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Universo DC: Lobo #1
Lobo: Portrait of a Bastich
Don't miss this new volume collecting both the 4-issue LOBO and LOBO'S BACK miniseries that helped make the Last Czarnian a legend, co-written by 52's Keith Giffen! First, Lobo is sent to capture a crotchety old teacher who, along the way, makes life miserable for her captor. Then, Lobo must take in the most dangerous being in the universe — and is promptly killed. But heaven doesn't want him and hell can't handle him, so Lobo is reincarnated — as a woman with big guns and a very bad attitude!
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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About the author
Keith Giffen
1,931 books215 followersKeith Ian Giffen was an American comic book illustrator and writer. He is possibly best-known for his long runs illustrating, and later writing the Legion of Super-Heroes title in the 1980s and 1990s. He also created the alien mercenary character Lobo (with Roger Slifer), and the irreverent "want-to-be" hero, Ambush Bug. Giffen is known for having an unorthodox writing style, often using characters in ways not seen before. His dialogue is usually characterized by a biting wit that is seen as much less zany than dialogue provided by longtime collaborators DeMatteis and Robert Loren Fleming. That approach has brought him both criticism and admiration, as perhaps best illustrated by the mixed (although commercially successful) response to his work in DC Comics' Justice League International (1987-1992). He also plotted and was breakdown artist for an Aquaman limited series and one-shot special in 1989 with writer Robert Loren Fleming and artist Curt Swan for DC Comics.
Giffen's first published work was "The Sword and The Star", a black-and-white series featured in Marvel Preview, with writer Bill Mantlo. He has worked on titles (owned by several different companies) including Woodgod, All Star Comics, Doctor Fate, Drax the Destroyer, Heckler, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Reign of the Zodiac, Suicide Squad, Trencher (to be re-released in a collected edition by Boom! Studios)., T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and Vext. He was also responsible for the English adaptation of the Battle Royale and Ikki Tousen manga, as well as creating "I Luv Halloween" for Tokyopop. He also worked for Dark Horse from 1994-95 on their Comics Greatest World/Dark Horse Heroes line, as the writer of two short lived series, Division 13 and co-author, with Lovern Kindzierski, of Agents of Law. For Valiant Comics, Giffen wrote XO-Manowar, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Punx and the final issue of Solar, Man of the Atom.
He took a break from the comic industry for several years, working on storyboards for television and film, including shows such as The Real Ghostbusters and Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy.
He is also the lead writer for Marvel Comics's Annihilation event, having written the one-shot prologue, the lead-in stories in Thanos and Drax, the Silver Surfer as well as the main six issues mini-series. He also wrote the Star-Lord mini-series for the follow-up story Annihilation: Conquest. He currently writes Doom Patrol for DC, and is also completing an abandoned Grant Morrison plot in The Authority: the Lost Year for Wildstorm.
Giffen's first published work was "The Sword and The Star", a black-and-white series featured in Marvel Preview, with writer Bill Mantlo. He has worked on titles (owned by several different companies) including Woodgod, All Star Comics, Doctor Fate, Drax the Destroyer, Heckler, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Reign of the Zodiac, Suicide Squad, Trencher (to be re-released in a collected edition by Boom! Studios)., T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and Vext. He was also responsible for the English adaptation of the Battle Royale and Ikki Tousen manga, as well as creating "I Luv Halloween" for Tokyopop. He also worked for Dark Horse from 1994-95 on their Comics Greatest World/Dark Horse Heroes line, as the writer of two short lived series, Division 13 and co-author, with Lovern Kindzierski, of Agents of Law. For Valiant Comics, Giffen wrote XO-Manowar, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Punx and the final issue of Solar, Man of the Atom.
He took a break from the comic industry for several years, working on storyboards for television and film, including shows such as The Real Ghostbusters and Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy.
He is also the lead writer for Marvel Comics's Annihilation event, having written the one-shot prologue, the lead-in stories in Thanos and Drax, the Silver Surfer as well as the main six issues mini-series. He also wrote the Star-Lord mini-series for the follow-up story Annihilation: Conquest. He currently writes Doom Patrol for DC, and is also completing an abandoned Grant Morrison plot in The Authority: the Lost Year for Wildstorm.
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September 30, 2022
Closer to a 4 than a 2.
