Hack/Slash

I was debating if I wanted to do this comic book. I use to read it monthly and then I got broke and then I forget about it. Last week I picked up all five Omnibuses from amazon. Book 1,Book 2,Book 3,Book 4,Book 5 there you go in case you wish to pick it up like always. So moving on the concept which is the reason I truly love this great comic.

 The concept is Miss Hack there is a hunter of what is know to her at least Slasher aka killers that come back from the dead. Meaning horror movie villains what a great fun concept. Too bad it's not written great and fun and that is why it is here. Not saying there is not fun moments in this wonderful comic. But the characters are humanized first and comic second. The great thin is they hurt and you feel their pain and their desires and their wants. This is groundbreaking stuff in a horror comic when it's truly not monster of the week. Other horror comics have done it and I'am sure I'll have some classic up soon to illustrate the growth of the horror comic as a medium. But this is the best modern horror comic I have read since the first 30 days of night.

The characters get  damaged both emotionally and physical and don't get magically healed in two issues. They have to learn to live with what has happened to them and what has been done to them forcefully sometimes. Also it is great about keeping it's cannon in a row meaning I'am halfway through the 4 book and have yet to notice anything that does not mesh with what has come before. This comic yeah it goes to the No No Place but it's a horror comic and if I was going to start listing why we would be here all day. JUST BUY it or READ IT or GET IT, ENJOY IT. I truly love this comic and I shall now go finish it up. No spoilers or even hints at them in this one.

Live Freaky! Die Freaky!

Well this movie is full of mind fuck. It crawls in the brain and scratches the walls according to the person I was watching this with. She could not finish it. But I truly loves this film and think anyone that likes to be "Disturbed" or "Laugh" or "Musical" or "Punk rock" Should totally watch it. I have to say this is the best Charles Manson musical ever!

Now jokes asides this is a very strange movie and should be watched by the morbid. The plot is about a man in the post-apocalyptic world that finds a copy of  Helter Skelter and the film is a claymation  version of the things inside. Now because he has no idea about who Charles Manson is this leads to a very open interruption of these events in this book. It's a very odd movie.

The One

Now the intro by Alan Moore rocks it truly rocks. He dates the comic book and sets the tone perfectly. He even let's the dirty secret slip before the comic goes on that this came out before Watchmen and Dark Knight. The two comics given credit to changing the superhero world forever but this is the same type of comic. I have read this once before and don't remember it well so join me as we journey into The One.

The comic starts with an article explaining why A-bomb will save the world by helping us re-wire our brains. That is truly a strong place to start and has a lot of room for growth.  This is the story of war and how it is being used by companies to abuse the all mighty money of this world and control us. This event is caused by a man that makes weapons causing WW III always a great place to start.

Then it gets weird and in pops they strange geeky looking man with glasses and this awesome look. He is The One and fights The Other. The classic tale of good and evil done in only the way Vetich could do it with style and flair.

Now to the creepy and weird it's about government made superheroes the American one in hidden by the government and the Russian one made by a Joseef Mangele if you don't know who that is he is one of the worst of the Nazi war criminals. Truly a evil man and this is of course why this comic made this list.

Next up Incest  two of the superheroes are only attracted to each other due to hating normal people.  Any other version of this story they would not be brother and sister but we don't cover normal stories here so yeah that happened.

Then it turned into a tale about clones and then a debate between good and evil and the nature of gods and society. This damn book hit everything I like to think about and talk about in my personal life. This was one of the best comics I have ever had the pleasure of reading and needs to be a staple in every comic book fans library.  The reason for the super brief overview this time is well this needs to be read without much know about it to have the desired effect. Two comics entries in one day I feel good and the next one well that will be a surprise. 

