Well hello! I’m a bad blogger. I’ve let this place, what is supposed to be the home for my deepest, darkest thoughts basically grows the cyber equivalent of tumbleweeds. Well fear no more! I’m back and with my promise of keeping you informed of the strange, wacky, and weird. Well, okay that’s not exactly true. But I am going to try to update this thing more at least. I mean I’ve got new DVD’s to talk about and review…keep an eye out for DVD reviews of Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer,
Speed Racer (yes I know it came out a month ago on DVD, and no I don’t care), and stories about working with C. Thomas Howell, and Judd Nelson on a sci fi feature film!
But that’s all in the future. Right here and now let’s talk about my favorite comic book character…DEADPOOL. A short review since everybody else has talked to death about these three issues.
That’s right kids Deadpool the merc with a mouth just gained his own ongoing monthly series!
Let’s recap Deadpool is like Wolverine, except take out all the morals and the claws, and have him be delightfully bug fuck nuts, and only speak in pop culture references. Deadpool previously had a series with his longtime enemy/buddy Cable called Cable and Deadpool, which got canceled so Cable could have his on going series. And now Daneil Way and Paco Medina have taken over the Merc with a Mouth’s on going series with a three-part arc tying into Marvel’s Battlestar Galactica riff secret invasion.
I was dubious going into this series, I gotta say. Daniel Way has been very hit or miss, on the one had he’s written some hilariously over the top violent extravaganza’s like that Bullseye versus Punisher miniseries, or Bullseye: Greatest Hits and on the other hand he’s been writing Wolverine: Origins which has been one of the single boring things to read. I mean seriously did we NEED another book where Wolverine finds his long lost memories and then has to globe hop to deal with them? Wolverine isn’t interesting when he’s doing that. Does anybody in the comics world REMEMBER the 90’s and what Wolverine was like? I guess not. In any event Daniel Way knocks Deapool out of the park. Deadpool is everything it should be, a funny, ridiculous hyper violent spoof of comics. I’m thoroughly convinced Daniel Way has been writing the wrong book all this time, I mean seriously he can write over the top action, but anything that’s strictly continuity based…it just gets boring, maybe it’s boring for him I dunno.
Anyway if you read comics pick up Deadpool #1-3 you won’t be disappointed. Let’s just hope Bob: agent of Hydra shows up in this series.
So yes, I'll try to make this blog something worth reading from here on in.
