GREEK STREET #1
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Price: 1.00
I had just finished putting down the last issue of Bang Tango, when I picked this up. And hoped that this would be the new weird, violent, sex-focused Vertigo title like Bang Tango, like 100 Bullets, and like American Virgin, which started well, but seemed to fall apart fairly quickly.
I almost bailed on this issue at page one. A stripper starts waxing philosophical about stories and sex in a very wink-wink, this is hidden narration to the reader sort of way. A few pages later, and we’re getting narration from a character who doesn’t capitalize his first personhood, and doesnt use apostrophers for contractions, which is a trrait ive always found annoyingly contrived, once youve past junior high “creative” writing. But, then, a couple of pages later, he does use some contractions, and it occurs to me that it might be, not just a poor style choice, but an inconsistent one. BLAH.
I’ve met many people in my life who have interesting ways of speaking, or who model their speech patterns after movies or books. I’ve never met anyone who speaks in the ridiculous platitudes that these characters do. I had to close this book to see who the writer was. I shake my fist at you Milligan! Why is it you only appear to be able to write Hellblzer, and the occasional Dark Reign tie-in well? This is utter crap aspiring to be risque philosophical (perhaps satire?) art that appears to also involve magic. There is way too much in here for Milligan to handle. And, it isn’t so much that he drops the ball; he appears to have never had his hands on it to begin with.
The artist did a very nice job trying to make it look cool.
Art: 3 - Good
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so it isn’t even worth a buck?
What? Go and read some Greek history.
@goRimbaud I’ve studied Greek history thoroughly and that doesn’t redeem this story. It is one of the weakest first issues that I’ve read. That doesn’t mean I don’t understood it. It was just sloppy for Milligan.
Yes, goRimbaud: I didn’t say I didn’t understand the concept. I didn’t mention that it was a modernization of Greek myths and history because, if it were a good story, it wouldn’t matter. It would be a good story that happened to be a modernization. This is a piece of shit story. Poorly written, horribly paced. The fact that it’s based on something good pretty much makes it worse.
Your criticism of the character’s narration falls apart at "apostrophers".
@ synthspawn: Mine is a typo, not a poor stylistic choice. Were I paid as much to write this review as Milligan, I would have proffread it.
Also, suck it.
And, probably proofread my comment.
wow
This is the most venom i’ve ever seen on iFanboy… I think it’s going to be worth the dollar just to see what this is all about.
@magnum420: ehhh, no actual venom here. It’s juse a badly written book. There are some bookd that I recognize as being good for certain audiences (such as, say, Savage Dragon) that just aren’t for me. This book is poorly put together from a storytelling standpoint. Some people enjoy stories, even if they’re crap. If that’s the case, this might be something they’re into.
All of my snarkiness in the comment to GoRimbaud is for Milligan, not GoRimbaud. His comment was totally valid. I didn’t mention the Greek history aspect of it, and I wanted to address that in the comments.
As per synthspawn’s comment, I assume it was meant playfully, and I responded in kind.
Is the book worth a dollar? Yes, if you’re really looking to check out something new. But your dollar is probably better spent going toward another title. The debate on this review is more coherent and well-written than the actual comic. As was your review of the first Utopia comic (I agree with you, completely, btw).
Pardon yet another slew of typos. I tend to respond to these things while I’m working, and, therefore, don’t pay much attention to what I’m typing.
I think the issue was very enjoyable despite the obvious writing low-points. And it was an incredible value. And I think you need to give the art more credit. Just saying..
I trust in Akamuu, you have yet to lead me down the wrong path.
The apostrophes and spelling mistakes are found at the beginning as this was not narration but the letter he had written to his mother. The story even addresses his bad spelling problem. Once he "signs" the letter, the text boxes turn into his actual narration and the spelling and grammar mistakes are no longer apparent.
The inconsistency is completely intended.
@Tex: I mentioned that the spelling mistakes and apostrophes were a style choice, not a mistake in my review. I didn’t think he had failed to proofread (as I failed to proofread my review). Whether he addresses it later or not, it didn’t work for me. It’s a lazy writing technique. "How will I make the audience realize this character had a poor upbringing? Hmmm…maybe I’ll throw a lot of misspellings in the narration, and leave out apostrophes. Oh, Milligan, you’ve done it again!"
@Brianlittle: I enjoyed the art. it’s what kept me reading for as long as I did. It bordered on a four for me, but didn’t quite reach it. Though I do like Kako’s cover.
@Ru021: Thanks!