This was a ton of fun. It's my intro to Lobo, I've managed to avoid him in comics up to this point. Nothing about him interests me at all, just a weird parody of sorts of 90s comics.
I was wrong, he's a ton of fun in these first two mini series. I love the illustration by Bisley who typically works with a lot of multi-media and paint, here he operates in the Marvel style and it works very well. The jokes for the most part hit home.
This was a ton of fun. It's my intro to Lobo, I've managed to avoid him in comics up to this point. Nothing about him interests me at all, just a weird parody of sorts of 90s comics.
I was wrong, he's a ton of fun in these first two mini series. I love the illustration by Bisley who typically works with a lot of multi-media and paint, here he operates in the Marvel style and it works very well. The jokes for the most part hit home.
July 3, 2022
One hell of a fun book, from a time when art was allowed to be politically incorrect.
February 20, 2018
Meh.. it was ok. Not a big fan of the artwork. It was fun at first but got repetitions as the story went on.
on-hold
November 16, 2025Review for Lobo Vol 1 #1-4
Honestly, not as violent as I thought it was going to be!
It was not the most informative mini-series, but we do know that Lobo's kind of always been like that.
I didn’t mind the art most of the time though I didn’t love the way Dox was drawn. He looked very different from how he does in the pages of LEIGION.
Honestly, not as violent as I thought it was going to be!
It was not the most informative mini-series, but we do know that Lobo's kind of always been like that.
I didn’t mind the art most of the time though I didn’t love the way Dox was drawn. He looked very different from how he does in the pages of LEIGION.
November 22, 2011
This is a book of satire. In no way is it to be compared with serious toned comic books. This is not like superman or spiderman. Lobo is a hyper violent, self-centered dickhead. He drinks too much, abuses women, and has a very strange and strict honor code. All that being said, this was incredibly entertaining! High action, violence, comedy and everything that makes a good comic. The illustrations were a bit lacking, but decent just the same. If you want to laugh or just have some raw pulp, check it out.
July 22, 2014
As someone who's totally new to Lobo, I Really Enjoyed this Graphic Novel.
I'm glad I read the originals instead of just diving in head-first into the newer Lobo Books, because I Like to get a feel of how a character is brought into a comic book universe instead of starting in the middle and this book does just that.
I First found out about Lobo by playing through the Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition which included Lobo as a playable character/DLC Character. His Character design was well structured and reminded me a little of Gene Simmons from the band KISS, So I Decided to look into his back story and I Wasn't Let down.
One way to describe his life style is "An Assassin that will break ya' neck and rip your fraggin' face off if you speak out of line to him!"
This Graphic Novel contains the first two Mini-series's that Lobo had, the first in which Lobo has to escort one of his old teachers to a police facility. the other, Lobo is hired to go against one of his greatest foes "Loo" who kills him, but neither heaven or hell want him so he is sent back to earth as a Female and goes absolutely nuts.
As a Big fan of the DC Universe, this is one side I Have never seen and have gladly had the enjoyment to explore and loved every moment of it.
If you enjoy reading about the Batman Villains or any of the DC Villains for that matter, then you should pick this up. you won't be disappointed. :)
I'm glad I read the originals instead of just diving in head-first into the newer Lobo Books, because I Like to get a feel of how a character is brought into a comic book universe instead of starting in the middle and this book does just that.
I First found out about Lobo by playing through the Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition which included Lobo as a playable character/DLC Character. His Character design was well structured and reminded me a little of Gene Simmons from the band KISS, So I Decided to look into his back story and I Wasn't Let down.
One way to describe his life style is "An Assassin that will break ya' neck and rip your fraggin' face off if you speak out of line to him!"
This Graphic Novel contains the first two Mini-series's that Lobo had, the first in which Lobo has to escort one of his old teachers to a police facility. the other, Lobo is hired to go against one of his greatest foes "Loo" who kills him, but neither heaven or hell want him so he is sent back to earth as a Female and goes absolutely nuts.
As a Big fan of the DC Universe, this is one side I Have never seen and have gladly had the enjoyment to explore and loved every moment of it.
