last one has Maca Runes, The Tart of War, and Milkzapan Ghost. I warned you about the pun ratio. That isn't even a whole page.