Lobo's Back's Back!

Lobo

by Keith Giffen, Alan Grant, Simon Bisley (Illustrator)

An extremely violent alien humanoid born on the planet Czarnia, Lobo is a sadistic intergalactic bounty hunter who takes pleasure in the pain and misery that he inflicts on his victims. In the darkly humorous LOBO'S BACK BACK, Lobo is killed over and over again by one of his quarries but is refused entrance to both Heaven and Hell. As a result, the Main Man finds himself reincarnated in various forms, among them a woman and a squirrel. Furious but unfazed by his less than appealing new identities, the bounty hunter continues his mission.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Comedy, Comic Book, Humor

112 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1992

About the author

Keith 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.

Reviews

[Dávid Novotný · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was so bad that it was actually good. Something you'll enjoy when you switch your brain off. It has some interesting ideas and lot of politically incorect humour.

[Ondra Král · Rating 2 out of 5]

Z asi? puberty jsem měl (Z)vracejícího Loba zafixovanýho jako nej díl, teď jsem se nudil.
Dortův překlad je ale bravurní.

[yo JP · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bisley a Lobo - deformovaná, bizarní a ujetá zábava se spoustou násilí a antihrdinou, jehož jedinou starostí je mít dost kreditů, aby si mohl vylívat mozek. Lobo je ten typ komiksu, kde hlavní hrdina zemře, dostane se do fronty, kde mají rozhodnout jestli půjde do nebe nebo pekla a skončí to tak, že tohohle vraždícího psychopata nechtějí ani v jednom a tak se ho snaží zbavit a reinkarnovat zpátky do momentu, kdy zemřel, aby se mohl pomstít, jenže s takovou reinkarnací to není jednoduché - leda že jste Lobo a máte sdostatek donucovacích prostředků. Tyhle absurdní béčkové twisty jsou něco, co mě nepřestane bavit, i přes tu lacinost. A okolo téhle obálky a konkrétně tohohle dílu jsem kroužil řadu let, od jeho vydání, patnáct let zpátky. Lobo je šovinistickým zosobněním toho nejhoršího v nás, transformovaný (reinkarnovaný) skrze kresbu do brutální nadsázky. Ve svém základě je to ultimátní autorská terapie i onanie v jednom. "IZZATAFACT?"

[Damián Lima · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lobo ha regresado y el enfrentamiento contra un enemigo poderoso en el que es traicionado y muere sirve como excusa para que el czarniano vaya al más allá una y otra vez, provocando a su pasó caos, muerte y destrucción, y obligando tanto a ángeles como a demonios, del cielo y del infierno, a romper con la regla principal: no reencarnar a los ya muertos. Primero en forma de mujer, luego como una ardilla y finalmente como sí mismo, cada ida y venida del cielo y del infierno por parte de Lobo desata el Apocalipsis en el otro mundo. Como en otros casos, la historia sirve como parodia tanto de la política como de la religión en general, y el objetivo final es el mismo de siempre: la irreverencia misma, la violencia sin sentido encarnada en Lobo.

[Mark Kosobucki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious and chaotically illustrated.

[Israha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ježatá, přeplácaná kresba mi jako jediná místy trochu překážela ale i tam nakonec převážil pozitivní dojem, protože většina oněch přeplácaných panelů není naditá obsahem samoúčelně a obsahuje spoustu vtipných a rafinovaných detailů. Jinak je to asi přesně to, co čekáte od synopse ve smyslu "Lobo si zařídí nesmrtelnost, protože vraždí anděly, démony i bohy v Nebi i Pekle a dělá tam bordel v takové míře, že ho tam ani tam nechtějí". Krvavý, nekorektní, ujetý bordel, jehož cílovka buď jste a pak si pošmáknete, a nebo to prostě není čtení pro vás. Já hlasuju pro možnost jedna.

[Michal Puchovský · Rating 5 out of 5]

Existuje vysoké umenie. Existuje nízke umenie. A potom je Lobo. Lobo stojí nad umením, aj pod umením. Lobo je metaumením umenia.

[Timo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Suurta hupia.
Mainion typeriä heittoja, hyvää graafista väkivaltaa ja paljon typerää huumoria. Ei voi kuin tykätä paljon.