HOLY TERROR HC

Review by: JohnnyDestructo

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Holy Terror_HC
By Frank Miller

Size: 0 pages
Price: 29.99

*WARNING: CONTAINS OFFENSIVE MILLER-SPEAK*

Arrogant. Arrogant god-damn bastard. Sloppy, arrogant work by an arrogant bastard. Frank Miller. Always building himself up bigger, taller, like some mad gaggle of robots. Always climbing. Now falling. Enjoys repetition and small sentences. Originally a proposed Batman book, this is now…something else. Instead of Batman and Catwoman and Gotham City: The Fixer and Natalie Stack and god-damn Empire City. Cold. Wet. Noisy. Haughty. But all I read is failed Batman, failed Catwoman, Failed Gotham City.

Adds paint splatter like blood. Fingerprints and splatter to hide the rushed artwork. Like a cancerous cough, ink is sprayed everywhere. Figures indecipherable. Lazy. Rushed.

There’s a story here. An emotion. Several. Anger. Fear. A need for revenge. But it’s lost. The art and writing in this book are like a terrorist attack. A terrorist attack on the purpose of this book, the story. It’s buried under all the rubble so that you can barely see it. Buried under all the gimmicks. Art gimmicks. Writing gimmicks. It hurts. It hurts my brain. My eyes. My former respect of Frank Miller. Apparently, this was Frank Miller’s quote about the book:

“For the first time in my life, I know how it feels to face an existential menace. They want us to die. All of a sudden I realize what my parents were talking about all those years. Patriotism, I now believe, isn’t some sentimental, old conceit. It’s self-preservation. I believe patriotism is central to a nation’s survival. Ben Franklin said it: If we don’t all hang together, we all hang separately. Just like you have to fight to protect your friends and family, and you count on them to watch your own back. So you’ve got to do what you can to help your country survive.”

A shame any message he had intended is overshadowed by the sloppy work inside. Bad-ass fedora and be-grizzled demeanor firmly in place, Miller also states this book is “bound to offend just about everybody”. Offended by the lack of effort, maybe.

Arrogant god-damn bastard.

Story: 1 - Poor
Art: 1 - Poor
 

Comments

  1. TheDude007 TheDude007 says:
    September 28, 2011 at 12:01 am

    Sweet! Can’t wait to read it.

  2. JSAkid JSAkid says:
    September 28, 2011 at 12:25 pm

    Love it! The review I mean, I love most of his older works and like the title on this one, had a feeling it wasn’t gonna live up to its expectations but rushed is funny considering he had planned on releasing this 10 years ago or something and didn’t cause of the sensitivity surrounding 9/11 and the books relative concept, i’m assuming terrorism. I always felt his art looked rushed and liked that splatter sketch no computer feel to it, bet theres a story in there somewhere, just not as good as it should’ve been, especially given who its from and the window since his last memorable piece.

    • JohnnyDestructo JohnnyDestructo says:
      September 28, 2011 at 2:49 pm

      Thanks, @JSAkid, I appreciate it!

      I sat wondering if maybe Miller had just written it and not drawn it..that maybe it wouldn’t be so bad.
      and then I remembered ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN and went: “ahhhhDANG.”

  3. ScorpionMasada ScorpionMasada says:
    September 28, 2011 at 4:57 pm

    This is one of the best reviews I’ve ever read on this site.

    Adopting his style to write the review, genius but not unfair. It never came off as crude satire cuz you obviously loved stuff about his writing.

    I’ve never had a review prevent me from buying something from an artist I enjoy.

    Til now.

    That is the power of words.

    Use that power wisely.

  4. BCDX97 BCDX97 says:
    September 28, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    This review was great. Probably took longer to read this review than the book itself. I take no joy in seeing how far the mighty have fallen. I want to read great books. But this looked like total junk.

  5. manwithoutbeer manwithoutbeer says:
    September 29, 2011 at 12:26 am

    haha. awesome review, though i don’t agree on the “lazy. rushed.” art.

    I’ll have to write my own review, cause I enjoyed it for what it was..

  6. CronyC CronyC says:
    October 1, 2011 at 10:52 am

    I’d love to just take your word for it but im affraid im gonna have to check it out for myself. Great review though!

  7. SenatorSnake says:
    October 1, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    Review: 5 – Amazing

    I wish I read this review before purchasing this garbage last Wednesday.

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