This unique Vertigo mini-series has reunited the team of writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, who had recently teamed up for the New X-Men series, that is, when Quitely was around to draw it. The story contains Grant's usually flair of imaginative storytelling and subtle humor with Quitely's clear, detailed art.
The story focuses on these animal "biorgs" created by the government, but when the goverment wants to mass produce the biorgs, they want to "retire" the three original living weapons: Bandit the dog, Tinker the cat, and Pirate the rabbit. Their "creator" Roseanne Berry doesn't agree with this and sets them free. Now, the biorgs are on the run, looking for "Home."
I was very surprised on how much Grant relied on images instead of dialogue. The first ten pages have no sound at all, giving the story a cinematic feel with Quitely's realistic art. But the dialogue that is present is standard Grantism, like "What kind of lunatic would teach a killing machine to talk?" Also, the biorgs' kitschy dialogue is very fresh: "I. M. Gud. R. U. Gud 2?" It's worth it just to see the security camera sequence. This original mini-series is a nice change from Grant's less "user-friendly" series, The Filth, and it will not disappoint.
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Hmmmm sounds interesting and yet weird too.... Does this discuss any big "issues" or does it satirize or is it just funny? I like the spelling of the dialog... sounds like they just learned to speak.
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