Comics Fondle

I didn’t order Black Summer #0. My retailer was nice enough to include it in with my other stuff. I think one of the Savage Critics already pointed out it isn’t really a “preview” issue or a prologue, but the first part of the story… so #0 is a little misleading. But whatever. I don’t have a Ellis-fan catering retailer and am not Ellis-supporter myself (Fell’s fine, but falling off).

Though I will point out this comic is the second one Avatar has published in which George W. Bush is murdered. It’s a lefty’s wet dream and the scene when the superhero explains why he killed Dubya is freaking awesome. Great speech. Anyway, how is Avatar publisher William Christensen not on the no-fly list?

Really, though, besides that awesome speech, Black Summer is mostly a bunch of exposition-heavy talk. All very by the numbers. Cool, but standard.

Ryp’s superhero art is amazing though. Just his art in general. It’s always surprising he’s never done any work at the big two, but given how his style is both detailed and slick, he doesn’t quite fit their modes.

After a first issue (or zero issue, in this case), I should have lots of questions about the story. Instead… I’m mildly curious as to whether Ellis will wuss out in the end, political condemnation of conservatives-wise… but nothing about the story or its characters.

C+

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