A review by wildeaboutbooks
The Griff: A Graphic Novel by Christopher Moore, Ian Corson

2.0

As Costner has his "Waterworld", so too does Moore have his "Griff". (To be fair, I've never made it all the way through "Waterworld"- maybe it turns out to be an awesome movie towards the end...). I adore Christopher Moore, but this book was a bore. (hee hee) I don't actually pick up many, er almost any, graphic novels so I don't have much of a base for comparison. I just couldn't get into the story and I felt confused about what was going on when the storyline kept switching back and forth between two different sets of main characters. It's not that I can't do the literary multi-tasking thing, but it just happened so darn quickly and often that I got a little annoyed. Granted, I did giggle a few times. But that's because Moore is an entertainment superstar of the Elton John variety- it's best not to listen to him on a continual basis, but there's very little else that can compare with the random occurrence of "Bennie and the Jets". It's smashingly good in small doses.

And as Moore wrote in the foreword, "I should probably say up front that this is a little different than one of my books, but if you are confused, here's a good guide to go by: If you like what you're reading, I probably wrote it, but if you don't, then Ian probably wrote it. If you like the art, then it's all Jennyson Rosero, but if you don't like it, that is not any of our faults because people are douche bags. Many people. Not all. But you know, most. Which is why we destroyed the world. Have fun."