‘SWEET’ DAN SWEET’S: COMIC REVIEWS OF THE WEEK!

Chronicles of Wormwood: The Last Battle #3

Written by Garth Ennis and Illustrated by Oscar Jimenez/Avatar Press – The ongoing adventures of the Anti-Christ continue to get more and more FUCKED! From the twisted imagination of Garth Ennis comes my favorite mini-series of the year, so far, and it’s got everything from masturbating rabbits, to Black Jesus, to transsexual on-air suicides. In this issue Wormwood’s girlfriend, and soon-to-be-babymama, Maggie finds out the truth about who he is, where he’s from, and why the Bible is a whole bunch of B.S. Oscar Jimenez continues to impress me with his graphic depictions of vile debauchery. Not for the faint of heart!

Wolverine Weapon X #11

Written by Jason Aaron and Illustrated by Ron Garney/Marvel Comics – Deathlok is just one of those guys, man, that doesn’t get any love, and when he does finally show up (in the as-of-right-now still-ongoing mini-series by Charlie Huston) he gets the “out of continuity” treatment. Suffice it to say I was more than a little pleased to see the undead death-dealer on the cover of this week’s “Wolverine: Weapon X”. This isn’t a book I’m even reading regularly; Jason Aaron is a phenomenal talent, but I don’t have the mental fortitude to sit through another Wolverine story, month-in-month-out. I wasn’t really ready for the story to be as poignant as it was – a buddy tale between Logan and Steve Rogers, Captain America himself, of all people, as the two jet around the world taking in the sights and kicking back some beers. All of that is more than a heaping helping of ‘awesome’, but it’s the Deathlok-as-the-Terminator that has me more than a little weary, but the artistic styling of Ron Garney is more than enough to keep me coming back for more.

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