The Gnome King reviewed The Boys, Vol. 10 by Garth Ennis
Review of 'The Boys, Vol. 10' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
The second comic in "The boys" series that gives background on one of the characters. The first was Highland Laddie and it was awful, the worst in the series, story was poor and illustrations total crap. So I skipped this one, did I really wanna read something as bad as the Highland Laddie? I reached the end of the series and my OCD kicked in and made me go back and read this one. So glad I did as it was the best in the whole series. Illustrations are top notch as usual, but the story is something else, terribly tragic and incredibly moving. The Butcher has had a horrible life and you can see why he has become the man he is. In the main novels it has hinted at what happened to his family but I never realised just how bad things were.
Also to lighten the mood …
The second comic in "The boys" series that gives background on one of the characters. The first was Highland Laddie and it was awful, the worst in the series, story was poor and illustrations total crap. So I skipped this one, did I really wanna read something as bad as the Highland Laddie? I reached the end of the series and my OCD kicked in and made me go back and read this one. So glad I did as it was the best in the whole series. Illustrations are top notch as usual, but the story is something else, terribly tragic and incredibly moving. The Butcher has had a horrible life and you can see why he has become the man he is. In the main novels it has hinted at what happened to his family but I never realised just how bad things were.
Also to lighten the mood at bit the author includes himself in the story, trying to get a job working on comics with The Legend. Made me chuckle, I like those sort of references.
Well that's the end of this series for me and I'm looking forward to when they announce an ultra violent TV series version. :-)
