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The Tick: Big Blue Destiny The Complete Works by Eli Stone

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book collect Eli Stone's well-regarded run on the Tick collecting The Tick's Back #0, Big Blue Destiny #1-5, The Luny Bin Trilogy Preview and then the whole Luny Bin Trilogy.

"The Tick's Back" is a nice one shot setting up Stone's run with Author and the Tick battling Toy De Force.

The entire run of "Big Blue Destiny" is typical Tick mayhem but with a far stronger story arc built in than you'd see in typical Tick comics. The Tick battles an art-based villain in Issue 1, enters in arm-wresting competition in Issue 2, in Issue 3, he and Arthur travel to an island which is based on honoring Martin Van Buren. In Issue 4, they go into Court to face judgment for the damage done in Issue 1, and then in Issue 5, the story focuses on the true villain behind it all: an art museum curator who wants Arthur's moth suit so he can take over the world.

The Luny Bin trilogy is a fun Tick universe event as the Tick returns to the insane asylum from which he came. Now, all the sides of the story don't touch with the part of the story about Chairface Chippendale and Barry Hubris (formerly known as the Tick) not actually touching the main plot with the Tick and other characters, I have to tip my hat to Stone. He goes back to the original Tick continuity that Ben Edlund made up when he was 18 and completely ignored thereafter. Stone revisits it and reveals some mysteries and tells a good story to boot.

Overall, Stone is in the same league as Ben Edlund, the Tick's creator, which is high praise indeed. If one wants to say Tick comics are "important" (I know a dubious claim at best) than this is probably more important to understanding the character's history that Karma Tornado. And it's not only "important," it's a lot of fun and a great read for those who loved the comics and the cartoon.



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