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Deadman: Love After Death
Deadman: Love After Death #1
Deadman longs for the things he enjoyed when he was alive and when he comes across an article in a tabloid about a haunted old circus and the ghost of a young acrobat who mysteriously died there, he decides to investigate.
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First published December 1, 1989
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June 27, 2016
This is terrible. I can see how I was into the art as an adolescent (especially since there are some naughty bits), but it doesn't hold up. I still like the style and colors, but it's apparent that Jones uses photo reference (especially for faces), and every character looks like a different (wooden) person panel to panel. The photo reference may or may not have been pornographic--the women have inexplicable expressions on their faces a lot of the time. The dialog is perhaps even more wooden than the drawings.
The big baddy at the end of the story was straight up a photo of the Rancor from Return of the Jedi with tentacles added to its head.
The big baddy at the end of the story was straight up a photo of the Rancor from Return of the Jedi with tentacles added to its head.
June 19, 2016
One of the things that really stood out to me in my re-read of Sandman was the issues with Kelley Jones' illustrations, so I sought out some more of his stuff. I figured I'd try Deadman because that's the freakiest (and non-Batman-iest) I came across in a quick search.
Trey happened to have copies of all these, and my local library and ComiXology did not, so I'm borrowing his copies. He said he re-read them before sending but was going to hold off on his review until I had a chance to read them, and now I think I understand why.
Kelly Jones has done wonderful work here as always, which is the only reason these are even getting 2 stars. Mike Baron's story is just garbage. Angry masculine misogynist garbage that also has the benefit of making no sense whatsoever. I really really wanted to like this story about a haunted house and circus full of (un)dead sideshow freaks, but I couldn't. The story felt forced then dragged, never getting a stable rhythm. The bad guy appears and disappears for no reason I can understand in the slightest. The bad guy's boss apparently "despises heat and motion" but looks like a fiery demon and lives in the engine of a coal-fired locomotive? Deadman's love interest is referred to as a bitch and the "town pump" and apparently the bad guy convinces Deadman that she's worthless because she's using him (Deadman) to escape this hellish non-afterlife to which she's subjected. I don't know. It was too muddy to make any sense. All I know is Mike Baron apparently wants sexytimes in his comic but then slut-shames the shit out of the women involved. Just really gross.
To summarize: angry gross woman-hating arrhythmic story barely saved by competent artist.
Trey happened to have copies of all these, and my local library and ComiXology did not, so I'm borrowing his copies. He said he re-read them before sending but was going to hold off on his review until I had a chance to read them, and now I think I understand why.
Kelly Jones has done wonderful work here as always, which is the only reason these are even getting 2 stars. Mike Baron's story is just garbage. Angry masculine misogynist garbage that also has the benefit of making no sense whatsoever. I really really wanted to like this story about a haunted house and circus full of (un)dead sideshow freaks, but I couldn't. The story felt forced then dragged, never getting a stable rhythm. The bad guy appears and disappears for no reason I can understand in the slightest. The bad guy's boss apparently "despises heat and motion" but looks like a fiery demon and lives in the engine of a coal-fired locomotive? Deadman's love interest is referred to as a bitch and the "town pump" and apparently the bad guy convinces Deadman that she's worthless because she's using him (Deadman) to escape this hellish non-afterlife to which she's subjected. I don't know. It was too muddy to make any sense. All I know is Mike Baron apparently wants sexytimes in his comic but then slut-shames the shit out of the women involved. Just really gross.
To summarize: angry gross woman-hating arrhythmic story barely saved by competent artist.
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August 2, 2021
I have read this book more than a couple of times and I enjoy it everytime
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