Madman Comics, Volume 3: The Exit of Doctor Boiffard

Madman Comics

by Dark Horse Comics, Laura Allred

With Michael Allred's Madman: The G-Men from Hell series hitting the racks like a polkadot napalm balloon, now comes the atomic dessert, the long-awaited Complete Madman Comics Vol. 3, collecting Madman issues 11-15, including the four-part "The Exit of Dr. Boiffard," the epic Madman maelstrom that still has comics readers young and old asking, "How do you pronounce Boiffard?" Plus: "The Truth About Everything And All The Rest," a Madman title so long only a state-of-the-art trade paperback can hold it Plus: the usual cosmic landfill of guest-artist pinups, galleries, beany copters, giant talking brains, and those cool little hors d'oeuvre swords All in spectacular Mad-orama color by Laura Allred. You can't handle the truth

Contains: Madman Comics #11-15

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Comic Book

136 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2000

Reviews

[Devero · Rating 4 out of 5]

L'arco di storie contenuto in questo volume è, finora, il più interessante di quelli che ho letto sul personaggio. Frank cerca di scoprire che fine ha fatto Boiffard, che considera il suo padre putativo, dopo che questi è stato rapito per via del suo cervello artificialmente espanso. Poi finirà su di una isola alquanto strana, che sembra fornire al suo abitante, un certo Robert Rodriguez, tutto ciò che serve per vivere. Frank lo aiuterà a far partorire la moglie, che è una sirena mutaforma.
Nel complesso una bella sequenza, con diversi risvolti sulla psicologia del personaggio.
4 stelle.

[Aerin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great! Picking up the pace of the story in a weirdly existential way!

[D.M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

After the short-sharp-shocked method of the last collection, it's nice to be able to hunker down with a longer story. Herein, Frank is searching for the brain-expanded Dr. Boiffard and ends up on an island where Robert Rodriguez is married to a shapeshifting mermaid. Deep truths are reached as Frank tries to live a new life for a little while, as well as try to reconcile himself to who he may or may not be. A touching story on the sci-fi tip.
The usual pinups, photos, and other stuff pad out this collected volume, but no more endflaps.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brillliant- great art, unique storytelling...