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Idiotz Volume 1
Harold Melman wanted nothing more than to break a long-standing family curse and successfully serve his country in the armed forces. Unfortunately, his clumsiness and lack of wit prevent any branch from taking him. After getting kicked out of Harry's Boot Camp & Nail Salon (in spite of his lovely cuticles!), Melman gathers a mismatched band of wannabe heroes to fight the good fight - for those who are too dumb to fight it themselves.
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 10, 2006
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February 24, 2025
I picked this up, because I'm familiar with Jason Waltrip's work on Fans!, so I of course was naturally curious.
My curiosity died when, lo and behold, the story is exactly what it says on the tin.
The problem is in the current age, moulded by anti-intellectualism, makes a very lot of Harold's antics not as funny as it "ought" to be, especially with the amount of collateral damage they cause simply from *existing* in some cases. I don't want to get into too much of a tangental rant here, but it's just not really a good time for this kind of "comedy" for me.
I would have only docked one star for the content (the sheer stupidity), since the art and actual writing (dialogue, humour) is pretty good. However, they feed Scruffy "liver and onion pie"—a STRONG DON'T. Like, even if you argue that they're too stupid to realise it's bad for the dog, "too stupid to know he's supposed to be sick from the onions" is not really a brand of humour I can remotely appreciate.
On the whole, probably okay, but not really my jam. Also apparently (or thankfully?) a one-off. Probably better off reading Fans! instead.
My curiosity died when, lo and behold, the story is exactly what it says on the tin.
The problem is in the current age, moulded by anti-intellectualism, makes a very lot of Harold's antics not as funny as it "ought" to be, especially with the amount of collateral damage they cause simply from *existing* in some cases. I don't want to get into too much of a tangental rant here, but it's just not really a good time for this kind of "comedy" for me.
I would have only docked one star for the content (the sheer stupidity), since the art and actual writing (dialogue, humour) is pretty good. However, they feed Scruffy "liver and onion pie"—a STRONG DON'T. Like, even if you argue that they're too stupid to realise it's bad for the dog, "too stupid to know he's supposed to be sick from the onions" is not really a brand of humour I can remotely appreciate.
On the whole, probably okay, but not really my jam. Also apparently (or thankfully?) a one-off. Probably better off reading Fans! instead.
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