Now collected in hardcover, just in time for the feature-film adaptation, KICK-ASS is an adult-oriented comic that lives up to both its title and its hype. In terms of WTF moments and outrageous humor, Mark Millar out-WANTEDs WANTED with this superhero spoof.
The premise is that socially invisible teen Dave Lizewski wonders why no one in real life has ever dressed up to become a superhero like those in his beloved comic books. Out of sheer boredom, he orders a wetsuit on eBay and transforms himself into the do-gooder eventually known as Kick-Ass.
Who’s up for a trip to the farm? The Body Farm, that is! On March 23, Jefferson Bass return with THE BONE THIEF, the latest slice of forensic fiction featuring anthropologist/crimebuster Dr. Bill Brockton.
A few years after DC Comics invited indie cartoonists to poke fun at its stable of superheroes in BIZARRO COMICS and its sequel, BIZARRO WORLD, Marvel gets into the act with the brilliantly subversive STRANGE TALES. The result is a sure bet for the year’s most fun comics collection.
Paul Pope’s Inhumans adventure is continually interrupted by big dog Lockjaw’s desire to be fed. In a purposely overly cute style à la Hello Kitty, Junko Minzuno imagines Spider-Man depressed while living in an all-spider town, because his powers are no longer special. Dash Shaw’s psychedelic “Dr. Strange vs. Nightmare” pits the sorcerer against perhaps his greatest foe yet: the overwheming desire to yawn.
Now collected in hardcover, just in time for the feature-film adaptation, KICK-ASS is an adult-oriented comic that lives up to both its title and its hype. In terms of WTF moments and outrageous humor, Mark Millar out-WANTEDs WANTED with this superhero spoof.
