I'm a big fan of Buckaroo Banzai. I've seen the movie. I've read the novel. I own, I think, all of the fanzines in existence dedicated to him. (Fortunately, all = less than 5.)

And, now, he's back, in his own comic book. The quality is uneven; some parts are actively bad and some are less clear than they ought to be. But other parts? Those are way over-the-top zany corniness, or maybe corny zaniness. However you define it, it's exactly what I love about the Banzai material.

From: [identity profile] womzilla.livejournal.com


I just read BB: Big Time this morning, and yeah, that sums it up.

It's not surprising that parts of it are actively bad--the entire BB aesthetic sense is tied up in a sort of ironic understatement of weirdness, and sometimes that's just going to fall flat.

From: [identity profile] drcpunk.livejournal.com


True. But I did like the reversal a lot. I think my favorite line, just as a standalone, is "Texas Death Rules?"
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