Poser Points #11

This was a heavy week, and even in discussing several books on the podcast this week, I have a lot of writing to do!!

Dying is Easy #3 (IDW)
By: Joe Hill and Martin Simmonds

This book is straight up wild.  In the opening two-page spread you have a man getting out of his car, get hit by another car, whilst Syd is pushed up against the front of it...on roller skates.  That sets the stage for all of the over-the top absurdism in this book (let alone what we got in books 1-2).  As he is continuing to investigate the death of Carl and flee the police, he ends up on a movie set to interview another suspect, and begins to pose as a stuntman, where his next daring escape could prove that dying is easier than comedy.....

What should you do? After the heavy binge of Locke and Key, I've been getting into a lot of other Joe Hill works (I'll get to Basket full of Heads in a TPB), I think this is a refreshingly odd turn from his horror work.  I also think Simmonds perfectly captures each odd scenario (especially the Benny Hill-esque police entry into the building to capture Syd.  I think you may regret skipping this book, just because it is so odd.

Jessica Jones: Blind Spot #4 (Marvel)
By: Kelly Thompson and Mattia De Iulis

This book continues to get wilder (and I think it is only a 6 issue run?).  At the end of book 3, we discover Dia (who was discovered dead in JJ's office in book 1) is definitely not dead, and is the source of Jessica's (and the other women's) plight throughout the book.  Dia somehow gets magical powers, which she cannot understand, transferred them to her boyfriend, who doesn't know Dia is dead, and is indeed responsible for prominent women (including MJ.....HOLY SHIT) being murdered.  Once Jessica discovers that she may have read the situation wrong the whole time, we see her fall victim to yet another blind spot, and the identity of the attempted killer is truly revealed.

What should you do? I think every time I've reviewed this book (and I've done all of them...) I tell you to go buy it, that Kelly and Mattia are slaying it, and if you miss out on this, it is your fault!

Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham #3 (Marvel)
By: Zeb Wells, Will Robson, Erick Arciniega

As a dad, I am guilty of loving dad jokes, and this book feels like one big over the top dad joke, from the animal puns to all of the "where did that mallet come from" gag, to whatever the wild stretching Porker is doing, it's just nuts.  We finally meet who one villain may be, we see Porker transition into a variety of different forms (pig-spider-hulk?) and ultimately meet our marsupial-themed true villain, and of course we figure out who is to blame.

What should you do? I love this book, my 4 year old loves this book (we bought two copies today), and its just a fun Spider-Ham-Man story that has a definitive arc, unlike what is happening in ASM right now.

Punisher Soviet #4 (Marvel)
By: Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows, Guillermo Ortego, Nolan Woodard

I. LOVE. GARTH. ENNIS. PUNISHER. BOOKS.
FULL STOP.

Conclusion

More reviews coming tomorrow, this neverending crud is forcing me to sleep!