Doom Patrol Vol. 5: Magic Bus
by Grant Morrison
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I'll write this review for all the volumes of "Doom Patrol."
Definitely my favorite work of comic fiction, "Doom patrol" combines every aspect of art into one amazing pill. A superhero team that combats the forces of surreal art, surreal physics and surreal mysticism while maintaining a comedic edge. More than anything else, "Doom patrol" solidified the place of adult comics that dealt not only in hard-boiled violence, but in complex themes and structures that...more
Definitely my favorite work of comic fiction, "Doom patrol" combines every aspect of art into one amazing pill. A superhero team that combats the forces of surreal art, surreal physics and surreal mysticism while maintaining a comedic edge. More than anything else, "Doom patrol" solidified the place of adult comics that dealt not only in hard-boiled violence, but in complex themes and structures that...more
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I lied, I continued reading. I really disliked the first arc, which sees Mr. Nobody run for president. It's pretty repetitive.
The Jack Kirby homage doesn't work. Neither does the Aenigma Regis chapter, which reminds me of Alan Moore's Blue Heaven chapter of Swamp Thing. But the Regis chapter is too abstracted and fragmented to really be successful.
However, the build-up to the final villain is great.
The Jack Kirby homage doesn't work. Neither does the Aenigma Regis chapter, which reminds me of Alan Moore's Blue Heaven chapter of Swamp Thing. But the Regis chapter is too abstracted and fragmented to really be successful.
However, the build-up to the final villain is great.
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Read in June, 1995
ok, I have all these in their original format, so I'm not sure exactly which issues comprise which graphic novel, but it looks like this is where Mr. Nobody shows up.
Ahh, Mr. Nobody. Herr Niemand. A perfect and wonderful character... this is truly Grant Morrison firing on all cylinders. I don't do spoilers, but I will say that the sense of wonder that accompanies this "villain" borders on overwhelming.
Ahh, Mr. Nobody. Herr Niemand. A perfect and wonderful character... this is truly Grant Morrison firing on all cylinders. I don't do spoilers, but I will say that the sense of wonder that accompanies this "villain" borders on overwhelming.
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Read in February, 2007
A robot, a sentient street, and a super-powered chick with MPD walk into a bar...
Seriously, Grant Morrison is a total conspiracy theorist nut, and I love it. Why only 3 stars? Because sometimes I think he lets the weirdness get away with him, and because the big secret revealed at the end of this arc is sort of anticlimatic.
Seriously, Grant Morrison is a total conspiracy theorist nut, and I love it. Why only 3 stars? Because sometimes I think he lets the weirdness get away with him, and because the big secret revealed at the end of this arc is sort of anticlimatic.
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This is when the weirdness started to get away with Grant and overwhelm the story.
Still some great moments, Danny the street has to be right up there on my list of great super hero headquarters, but there was a lot of weird just for the heck of it and too many 'aren't I clever!' bits.
Still some great moments, Danny the street has to be right up there on my list of great super hero headquarters, but there was a lot of weird just for the heck of it and too many 'aren't I clever!' bits.
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