Now an animated series on Fox TV! Written by the young prodigy Malachai Nicolle and drawn by his Eisner Award-nominated older brother Ethan Nicolle, Axe Cop continues to restore justice for kids - and grownups - everywhere! After a messy divorce with Abraham Lincoln, Axe Cop is determined to find a new wife to help raise his newly adopted bat and monkey children in Axe Cop Gets Married! Also featuring the epic bowzer battle story "The Dogs", multiple "Ask Axe Cop" episodes, guest comics, "Axe Cop Presents," and much more awesomeness!
This arc definitely shows how kids come to grip with reality in their play. Their understanding of the world comes through. Now, the writer is getting older and the stories are getting both more complicated and simple.
There is an additional story by two young girls that hint at the passing of the torch. I am wondering whether I will continue to read. The interesting part was seeing if the young boy would continue to have his flights of fantasy or get into world building or what. I will have to play it by year.
It is interesting to see the return of patterns even at this age with repetition of story tropes even at this young age.
More Axe Cop is always nice but more Axe Cop is still just more Axe Cop. Though I'd disagree with anyone who felt this series was completely one-note, much of the non-sequitor humor weakens upon continued reading. Surprisingly, there's still something to be said for the bizarre world of heroes, villains, and continuity that the authors have created which gives fans a nice reason to return to the Axe-iverse every now and again.
4.5 The intro. by Nick Offerman was awesome and I especially enjoyed the Ask Axe Cop shorts which I am normally mostly annoyed by. They were spot on and hilarious questions/answers/illustrations this time. My favorite was the question about Axe Cop's hair or why he never takes off his hat! Also, the fact that Axe Cop is starting to mirror the Nicolle brothers' real lives is cool.
Ridiculously funny, emphasis on ridiculous. This was the first one we picked up, so maybe earlier volumes were better, but we're about to read through vol 1–4.