A review by yerald
Doom Patrol, Vol. 1: Crawling from the Wreckage by Grant Morrison

4.0

I really expected to like this more. I recently read Grant Morrison’s semi-autobiographical manifesto on the value of comics, [b:Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human|10081832|Supergods What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human|Grant Morrison|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327885368s/10081832.jpg|14978598], and loved it, so I wanted to read some of his actual comics. Unfortunately and surprisingly, this story just didn’t work for me. The art was mostly great, and the ideas were certainly wacky, but the characters felt undeveloped, the drama kinda random, the plots unsatisfyingly incomplete, and the wackiness never seems to have a point to it. Despite my issues with it, there were seeds of interesting ideas here, and the bit of character that managed to sneak through did at least leave me wanting to see more of Robotman’s character in future issues. I’ll try to read more of this eventually, but am not particularly drawn to do it ASAP.