Tank Girl Gold #1 Review

The first issue of Tank Girl Gold finally came. Continuing from Two Girls One Tank and I am starting to wonder if with every story arc, this series is going to start back at #1 since this is how too many comics publishers try to sell more comics these days. I like Tank Girl and I did like this issue but there is also the thing with how in the last issue of Two Girls One Tank in which Sub Girl died.

What the fuck Tank Girl, or more specifically, Alan Martin? Sub Girl died in the last issue. It was really sad. Now in this issue Sub Girl is alive again. This is the other problem I have with comic books. Deaths mean absolutely nothing. It's like the worst aspect of the worst soap operas and hyping a death, only to bring them back again. I just started getting into Tank Girl, starting with a few issues of Two Girls One Tank and supposedly Sub Girl died a couple decades ago but came back in the last mini-series, died in the last issue, and in this first issue, is back again. And with how she came back to life, she seems to have lost her memory of the last two decades and has no recollection of being the creepy Sub Girl in which she had to be killed because she wanted to kill everyone. And there is hardly no interest from Tank Girl and the others in knowing what that is about and just accepting that she supposedly lost her memory of being the creepy Sub Girl.

Other than that which isn't the worst really, this is a good comic and I am curious to see where this goes. Maybe I am just not that familiar with the zaniness of the Tank Girl world although I do like it and the humor is great. In this issue Tank Girl and her friends deal with Booga and Barney after they realize how Tank Girl lost her tank as a result of them losing it in a bet sometime in the past and with how it was Booga's fault in some way with how Sub Girl died years ago. Booga gets sent down Furry Road which is hilarious and kind of fucked up. At the end of that road are a bunch of sex crazed people with some kind of awful std that Booga ends up getting which is beyond messed up. So bizarre and funny in a totally creepy kind of way. I use the word creepy a lot when it comes to Tank Girl I guess. Barney has to write an apology for her mistakes and it's actually quite nice what she wrote.

By the end of the issue everyone is on good terms and there is a small scene about what they are doing with all that nazi gold that they got in the last series. They are wasting it in the funniest of ways it seems.

I did actually like this issue other than a couple of complaints and I liked the artwork a lot in this issue. All the scenes were under a different kind of murky shade which is interesting. Curious to see how the artwork keeps up with each issue.

Doom Patrol #1 Review

I had been waiting for two months for the new Doom Patrol series to start and really like this first issue. The first thing is that I love the cover. There were so many other variants including one from Brian Chippendale of the band Lightning Bolt but I had to get the normal cover. 

I wasn't setting my expectations too high and when I first read it, it was kind of a letdown at first. I've read random issues of DP in the past, some of Morrison's run, and some more recent and like Morrison's craziness with it but this didn't grab me at first. Some of the dialogue seemed spotty, I still can't get over the “I just blew up your roommate, do you need a new roommate?” “Yes, I do need a roommate.” That seems like just very bad one dimensional dialogue to me. Even Squirrel Girl which I like a lot would not have such silly, hollow dialogue.

A day or two later I read more about DP's back story, things about Danny and other characters. And it seems with each new series there are different characters for the most part but it helped with having more of an understanding of this group. Then I read Azzarello's #1 from a few years back and it wasn't as good as this series with how it was all over the place. I reread this issue again and did like it a lot more. Some people have complained about how it's all over the place and it is but this is the first issue about a group of people and one's in which we don't even know who is part of the group yet. And I like the way it was all over the place and showing snippets of where some of the characters are at.

Another thing I didn't care for was how there are entire worlds inside something like a gyro. It's been done to death. At the end of even the first Men In Black movie where at the end, it's as if we are just inside a marble inside some aliens board game or the world inside the jewelry of a pet, among other stories. It is believable and I do like how things can be connected in all kinds of ways which is the point and it's not bad but a little overdone.

Overall I do like the randomness of this issue, some of the characters are definitely interesting and I definitely want to see more of where this is going. The funny dialogue and randomness is probably fitting for Doom Patrol and hopefully this becomes something really great and isn't just another series of DP that gets axed within a couple years. I also liked the artwork by Nick Derington, there is a cleanness and colorfulness about it in a way that I like a lot.

There is also a video on youtube where someone breaks down the scenes of this issue which might be of interest to some.

Hellboy 3 the Movie

There is some internet buzz about there being a Hellboy 3 movie. At the moment it looks like it's just Ron Perlman continuing to push for it being made but there totally should be another movie. The first two movies were good in every way and I don't get how studios are not into green lighting a project like this. The sequel made more money than the first which is kind of rare and how often do you get many of the people involved with a movie that would love a third movie being made?

http://www.screengeek.net/2016/09/25/ron-perlman-confirms-hes-working-on-hellboy-3/

More Comics This Week

This has been a good week for comics. Wednesday I went to the lcs to pick up some new comics, saw that they had like ten new long boxes in the dollar bin section which was awesome. I like that I am stalking this place enough that I can tell when they get new stuff in the dollar bin section. They had some Dark Horse Presents comics too which I'm glad I am able to finally see what those are like. New issues of them sell for $5 which is a bit too much and older issues sell for $8 which is ridiculous. $5 or more comics will be the one's that I will just wait for when they of course make it to the dollar bin.

