A review by vreadsabook
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Vol. 1: Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer by Ben Templesmith

2.0

This graphic novel had a pretty fantastic art style. The artist did a great job depicting the surreal landscapes. The novel was a little too strange for me, however, and I really enjoy strange. It just didn't seem well put-together. It is as if the artist/author dreamt up his world, but then didn't really create the story to engage the reader within it. You're dropped into a world without much rhyme or reason, but I, at least, didn't feel compelled to figure out the reasoning. There's no real mystery to the plot and the villains always seemed very cliche. I also felt its dark humor tried too hard to be funny and edgy. It reminded me of the humor in Johnny the Homicidal Maniac with less of the macabre irony that helps it to be funny. I did enjoy the character of Wormwood, though. His dandified nature in spite of being a corpse makes him fairly amusing. I'm not sure I'll be reading the others.