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A review by mygeekblasphemy
Hack/Slash Omnibus Vol. 1 by Tim Seeley
3.0
Conceptually, I love this book. A goth survivor girl and her mistaken-for-a-slasher sidekick travel around the country killing undead serial killers? That's a winning premise right there and one I'd love to see make its way to the small screen. (Which I think I heard might happen? Let's hope.) And I generally enjoy Cassie and Vlad's friendship, and all the cases. I like how the supporting characters/survivors from earlier issues keep coming back later on. This whole series is a serious throwback to 80's slasher flicks, and I enjoy a lot of it.
What I got tired of fast was Cassie's constant revealing costumes/nudity/ridiculous ass poses. And I get it ("But Carlie! That's what those movies are like! You'd know that if you were a real horror fan!") but I think there's a way to pay homage to all those movies you love while updating it for a modern era where we can be like, hey, maybe Cassie doesn't need to bend over in porn poses every time she's fighting a monster, or we can have less women with gravity-defying breasts, or we can stop with the constant panty shots in the most unnecessary of moments. I really don't mind a little nudity now and then, and I don't care if Cassie's preferred outfits all show off her midriff or if she changes into sexy cheerleader outfits to lure bad guys . . . but this all got ridiculous and it got ridiculous fast. There was absolutely no doubt in my mind that Cassie was drawn by a man. Or, for that matter, written by one -- I kind of enjoyed Cassie's vulnerability in Girls Gone Dead. It made sense to me that she'd feel out of her element and abnormal, particularly never having that college experience a lot of girls have. But there are other moments (particularly one in Comic Book Carnage) where she behaved in ways I completely didn't buy and really seemed to take away from any sense of character strength.
I enjoyed reading this well enough -- because I do like all the homages and some of the humor -- but I didn't like it enough to keep reading, I don't think. Which is sort of a bummer: it's such a fun idea, but the execution just didn't pay off for me.
What I got tired of fast was Cassie's constant revealing costumes/nudity/ridiculous ass poses. And I get it ("But Carlie! That's what those movies are like! You'd know that if you were a real horror fan!") but I think there's a way to pay homage to all those movies you love while updating it for a modern era where we can be like, hey, maybe Cassie doesn't need to bend over in porn poses every time she's fighting a monster, or we can have less women with gravity-defying breasts, or we can stop with the constant panty shots in the most unnecessary of moments. I really don't mind a little nudity now and then, and I don't care if Cassie's preferred outfits all show off her midriff or if she changes into sexy cheerleader outfits to lure bad guys . . . but this all got ridiculous and it got ridiculous fast. There was absolutely no doubt in my mind that Cassie was drawn by a man. Or, for that matter, written by one -- I kind of enjoyed Cassie's vulnerability in Girls Gone Dead. It made sense to me that she'd feel out of her element and abnormal, particularly never having that college experience a lot of girls have. But there are other moments (particularly one in Comic Book Carnage) where she behaved in ways I completely didn't buy and really seemed to take away from any sense of character strength.
I enjoyed reading this well enough -- because I do like all the homages and some of the humor -- but I didn't like it enough to keep reading, I don't think. Which is sort of a bummer: it's such a fun idea, but the execution just didn't pay off for me.