If you enjoy reading about the Batman Villains or any of the DC Villains for that matter, then you should pick this up. you won't be disappointed. :)
December 4, 2016
Ok, first things first, I love Lobo. He's such a great anti-villain-hero, and one of my favorite characters from DC. That being said, this is a miniseries that I'd always wanted to read, since like, forever, mostly due to the fans selection, being one of his most popular titles. So yeah, now that I did, what can I say about it? Is what you'd expect from it; Lobo having a job to accomplish and lots of trouble around him. To be fair, is not that I expected an innovative reading material or such, but, is not that I also expected any kind of reading. And yeah, I sort of did receive an average kind of reading, but being this sort of character, is not necessarily a problem. Actually, the biggest problem is the comic length (just 4 issues), and it's conclusion is just as rush and out of nowhere, that it sorts of bothers, but not enough to ruin the rest of the comic. Overall, a fun ride, and a good introduction to the character, I can't explain why this particular miniseries is considered the "fans favorite", but yeah, its still pretty much enjoyable.
June 1, 2023
Apparently, time as of lately has not been generous with the comics I read when I started reading comics again ten years ago. Why? because Trigun and Trigun Maximum turned out to suck ass, this doesn't 100% suck but holy moley, there's absolutely NO POINT in anything going on in these pages. Except Bisley's art, that is, and even that one it's not always perfect. Like the 1989 Batman movie, things happen because reasens and, like the ATROCIOUS Ambush Bug series wrote by the same guy who penned this in the first place, the humour wants to pass itself as funny but it simply isn't. How the two miniseries in this book spawned entire spinoffs and a solo series made of SIXTY (!) issues with this character as a protagonist is completely beyond me.
May 7, 2012
I recently purchased this book because of a recommendation from a friend of mine. He warned me that Lobo was a character that I was either going to love or hate right from the beginning. I am happy to report that I loved this book! From the first page to the last page it was a great read. I figured as such because the cover boasts the work of Alan Grant who never disappoints! I recommend this book to anyone who loves a bad-ass with a soft side for space dolphins. :)
October 1, 2017
Almost gave this a single star.
This Lobo is a one-trick pony. The jokes grow dull fast. I'm not entirely sure what made this book such a big seller when it was released. Maybe I should have read it back then instead of now?
Based on this, I'll be more interested in seeing Lobo in a group and probably pass on his solo efforts.
This Lobo is a one-trick pony. The jokes grow dull fast. I'm not entirely sure what made this book such a big seller when it was released. Maybe I should have read it back then instead of now?
Based on this, I'll be more interested in seeing Lobo in a group and probably pass on his solo efforts.
July 1, 2014
Done back when Lobo was fresh and new, before the character was beaten to death, this is a lot of fun. Containing the Last Czarnian, where Lobo has to bring a 'dangerous prisoner" back to L.E.G.I.O.N. it's at times side splittingly funny, gruesome and over all, fun.
July 11, 2019
So, this comic has almost no redeeming value whatsoever, except that it's a rollicking fun time full of dumb stuff and excessive violence.
Role model the main man ain't, but shit he's entertaining.
(This'll rot your brain, just like mom warned ya!)
Role model the main man ain't, but shit he's entertaining.
(This'll rot your brain, just like mom warned ya!)
January 17, 2024
Kurde bele. He he
February 23, 2022
Tytuł legenda, który przeczytałem dopiero teraz. Pewnie, jakbym był młodszy to zrobiłby na mnie znacznie większe wrażenie, bo mamy tu i przerysowaną przemoc, okraszoną jednocześnie sporą dawką humoru, niestety różnych lotów.
Na Portret bękarta składają się w sumie trzy historie o różnej długości, które już zostały wydane w Polsce jakiś czas temu, ale jeszcze nie w takim kroju. Pierwszy i najlepszy kawałek o nazwie "Ostatni Czarnianin" pozwala nam przyjrzeć się kolejnemu zleceniu Ważniaka, który polega na dostarczeniu pewnej osoby w pewne miejsce. Okazuje się jednak, że eskortowana osoba to jego dawna nauczycielka i jedna z mieszkanek nieistniejącej już Czarni. Dobija to bardzo mocno Lobo, bo chciałby ją ubić, ale zawsze dotrzymuje danego słowa. Kłopot w tym, że w całą kabałę wplątuje się sporo frakcji i wyjście zwycięsko z powierzonej misji może nie być możliwe...
