LOBO PORTRAIT OF A BASTICH TP
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This collection collects eight issues and has a normal type of paper (similar to JLI HC Volume 1 or Sandman TP Volume 1) and the design of the cover isn't that good since the drawing in the spine is too big hence it appears on the front cover as well.
In the back cover it says this is for adults (there's sex and violence).
The drawing looks hand made, the style is harsh a bit - not too many curves, a lot of straight lines, a simple coloring and the shading is done using black streaks.
There are several pages that appear as if some ink was sprayed on them accidentally - it looks like dots of ink that got smudged, and it reminds me of my laser printer that did that sometimes.
The background of the panels is usually very simple and the drawing in the panels can be very simple sometimes and sometimes very detailed.
The different parts are separated using a page with a drawing that is colored in a better way and not just one shade colors.
A few panels are recycled but it's okay.
Lobo is a very violent bounty hunter that likes mayhem and has a white face with what looks like black makeup and he looks like a member of KISS.
In the first four parts Lobo takes an assignment he doesn't like to retrieve a woman he doesn't like and to retrieve her alive, and we are told he takes that assignment since he was beaten in battle and ever since he has to do whatever the guy that beat him tells him to.
There are several short texts that tell us about Lobo's past and they're nice.
Of course he creates havoc during his retrieval mission and many people get involved and chase him.
In the last four parts Lobo takes a lucrative job because he's short on cash and the target has killed many bounty hunters so far and Lobo gets killed as well but he of course creates mayhem in both heaven and hell to force them to return him to where he died so he can have a second chance at killing his target.
There isn't a lot to do with this character - he's just a bounty hunter that is very violent and that likes to kill. Those two parts are enjoyable but I don't feel like I need to read more than those two and I doubt there is something new to do with him - he just goes on killing sprees and that's it.
The drawing style is interesting. If I'll read something with him in the future it'll probably be as a side character. He reminds me of Deadpool and I don't see any reason to not just read stuff with Deadpool instead since he isn't as out there as Lobo is and he has a greater chance to appear in an interesting universe with interesting characters. From the two runs in this TP Lobo's universe doesn't seem that much interesting and although it seems he appears with other familiar DC characters it seems he is just a guest appearance in them.
This TP has another cover issue (a recurring one it seems) - the cover is cut shorter than the pages, meaning the pages stick out a bit but the gap is small.
Art: 3 - Good
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I get the impression that you didn’t know who Lobo was before you bought this. Back in the late 80s and early 90s, Lobo was a very popular (in a trendy "fad" type of way) DC parody of Wolverine, with a little Punisher thrown in (like the Lobo kills Christmas special). They were good for a laugh at the time, but never meant to be taken seriously and eventually the novelty of Lobo wore off and he fell back into obscurity.
Why they would put a Lobo trade out now is beyond me. The Lobo of old has no place in modern comics.
This is the first TP I read with Lobo but I already knew he was a parody but he’s still not good enough for more than an issue or two of material.
As for the comedy aspect – the first one maybe because of the end is nice but it was expected, and the second one wasn’t that funny.
Re you fraggin kidding me. Lobo was what we wanted when this mini came out. We were in love with The Punisher and the Dark Knight Returns and all that dark violent time. But we also got some clever humor and fun story telling. As well we got to see Simon Bisley carve out a name in comics. I think this is a comic that very much reflected the times. It was great and I loved it. It is on my short list of back issues I pull and reread. Well there it is "Dont mess with the Main Man."
I enjoyed Goosebumps books very much when I was a kid, but I doubt they hold up today. Read even classics like The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe nowadays and it will look simplistic and it’s easy to guess what is about to happen.
It might have been good back then but this is not dark or gritty. This is just some Kiss lookalike that likes to cause mayhem and to kill people. The first part was enjoyable and the second not so much, and this isn’t the book to buy for humor.
If you want to direct me towards a Lobo book with substance and that is funny, you’re welcome to it. I doubt this character has more than one note.
Lobo was great in 52, first time in about a decade that someone used him properly. Plus I liked him in the Superman cartoons, I think the guy who was Raymond’s brother in ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ did the voice; and it was spot on.
He isnt the best character ever, he’s better suited for background roles or just a line here or there.
I hated Lobo, even in the 90s.
LOBO is the MAIN MAN!! Well he was when I was 12!! And he was a bounty hunter, he didn’t just cause meanless mayhem. I am not so sure if I would dish out $19.99 for a LOBO TPB, but he was the Main Man of mini series when I was 12 and 13 years old.
Nuff said.