Review of 'The good, the bad and the ugly' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I had serious emotions about a comedy title? A Marvel title? A comedy Marvel title that, mind you, broke a lot of my personal rules about what a comic should be.
Generally, I'm pretty much against nazi-plots and concentration camp imagery? But here it works, largely because the gravity of the situation is never forgotten for the sake of a joke, and because the horrible absurdity is mined frequently for the sake of... jokes. I can't explain it. I think it's because this comic really... thinks.
It thinks about what it would be like in that situation. It thinks about what kind of reactions that would garner. It thinks about the psychology of experiencing that kind of trauma. It never relies upon expectation, and it uses jokes to cope with the horror, rather than take away from it.
This is a good book. This is a great comic book. …
I had serious emotions about a comedy title? A Marvel title? A comedy Marvel title that, mind you, broke a lot of my personal rules about what a comic should be.
Generally, I'm pretty much against nazi-plots and concentration camp imagery? But here it works, largely because the gravity of the situation is never forgotten for the sake of a joke, and because the horrible absurdity is mined frequently for the sake of... jokes. I can't explain it. I think it's because this comic really... thinks.
It thinks about what it would be like in that situation. It thinks about what kind of reactions that would garner. It thinks about the psychology of experiencing that kind of trauma. It never relies upon expectation, and it uses jokes to cope with the horror, rather than take away from it.
This is a good book. This is a great comic book. I highly recomend it.