The Maximortal

The Maximortal

Well here we go I just found out Brat Pack had a sequel/prequel. I garbed a copy of it and The one both of these are by Rick Veitch. So now to dive back into his comics this will be a two part article. So The Maximortal is about a minor character in Brat Pack that is mentioned a few times as True Man. He shows up for the end and this is comic is the history of superheroes in this world. Well the book just arrived so this is going to be typed up as I read it. So yeah these will be my fresh thoughts on this great comic and how I feel about it. 

It starts the superman style with a baby from space and well it goes horribly wrong in a mater of pages with the child killing his own adopted father in as nice long montage of gore it's almost funny if another writer did it. Now time seems like it will be a big factor in this comic due to years being listed which is something I like for epic tales to help you put it together. Visual does not always help this task even in the a comic sometimes it does but very rarely if you ask me. 

A man that throws poop named "el Gunao" shows up knowing that he needs this power and following this great arrival is the Military to take the child to Sherlock Holmes. I was quite surprised to do two Sherlock comics in one month but here it is. Thank you Rick Veitch for bring in a little bit of class to this great comic so far. 

Then cut to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster as they discuss True Man their idea. They are taken into an office to turn this great idea into a comic. In our world this is the birth of Superman and this scene ends with the famous real life contract signing that lost them the rights to Superman.

Next on the list of people is Doctor Oppenheimer who finds our sleeping hero so to speak and awakes him and well we all know this story in the real world. He is the man that helped create the Atomic Bomb of course.

The next person we cover is a the first man to ever play superman George Reeves or as he is know for the purpose of this comic Byron Reeves. They cover this with tact to be honest which shocked me because of the lack of it on other part so far.

The next historical thing we cover is the comic book code. This is handled like the travesty it truly was with all the bile and hate it deserves. I laugh smiled and clapped my hands if you want to learn more about this horrible time period in the history of comics here is a great book Tales of Terror!: The EC Companion given that EC took the biggest commercial beating during this time.  This is when William Gaines enters into the story and argues for the freedom of comics doing a horrible job I might add.

The  final historical person is Albert Einstein and then his thoughts about reality then off we go to the end of brat pack and this whole journey is over. What a great ride. next up is The One same writer and looks amazing!

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

This movie is loved and honored for all the wrong reasons. To start with Cameron Crow wrote the screenplay based on a piece of investigative journalism he did for rolling stone a few years early and published as a book. Well the plot elements of the plot are in here that are going to be discussed and I'am not talking about the drug use that is wildly discussed.  Now the reason is it is held in such high place among the  people is the use of 80's music and nostalgia feel that seems to have started around 1999-2003 and still has a grip on our society.    

The big thing that is messed up about this film is Stacy Hamilton and her best friend Linda that lies about having sex and is pushing Stacy to do it for real living vigorously through her. her friend also claims that she lost it at 13 and that she needs to grow up and this leads her to having sex with a 26 year old man that thinks she is 19 in a very forced scene that she is only doing it to impress her best-friend. Also just to make sure I put this in her she is only 15 which is why I find this so disturbing. Now a little bit later Stacy uses sex as a weapon to make people like her. Now this would normally in any other movie lead to her learning a lesson about love by some guy not wanting to bang her silly. Well in this movie it leads to pregnancy and finish that up with a of a one two jab of abortion and her older brother being pretty much cool with her doing it. 

Also her big brother is obsessed with his kid sisters best friend as well. Who keeps saying she has a  boyfriend in another town that truly does not seem if he exists at all. This leads to the infamous masturbation scene where in walks Linda on her best-friends brother. Who's life is spiraling out of  control due to standing up to a customer and losing his shit over and over again as the movie goes on.

Now my issue is yeah this is all normal teenage bullshit but people tend to forget that it's based on dear I say it once again a undercover investigative journalist piece by the screenplay writer.

My point of this short article is simple this sometimes a movie reaches cult classic mainly as a comedy due to people not truly researching or understanding what they are watching. I also love this movie and the reason is it captures the awkwardness of being a young person is a society ruled by sex and partying given that this is what we have been told to enjoy.