What I got Wednesday:

New Issues:
Black Hammer #3 which was another excellent issue of Black Hammer. This is by far my favorite comic to be following.
B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth #145
Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. 1954: Black Sun #1 (of 2)

Dollar Bin:
Baltimore: The Play 
Deadly Class #3
Deadly Class #5
Deadly Class #6
Dark Horse Presents #5
Dark Horse Presents #31
Dark Horse Presents #36 

Saturday Dollar Bin Comics:
God is Dead #8 Finally get to see what this comic is like.
B.P.R.D. Killing Ground #5
Doom Patrol #52 92'
Frankenstein Underground #2
Frankenstein Underground #3
Stray Bullets #2  
Stray Bullets #41
From Hell: Vol. 3

Comics this week

I haven't had a chance to update about the stuff I got Wednesday or Saturday. I have gotten the least amount of single issue comics this week than ever so far. Although I have picked up two really good trades.

This week I got:

The new Doom Patrol #1 which at first I wasn't sure about but it's definitely growing on me and then some.

Wonder Woman #6. The last of Frank Cho's variants for Wonder Woman and this issue was okay but not great. It's definitely continuing with the story of Wonder Woman leaving the island for the first time and I am sure it will be more interesting.

I also got a trade of Watchmen and just started reading it yesterday. I like it so far. I also finally got Alan Moore's Writing For Comics which is interesting as well.

Then yesterday I was at the lcs for so long, going through all the new issues, dollar bins, trades, back to the new issues, then trades, debating on whether to get Vol. 1 of Morrison's Doom Patrol or Lemire's Sweet Tooth Vol. 1 hardcover. I was wanting the Doom Patrol but for some reason Vol. 1 starts at like issue #13 for some reason, only covers fifteen issues, and is pretty expensive considering I can find probably every issue in the dollar bins. I finally decided on the Sweet Tooth and it's only Vol. 1 of 6 which is a bit disappointing considering the price. I am at a crossroads about trades. I am just getting into them and like them in some ways but some are crazy expensive for how little is in them. I am really enjoying Sweet Tooth though and happy that I did pick it up.

Moon Knight #6 Review

I got into Moon Knight about a month ago and got the first five issues, and didn't want to read #6 until I read 4 and 5 last night as well but I really like Jeff Lemire's Moon Knight series. Lemire is my favorite writer so far. I really like Black Hammer, Trillium, Plutona, and Descender looks to be good too although I am waiting to get it in trade but I am glad Lemire is doing this most recent series of Moon Knight. It's definitely better then Bendis' work.

This issue is the first one of the Incarnations arc although it still very much continues with the first arc since Marc or whichever name he happens to be using is still completely lost and trying to figure out what he is supposed to be doing. I especially like the way he kept stepping into different places from one moment to the next. At one point, on the set of a movie for Moon Knight actually because he is the producer which was kind of funny, next to the inside of an Egyptian pyramid, to being a taxi driver,  then ends up on the moon, and back and forth between these places and others. And his friends who had to leave him or be left behind while he continues on his journey seem to pop back up every now and again which I like. There was even a point when he gets into a fight with Moon Knight. I liked this issue more than any other so far and really like where this series is going. Another thing that I liked was that there was definitely a lot more content than previous issues. The last five barely took more than five or so minutes to read, I like a comic to not go that incredibly fast and to be able to enjoy it for more than a quick moment almost.

I also like the humor with this one, making jokes about the movie, poking fun at how Moon Knight shouldn't even be made into a movie because he is a third rate superhero, lol.

Glitterbomb #1 Review

I liked this first issue of Glitterbomb, written by Jim Zub whose other current projects include Wayward, Thunderbolts, and Dungeons & Dragons. He also wrote Skullkickers. I am a bit worried Glitterbomb will become too sexualized with the characters, one or two of the variant covers seems like they might be going down that path and one or two frames but I really hope it doesn't. If they do so, it will ruin it for me for sure. I want to wait and see what the second issue is like before I really know if this is worth following or not but for the most part this first issue was good.

The story is about Farrah, an actor trying to get more acting work and dealing with the Hollywood industry. It reminds me a bit too much of the theatre industry which is a bit of a downer but it does show both in the same way in how they are filled with scumbags that mistreat others. Hopefully I am not constantly reminded of how the theatre world is and why I have been taking a break from it for a while and can just enjoy this comic, lol. I do love how Farrah takes care of people trying to screw her over even if it is a bit extreme in that moment in which she seems to have no control over once someone has passed that personal boundary of hers. This comic also kind of reminds me of Kill Or Be Killed in which the one's getting killed are horrible human beings that maybe had it coming. This is definitely more horror filled though and I love how this person takes care of assholes. I am curious to know how she got this power exactly. It's definitely intriguing and so far, has something to do with water which has me completely clueless at this point. I also like how Farrah has a kid and work to deal with while she is dealing with this crazy tongue of hers. I like the combination of realism and everyday life along with this fantastical set up. It's one of the things that makes me like Plutona a lot too even though that is slightly less realistic than Glitterbomb.

The artwork is really great too. Djibirl Morissette-Phan did the artwork and colors by K. Michael Russell. I read somewhere that Morissette-Phan was into making the environments a bit off like showing the sky in different colors and whatnot and I think it compliments the story line very well with how messed up this world is. Someone mentioned how they were hooked by the second page and I can see how. The artwork and scene on the second page is just perfect. The first two pages show you where this is going in as short a time as possible and just how fucked up and crazy this comic is going to be.