Lobo to specyficzny antybohater, któremu jednak się kibicuje, bo to postać rodem z filmów lat 80. XX wieku. Czyli jest przerysowany w charakterze i wyglądzie napakowanego byczka rzucającymi one-linerami na prawo i lewo, w akompaniamencie wystrzałów i wybuchów. W dodatku mamy przy tej historii naprawdę zabawne dodatki, które mają pogłębić wczuwkę w tytuł.
Kolejny tytuł jest dosyć szczególny. "Lobo powraca" to dla bohatera spory orzech do zgryzienia. Nie dosyć, że daje się wmanewrować w pułapkę, to trafia w zaświaty po tym jak broń przerywa go na pół. Tyle, że w niebie go nie chcą, w piekle też nie. Pozostaje zatem reinkarnacja i spora doza humoru, jaką prezentuje Giffen wraz z Grantem. Na końcu mamy jeszcze króciutkie "Paramilitarne święta specjalne", gdzie Lobo dostaje zlecenie od zajączka wielkanocnego na samego św. Mikołaja. Nawet sobie nie wyobrażacie do czego to doprowadzi...
Całości towarzyszy bardzo dobra kreska, na której czuć co prawda miejscami ząb czasu, ale w większości nadal robi wrażenie. Wygląda bohatera budzi respekt i zachwyt. Makabra jaką nam serwują autorzy też jest zadziwiająco szczegółowa, co sprawia że śledziłem te kadry z należytą uwagą. Niemniej Lobo się zestarzał, a historia, mimo że zabawna, to w większości przypadków, jest tutaj pretekstowa i służy tylko rzezi.
Są tacy, których taka bezpardonowa młócka zachwyci, mi jednak przydało by się tu coś więcej, niż szereg gagów. Doceniam kunszt rysownika i humor, ale nie stoi za tym nic więcej. Niemniej jeżeli jesteście ciekawi postaci to ten tom jest żelazną pozycją w dążeniu do poznania kim jest Lobo.
Na Portret bękarta składają się w sumie trzy historie o różnej długości, które już zostały wydane w Polsce jakiś czas temu, ale jeszcze nie w takim kroju. Pierwszy i najlepszy kawałek o nazwie "Ostatni Czarnianin" pozwala nam przyjrzeć się kolejnemu zleceniu Ważniaka, który polega na dostarczeniu pewnej osoby w pewne miejsce. Okazuje się jednak, że eskortowana osoba to jego dawna nauczycielka i jedna z mieszkanek nieistniejącej już Czarni. Dobija to bardzo mocno Lobo, bo chciałby ją ubić, ale zawsze dotrzymuje danego słowa. Kłopot w tym, że w całą kabałę wplątuje się sporo frakcji i wyjście zwycięsko z powierzonej misji może nie być możliwe...
Lobo to specyficzny antybohater, któremu jednak się kibicuje, bo to postać rodem z filmów lat 80. XX wieku. Czyli jest przerysowany w charakterze i wyglądzie napakowanego byczka rzucającymi one-linerami na prawo i lewo, w akompaniamencie wystrzałów i wybuchów. W dodatku mamy przy tej historii naprawdę zabawne dodatki, które mają pogłębić wczuwkę w tytuł.
Kolejny tytuł jest dosyć szczególny. "Lobo powraca" to dla bohatera spory orzech do zgryzienia. Nie dosyć, że daje się wmanewrować w pułapkę, to trafia w zaświaty po tym jak broń przerywa go na pół. Tyle, że w niebie go nie chcą, w piekle też nie. Pozostaje zatem reinkarnacja i spora doza humoru, jaką prezentuje Giffen wraz z Grantem. Na końcu mamy jeszcze króciutkie "Paramilitarne święta specjalne", gdzie Lobo dostaje zlecenie od zajączka wielkanocnego na samego św. Mikołaja. Nawet sobie nie wyobrażacie do czego to doprowadzi...
Całości towarzyszy bardzo dobra kreska, na której czuć co prawda miejscami ząb czasu, ale w większości nadal robi wrażenie. Wygląda bohatera budzi respekt i zachwyt. Makabra jaką nam serwują autorzy też jest zadziwiająco szczegółowa, co sprawia że śledziłem te kadry z należytą uwagą. Niemniej Lobo się zestarzał, a historia, mimo że zabawna, to w większości przypadków, jest tutaj pretekstowa i służy tylko rzezi.
