Axe Crazy!
Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth #3
This may be the craziest and most awesome thing in existence. I’m not sure there’s even any way to describe it rationally. But there’s an army of intelligent talking animals, an evil version of Axe Cop’s team, so very many bizarre transformations for Dinosaur Soldier, Axe Cop’s team getting killed, revived, and then smooshed together into a composite super-monster, the eradication of every axe on Earth, and Axe Cop’s amazing and hilarious prayer to God after he’s named the President of All Presidents.
Verdict: Thumbs up. A HUNDRED BILLION THUMBS UP. This is just ridiculously awesome and insane. Ethan and Malachai Nicolle are geniuses.
Atomic Robo and the Deadly Art of Science #5
So Jack Tarot has been captured by Thomas Edison’s robot, and Atomic Robo and Helen attempt a rescue that also ends with them captured and taken before a gloating Edison, who reveals that he plans to use a crystal skull and a great deal of his beloved direct current to make himself immortal, at the cost of killing everyone in New York and possibly the world. Is there anyone who can save the day? Maybe Robo’s creator, Nikola Tesla?
Verdict: Thumbs up. Crazy, wonderful, pulp-science fun. Great art, great dialogue, great humor, great action. Has there ever been a bad issue of Atomic Robo? If there has, please don’t tell me about it.
Today’s Cool Links:
- Celebrities reading comic books! Real celebrities! Real comic books!
- I loved this selection of collective nouns for supernatural creatures.
- High-speed video of Jell-O cubes being dropped onto solid surfaces.
- I found this site focusing on bad product design way more interesting than I was expecting.
- Psst! Texas Lege! Wouldn’t hurt you to raise taxes! Better than laying off so many people and making the economy worse…