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A review by marthmuffins
Shade, the Changing Man #33 by Peter Milligan, Peter Milligan, Brendan McCarthy, Chris Bachalo
3.0
Shade The Changing Man Vol. 6: Hotel Shade - 3/5 (Issues #33-39)
Using the order Keith McCleary lays out for hypothetical trade paperback collections to review specific arcs of the comic that are still sadly stuck solely in single issue form.
This is a step down from the previous arc just by virtue of the fact that it's relies a lot more on shorter, 2-to-3 issue stories over a longer running arc and they don't do a lot to really focus on our changing man's new body or mind, instead on lots of murder and rape. The general dyanmic between the characters has changed too, with Shade now being loosely kept in check by Kathy and Lenny at the behest of the mysterious Angels and whilst Kathy definitely still holds feelings for him she's, for the moment, happier with Lenny.
The 3 storylines here largely revolve around 2 fairly standard horror plots, a serial killer and a macguffin that makes people lose their inhibitions, and a wanky (even for Milligan) self-insert story where he gets to be humiliated by the character he really wants to have sex with. They're okay, and I think the serial killer story specifically has an interesting twist and some pretty gory scenes, but not the most engaging beyond some rather half-hearted and vague madness bits.
Overall, not my favourite volume to be honest, and probably the weakest of the series since it's earliest issues.
Using the order Keith McCleary lays out for hypothetical trade paperback collections to review specific arcs of the comic that are still sadly stuck solely in single issue form.
This is a step down from the previous arc just by virtue of the fact that it's relies a lot more on shorter, 2-to-3 issue stories over a longer running arc and they don't do a lot to really focus on our changing man's new body or mind, instead on lots of murder and rape. The general dyanmic between the characters has changed too, with Shade now being loosely kept in check by Kathy and Lenny at the behest of the mysterious Angels and whilst Kathy definitely still holds feelings for him she's, for the moment, happier with Lenny.
The 3 storylines here largely revolve around 2 fairly standard horror plots, a serial killer and a macguffin that makes people lose their inhibitions, and a wanky (even for Milligan) self-insert story where he gets to be humiliated by the character he really wants to have sex with. They're okay, and I think the serial killer story specifically has an interesting twist and some pretty gory scenes, but not the most engaging beyond some rather half-hearted and vague madness bits.
Overall, not my favourite volume to be honest, and probably the weakest of the series since it's earliest issues.