Są tacy, których taka bezpardonowa młócka zachwyci, mi jednak przydało by się tu coś więcej, niż szereg gagów. Doceniam kunszt rysownika i humor, ale nie stoi za tym nic więcej. Niemniej jeżeli jesteście ciekawi postaci to ten tom jest żelazną pozycją w dążeniu do poznania kim jest Lobo.
March 25, 2022
There is not much to say about Lobo. Nor about his stories. They can be summed up in a few terms:
Violence, brutality, insults, death (by any means induced) and sex.
You can wrinkle your nose at that. You find something bad. But those who like such stories - especially if they are spiced with bitter, black humor - will get their money's worth with Lobo: Portrait of a Bastich.
As does the writer of this review.
Do you understand, you sl**s, you w***s, you m****-eaters?
Über Lobo muss man nicht viele Worte verlieren. Ebensowenig über seine Geschichten. Die lassen sich mit einigen wenigen Begriffen zusammenfassen:
Gewalt, Brutalität, Beleidigungen, Tod (in jeder nur erdenklich herbeigeführten Weise) und Sex.
Man kann darüber die Nase rümpfen. Man so etwas schlecht finden. Diejenigen aber, die solche Geschichten mögen - vor allem, wenn sie mit bitterbösem, schwarzen Humor gewürzt sind - werden bei Lobo: Portrait of a Bastich voll auf ihre Kosten kommen.
So wie der Verfasser dieser Rezension.
Habt Ihr's verstanden, Ihr L*****n, Ihr W*******r, Ihr H********en?
Violence, brutality, insults, death (by any means induced) and sex.
You can wrinkle your nose at that. You find something bad. But those who like such stories - especially if they are spiced with bitter, black humor - will get their money's worth with Lobo: Portrait of a Bastich.
As does the writer of this review.
Do you understand, you sl**s, you w***s, you m****-eaters?
Über Lobo muss man nicht viele Worte verlieren. Ebensowenig über seine Geschichten. Die lassen sich mit einigen wenigen Begriffen zusammenfassen:
Gewalt, Brutalität, Beleidigungen, Tod (in jeder nur erdenklich herbeigeführten Weise) und Sex.
Man kann darüber die Nase rümpfen. Man so etwas schlecht finden. Diejenigen aber, die solche Geschichten mögen - vor allem, wenn sie mit bitterbösem, schwarzen Humor gewürzt sind - werden bei Lobo: Portrait of a Bastich voll auf ihre Kosten kommen.
So wie der Verfasser dieser Rezension.
Habt Ihr's verstanden, Ihr L*****n, Ihr W*******r, Ihr H********en?
January 8, 2022
Niko nije vise kul od Loba!
Presrecna sam sto je ovo objavljeno, za danasnje vreme bi bilo previse”politicki nekorektno”.
Crtezi su lu-di-lo eksplozija boja i haosa na svakoj stranici.
Lobo koji vuce svoju ucetiljicu kroz galaksiju,njene ocene i njegova biografija koju je napisala, tuca Loba sa djavolima i bogovima jer ga ni pakao ni raj nece, dok vrhovni Bog place od smeha gledajuci sve to.
Sjajno!
Presrecna sam sto je ovo objavljeno, za danasnje vreme bi bilo previse”politicki nekorektno”.
Crtezi su lu-di-lo eksplozija boja i haosa na svakoj stranici.
Lobo koji vuce svoju ucetiljicu kroz galaksiju,njene ocene i njegova biografija koju je napisala, tuca Loba sa djavolima i bogovima jer ga ni pakao ni raj nece, dok vrhovni Bog place od smeha gledajuci sve to.
Sjajno!
April 17, 2019
The christmas scenes/anything that involves Lobo and Brainiac is really fun but the rest kinda sucks. Noticed lots of weird caricatures and stereotypes and it didn’t sit well for me, doesn’t help that the latter half is really repetitive and lame. Meh.
August 17, 2020
Collects 8 Lobo magazines from the early 1990s. Super violent with plenty of loose limbs, ripped-off faces and of course beautiful art by Simon Bisley. Only the last 20 or so pages are drawn by someone else but that is not a big minus.
