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A review by luana420
All-Star Section Eight by Garth Ennis, John McCrea
3.0
I forgot to take “Rebecca” on my commute this morning (the downsides of reading a physical edition, I suppose), so I thought I’d read something that would not take me out of my reading rhythms – I’m bad at reading several things at the same time. Good thing I have a big ass comic backlog that’s not always entirely serious or requires a lot of investment. Hello there, All-Star Section Eight!
As an unabashed Ennis (and especially Hitman) fangirl I had mixed feelings going in: I love the crew at Noonan’s, but Sixpack was always my least fave. How was he going to get a whole mini out of it?
Ehhh sorta.
The best bits were definitely Ennis as usual taking the piss out of DC/comics continuity and trends in general (“Vertigo dark and mature? Half these motherfuckers wear capes!”).
I like the idea that editorial doesn’t give enough of a fig about Sixpack that they let Ennis do a non-Elseworlds story that suggests that the whole DC universe is possibly a Creation Dream of the god entity Sidney Speck, so he has to remain soused for all time for the DCU to survive.
The actual jokes are hit-and-miss (don’t let Ennis write full-on comedy) but holy fuck did I just about piss myself laughing with the resolution of DA GRAPPLAH storyline.
An inessential addition to the Hitman canon, but if you like farts and puke and you forgot your real book I guess?
As an unabashed Ennis (and especially Hitman) fangirl I had mixed feelings going in: I love the crew at Noonan’s, but Sixpack was always my least fave. How was he going to get a whole mini out of it?
Ehhh sorta.
The best bits were definitely Ennis as usual taking the piss out of DC/comics continuity and trends in general (“Vertigo dark and mature? Half these motherfuckers wear capes!”).
I like the idea that editorial doesn’t give enough of a fig about Sixpack that they let Ennis do a non-Elseworlds story that suggests that the whole DC universe is possibly a Creation Dream of the god entity Sidney Speck, so he has to remain soused for all time for the DCU to survive.
The actual jokes are hit-and-miss (don’t let Ennis write full-on comedy) but holy fuck did I just about piss myself laughing with the resolution of DA GRAPPLAH storyline.
An inessential addition to the Hitman canon, but if you like farts and puke and you forgot your real book I guess?