COMiCS TALK
So BLACK SUMMER is over… wtf. The only reason anyone got amped about this title— the ballsy opening scene of a blood-spattered Oval Office—- gets basically recanted, all the boys die and all the girls get sentenced to a life of charity/custodial work way off in the background.
If DOKTOR SLEEPLESS gets to preaching any of this tame, fence-sitting booshit, I’m sending Warren a couple of my turds in the mail.
Might have done so already if I didn’t have good old GRAVEL to boost my spirits. Love the new look, & any random line from that grizzled shepherd had more meat on it than anything said in the last BLACK SUMMER.
Not sure what to make of CROSSED… I was hoping for some kind of Catholic maniac anti-hero based on the pictures of the dude who seemed to have a cross branded into his face, but turns out it’s a zombie title. Hopefully Ennis will get to a little of that imaginative theological anarchy he does in the full-sized issue 1…
And, in case you think I’m some kind of viral Avatar employee, my strongest recommendation for you this evening (especially if comics aren’t [yet] your bag) is to get the two ARMY@LOVE trade paperbacks. If you like dark, funny, and razor-sharp commentary on the absurd excess of modern America, and you like it delivered to you in the form of addictive & deftly-scripted soap opera, ARMY@LOVE is your best friend this side of The WIre.