October 30, 2025
Bardzo dobry komiks, który ukazuje charakter Lobo, ciekawostki na jego temat oraz jego szalone przygody. Nieźle bawiłem się przy tym, bo humor jest porządny tutaj. "Paramilitarne święta" odznaczają się tutaj bardzo dobrze jako taka krótka historyjka z klimatem.
May 27, 2017
Lobo
The Main Man
Bastich Extraordinaire.
Introduced in the '90s
as the ultimate end to the
anti hero who was gaining
such popularity.
Lobo is a complete monster.
A psychopathic killer with out
compunction, remorse or any regard for any one
else at all.
Look at him wrong, be in his way
you're dead.
In the most horrible gratuitous manner that
the artist can imagine.
Comprising the original two
mini series LOBO and LOBO'S BACK.
Which are little more than excuses
for massive inappropriate violence.
Which is to say it's great fun.
The Main Man
Bastich Extraordinaire.
Introduced in the '90s
as the ultimate end to the
anti hero who was gaining
such popularity.
Lobo is a complete monster.
A psychopathic killer with out
compunction, remorse or any regard for any one
else at all.
Look at him wrong, be in his way
you're dead.
In the most horrible gratuitous manner that
the artist can imagine.
Comprising the original two
mini series LOBO and LOBO'S BACK.
Which are little more than excuses
for massive inappropriate violence.
Which is to say it's great fun.
August 29, 2017
Absolutely brilliant!
June 3, 2020
Duas histórias voltadas para a comédia, mas com roteiro fraco e arte caricata.
July 9, 2020
I Like the Ink and the Story
August 27, 2025
Never in my life have I encountered a comic that so clearly VERY badly wants to allow the main character to repeatedly say fuck but is not allowed to due to editorial mandate.
November 9, 2025
2,5 - 11.2025
December 10, 2025
In the first Lobo mini series there’s excerpts from his fourth grade teacher’s Unofficial Lobo Biography that are fun and a neat change of story telling medium, Lobo goes on a crazy insaneo 1990 Journey when Vril Dox tasks him with escorting someone ALIVE not dead, under no circumstances. There’s fun to be had here, it’s Grant and Giffen.
The second story; Lobo’s Back, has the Main Man pick up another job, get ded, and hilarity ensues. Kinda. I think I may have preferred the first story but there’s a comparable amount of fun to be had here, it’s just a 3 star book in my opinion. Enjoyed regardless.
The second story; Lobo’s Back, has the Main Man pick up another job, get ded, and hilarity ensues. Kinda. I think I may have preferred the first story but there’s a comparable amount of fun to be had here, it’s just a 3 star book in my opinion. Enjoyed regardless.
July 26, 2009
This collects Lobo: The Last Czarnian and Lobo's Back, two miniseries from the early '90s staring Lobo, a sort of psychopathic intergalactic bounty hunter. My understanding is Lobo started life as a minor and more ordinary character in the '80s series L.E.G.I.O.N., about an intergalactic police force, which I have never read. And some point Giffen retconned Lobo into a psychopath who committed genocide against his own race, just so he could be unique, and made him an exaggerated parody of the really dark and nasty but ultimately boring fanboy favorite characters like the Punisher and Wolverine. Much to Giffen's surprise, Lobo took off and became as popular as the characters he was making fun of, which I suspect may have something to do with fanboys lack of appreciation of irony and tendency to read mostly into the literal content of a story.
In the fist part, Lobo has to bring in his former fourth grade teacher, whom he is surprised to see didn't die in the genocide, into L.E.G.I.O.N. custody alive, which isn't easy as she constantly nags him for his failings. Various groups get involved in the chase, including a dance troupe, truckers, paramilitary grannies working to stamp out indecency, and Lobo fanboys. It's fun, and hits a lot of targets but ends a little too abruptly and simply for something that seems to be setting up a complicated story and finale. The second story works better. Lobo is killed by a bounty hunter and goes to heaven, making himself into quite a nuisance. Heaven tries and fails to get rid of the Main Man through various means, including reincarnation and sending him to the H-place (which he enjoys a little too much). Ultimately neither Heaven, nor the H-place want him, resulting in a fairly satisfactory conclusion.
Giffen and company really go to town and don't hold back on the carnage, it takes only mild irritation to get Lobo to eviscerate someone. In some ways the violence is still a little shocking but since the violence of modern day comics has gotten nastier, some of the satiric edge is lost.
