February 25, 2017
This one was an odd little trip. Really, I am puzzled on how to really write this one. In fact, I had just typed a few paragraphs and then my stupid fat fingers over-typed them and forced them to disappear. Now - I have to write again. Ugh. Anyway, I flipped forward over a few issues after struggling through Dark Dominion 4. That was junk. So, I flipped ahead - and found this comic. I was able to follow the story, keep characters distinguished, and it made sense. Sadly, this was a great compliment I gave - that I was able to follow the story as it went. It looked and felt a little like a Cracked magazine... Not even Mad magazine, even. Cracked. That little taste was enough to keep me going. And then the wheels really came off.
Somewhere in the middle of the book, the idea changed. It went from fish out of water story to strange hunky dancing guy magazine. And by dancing, of course, I mean Kung Fu dance battles. Really. Just after the center of the magazine - when I am able to follow along, the characters from Plasm show up. And that is when I want to break out my thesaurus of synonyms for what in the world is going on.When the spin dance moves start, that is a strange oddity. Really strange. The next over page is strange with battles. But the, on the next page, we are treated to what looks like a Village People movie. And this is ten years after Can't Stop the Music. And it was junk. This is a low budget imitation without the self-parody or catchy disco music. It does, however, have two people who are really way too over-impressed by "the Dance" which looks to make light and battle the demons with Xanadu-like proficiency. I mean, he's blasting the demons from across the room with kicks that produce green beams of light that shatter his opposition.
But that wasn't enough. After getting through the comic - and he defeats his enemies - we jump in to see him battle the child and his dog. And by battle, we mean attack on a puppy and a child that blows them up in some sort of Garbage Pail Kids art form. I mean - the eye exploding with the trailing mess of nerve stuff behind it? We even see some kind of green kidney-esque looking organ trailing out of the kid. Now - start with the fact that it's way overdone. Then move the fact that if he really had some of this power within him, he might have tried to use it on some of the attackers on him. I mean, really. I am just running through my head, singing ELO "I'm ALIVE!' Yes - it's that freaking catchy.
Not certain why - but I am excited for next issue in a kind of rubber necking and train wreck kind of way.
Somewhere in the middle of the book, the idea changed. It went from fish out of water story to strange hunky dancing guy magazine. And by dancing, of course, I mean Kung Fu dance battles. Really. Just after the center of the magazine - when I am able to follow along, the characters from Plasm show up. And that is when I want to break out my thesaurus of synonyms for what in the world is going on.When the spin dance moves start, that is a strange oddity. Really strange. The next over page is strange with battles. But the, on the next page, we are treated to what looks like a Village People movie. And this is ten years after Can't Stop the Music. And it was junk. This is a low budget imitation without the self-parody or catchy disco music. It does, however, have two people who are really way too over-impressed by "the Dance" which looks to make light and battle the demons with Xanadu-like proficiency. I mean, he's blasting the demons from across the room with kicks that produce green beams of light that shatter his opposition.
But that wasn't enough. After getting through the comic - and he defeats his enemies - we jump in to see him battle the child and his dog. And by battle, we mean attack on a puppy and a child that blows them up in some sort of Garbage Pail Kids art form. I mean - the eye exploding with the trailing mess of nerve stuff behind it? We even see some kind of green kidney-esque looking organ trailing out of the kid. Now - start with the fact that it's way overdone. Then move the fact that if he really had some of this power within him, he might have tried to use it on some of the attackers on him. I mean, really. I am just running through my head, singing ELO "I'm ALIVE!' Yes - it's that freaking catchy.
Not certain why - but I am excited for next issue in a kind of rubber necking and train wreck kind of way.