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My Boom-Boom's mostly gay
So, I could have sworn we had a topic for this book but I can't find it anywhere.
Is anyone else reading this book? As far as I can tell, I'm the only person on the face of the earth who will admit to liking it. When the book first started I was a little skeptical that it was just Garth Ennis gross out factor without the heart, but I quickly came to think otherwise. And after sitting down over the course of a week and catching up on the book, I've got to say, it's one of the better things Ennis has written, and one of the most consistently good books on the stands.
It just suffers the same problem Preacher does. I loved Preacher but found the banal "God is a dick" ending disappointing until someone (I think Dr. Strangefate) raised the point that it's not really about religion at all. It's about the characters. And The Boys suffers the same problem. Ennis' criticism of superhero comics isn't all that strong (despite being HILARIOUS) but that's beside the point. Within the first year of the issue's run, we have pretty much all the chips in place about the ****ed up state of superheroics and from then on we can just accept them as the recurring antagonists and instead focus our attention on the characters, and the leads are actually greatly written. Hughie and Annie is one of the better tragic romances in comics. The Frenchie/Female relationship is also quite touching, and Butcher is rounded out to be a pretty ****ing despicable fiend.
Oh. And Darrick Robertson is great too. It really speaks to the book that, at the few times when replacements come in, the book really suffers for it. I mean, John McCrea does a commendable job for his fill-ins (and he draws a hell of a dog) but the other guy they have filling in for Robertson really doesn't fit the bill.
So... Am I the only one enjoying this?
Is anyone else reading this book? As far as I can tell, I'm the only person on the face of the earth who will admit to liking it. When the book first started I was a little skeptical that it was just Garth Ennis gross out factor without the heart, but I quickly came to think otherwise. And after sitting down over the course of a week and catching up on the book, I've got to say, it's one of the better things Ennis has written, and one of the most consistently good books on the stands.
It just suffers the same problem Preacher does. I loved Preacher but found the banal "God is a dick" ending disappointing until someone (I think Dr. Strangefate) raised the point that it's not really about religion at all. It's about the characters. And The Boys suffers the same problem. Ennis' criticism of superhero comics isn't all that strong (despite being HILARIOUS) but that's beside the point. Within the first year of the issue's run, we have pretty much all the chips in place about the ****ed up state of superheroics and from then on we can just accept them as the recurring antagonists and instead focus our attention on the characters, and the leads are actually greatly written. Hughie and Annie is one of the better tragic romances in comics. The Frenchie/Female relationship is also quite touching, and Butcher is rounded out to be a pretty ****ing despicable fiend.
Oh. And Darrick Robertson is great too. It really speaks to the book that, at the few times when replacements come in, the book really suffers for it. I mean, John McCrea does a commendable job for his fill-ins (and he draws a hell of a dog) but the other guy they have filling in for Robertson really doesn't fit the bill.
So... Am I the only one enjoying this?
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