Comics Fondle

Finally. Vaughan finally realizes no one’s been suspending his or her disbelief and gets an honest conversation into the comic. Tefé’s a gullible twit. In not so many words, her two wannabe boyfriends get around to having the conversation of her not being the most discerning individual.

Vaughan even leads into the second issue well, by giving the first of these two an actual unresolved cliffhanger, not something contrived on the last couple pages to get it to a cliffhanger. I actually got so wrapped up in the issue, I didn’t realize how quickly it was going by.

Unfortunately, as usual, he can’t sustain it for more than an issue. The next one is a replay of other things Vaughan’s done before, only this time introducing the idea the plants are going to start killing people. It’d be neat if there were any scope, but there isn’t. It’s just Tefé’s constant rambling at the cast of liberal hypocrites and rednecks. Whee, what a fun read.

The pop culture references here are more creepy than not (Vaughan’s gay guy–who I didn’t know was gay, probably because I forgot–wanted to have a pre-teen orgy with the Fruit of the Loom fruits, which is even creepier now that I’ve typed it).

Tefé’s still an idiot when Vaughan’s done, making the issues’ events pointless. If she’s never going to stop acting like a twit, what’s the point? It’s not a sitcom.

D

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