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Then she also mind-controlled Magneto for about 30 seconds because we needed that to fill out the pages with something. And then it all ends with Medusa saying, “You wanted to save your race? You should’ve just said so!”……. <sigh> A war broke out because not ONE person could have said the Terrigen Mist is turning mutants into an endangered species for some plot devicey reason? Especially after all the fighting Medusa just lets go of the Mist as if nothing important has occured. The war had no impact on anyone’s decisions. You seriously couldn’t have asked ONE mutant why someone is attacking your home who you thought to be an ally? I keep emphasizing on the word ‘one’ because that’s all you had to do. Figures when no one cared enough. Who would’ve thought that the collaboration between Charles Soule and Jeff Lemire would have been such a disaster?
The ultimate Edgelord cancer isn’t finished. Erik actually includes PORNOGRAPHY! He includes very purile depiction of genitelia (women usually are found without a top on). But this is a theme for Larsen. Must I mention one villain who was a fat lady with powers to shoot period named Heavy Flo?
Each page is not from just one issue. I had to cover the images in Santa babies to keep it PG-13
All of this purple, pre-fab “Letters to Penthouse” stuff is as calculated and unbelievable as it seems. Fisher tells Ms. San Antonio that he’ll “dangle the dick one more time” and then teases a Satanika/Vampirella crossover drawn by Mighten. And, speaking at his North Metro correspondent, Fisher wonders aloud: “What is it about our Lord Dalkiel that has all the female fans inthrall? [sic] Is it his personality, his physique, or his genitalia. Possibly all of the above. Let us know.” Mind you, this is mere pages away from an ad for an anime-style statuette of Satanika, designed by hentai artist Wingbird. “While supplies last”, only $129.95, check eBay.
The magazine this comic runs in, Sparkler Monthly, is a Shojo-esque magazine, and as such, the page presentation and art style is reflective of that. For those unfamiliar with the genre, this may not be the best place to start, as it is a slow burn, paced for the magazine not the update, with likeable but not too deep characters. It’s still biding its time to really hit its stride — the presumed inciting incident hasn’t even occurred yet — and with the one page a week schedule, it may take a while to get there and really get going. There’s a lot to love if you’re already a fan of the genre but for those who aren’t, check out Moosopp’s other work
It seems like we’re going to finally move pass the Vlad is monstrous and evil misunderstanding routine. As he pretty much bears his soul to not judge a book by its cover, literally using his metal (or edgelord) looking journal as an example. It was a good routine, Sejic use of lighting and framing in strip #51 is a good example of this skill, but was a bit overdone at this point. I don’t think this will be the end to misunderstanding as the root of comedy in this series, but this particular routine will take a break going forward.
All in all, “Killjoys” shows a lot of promise and few areas it must surely improve to become stellar. If the art department hits its stride consistently (like it does on some pages) and the plot manages to move forward a bit more smoothly, balancing exposition, this would be even more fun. In spite of that criticism, this is surely a fun series to explore, and one that readers should want to revisit often.
The daughter of a cruel, warmongering nobleman Matthias, Hope (get it?) was ignorant of her father’s other predilections, which were, you know, devil worship and the black arts. Let he among us that didn’t have that experience with our own father cast the first stone. As is customary in these situations, the peasantry eventually got fed up with Matthias’s evil shenanigans and rose up to overthrow the demon worshipping edgelord.
It doesn’t shy away from the implications of its tale. There’s no last-minute change into something else, no rejection of its central premise in favor of something else. It just does what it does and does it quite well. It’s not the best Loveness has done, not even in his Superman work. But he nevertheless utilizes his fondness for the character towards a universe where he cannot win. Every element of the comic builds to the tragic end. It never feels like there’s an onslaught of misery with every page.
Anyway, after the police arrive Barbara is watching from a rooftop and Batman shows up with a cup of coffee for her. I do like that, because this version of Bruce is almost Pure Edgelord Batman so I do like this one moment of actually acting like a normal, caring human being. Of course, it does raise the delightful image of Batman queuing in Starbucks