In the fist part, Lobo has to bring in his former fourth grade teacher, whom he is surprised to see didn't die in the genocide, into L.E.G.I.O.N. custody alive, which isn't easy as she constantly nags him for his failings. Various groups get involved in the chase, including a dance troupe, truckers, paramilitary grannies working to stamp out indecency, and Lobo fanboys. It's fun, and hits a lot of targets but ends a little too abruptly and simply for something that seems to be setting up a complicated story and finale. The second story works better. Lobo is killed by a bounty hunter and goes to heaven, making himself into quite a nuisance. Heaven tries and fails to get rid of the Main Man through various means, including reincarnation and sending him to the H-place (which he enjoys a little too much). Ultimately neither Heaven, nor the H-place want him, resulting in a fairly satisfactory conclusion.
Giffen and company really go to town and don't hold back on the carnage, it takes only mild irritation to get Lobo to eviscerate someone. In some ways the violence is still a little shocking but since the violence of modern day comics has gotten nastier, some of the satiric edge is lost.
November 6, 2015
"Lobo - portret bękarta" składa się z 3 albumów, których jeden jest zatytułowany: "Lobo powraca", czym trafia w punkt ! Lobo powrócił na moją półkę po 20 latach, w przepięknym wydaniu, pod egidą DC Deluxe. Nie mogę podejść do tego komiksu bez emocji, ponieważ każda strona przypomina mi czas kiedy miałem 10 lat i pierwszy raz spotkałem Ważniaka.
Lobo w wersji Giffena, Granta i oczywiście Bisleya łykam bez popitki. Mimo upływu czasu, nic się w tej materii nie zmieniło.
Czarnianin przemierza kosmos na swoim podrasowanym motocyklu "KosmoŻyleta 666" i dewastuje kolejne miejsca (planety, niebo, piekło, biegun północny) z właściwym sobie wdziękiem. Historie są genialnie absurdalne, a rysunki Simona mogę oglądać godzinami.
Na notę składa się prawdziwa wartość tego wydania oraz kolosalny sentyment.
Kurdebele, brać bez zastanowienia !
Lobo w wersji Giffena, Granta i oczywiście Bisleya łykam bez popitki. Mimo upływu czasu, nic się w tej materii nie zmieniło.
Czarnianin przemierza kosmos na swoim podrasowanym motocyklu "KosmoŻyleta 666" i dewastuje kolejne miejsca (planety, niebo, piekło, biegun północny) z właściwym sobie wdziękiem. Historie są genialnie absurdalne, a rysunki Simona mogę oglądać godzinami.
Na notę składa się prawdziwa wartość tego wydania oraz kolosalny sentyment.
Kurdebele, brać bez zastanowienia !
November 9, 2014
Rha, Lobo, L'Homme.
Relire aujourd'hui ces hisoitres d'un débile achevé, c'est se retrouver immédiatement projeté dans mes souvenirs. Je lisais ça en douce dans les librairies quand j'étais ... bien plus jeune.
Et curieusement, la rage punk de ce mec plus ultra et hautement foutraque continue à produire son effet appaisant sur moi.
Soyons clair, l'intrigue est hautement improbable, et tout cela est évidement une satire des super-héros et de leurs super-méchants qui se mettent sur la tronche pendant dix ans sans jamais réussir à s'entretuer. Mais c'est une satire qui marche parce qu'elle est drôle, raisonnablement bien dessinée (pour des comics), et qu'elle tape juste où il faut : la bien-pensance s'en prend un bon coup dans la tronche, et ça fait plaisir.
Relire aujourd'hui ces hisoitres d'un débile achevé, c'est se retrouver immédiatement projeté dans mes souvenirs. Je lisais ça en douce dans les librairies quand j'étais ... bien plus jeune.
Et curieusement, la rage punk de ce mec plus ultra et hautement foutraque continue à produire son effet appaisant sur moi.
Soyons clair, l'intrigue est hautement improbable, et tout cela est évidement une satire des super-héros et de leurs super-méchants qui se mettent sur la tronche pendant dix ans sans jamais réussir à s'entretuer. Mais c'est une satire qui marche parce qu'elle est drôle, raisonnablement bien dessinée (pour des comics), et qu'elle tape juste où il faut : la bien-pensance s'en prend un bon coup dans la tronche, et ça fait plaisir.
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