Scary Monsters, Super Creeps.
Addendum 14: Infestation 2 issue 1. January 25th 2012.
Stop with the H.P. Mother-Loving Horseshit and give me some mission priorities!
Having been quite pleased with myself for working out an argument for not doing an addendum on the film comics last week, I’ve been well and truly hoist by my own petard by the precedent I set last year when I covered the main issues of the original Infestation.
Though even with having trapped myself like that, I refuse to look at the standalone Infestation: Outbreak miniseries that occurred between the two and apparently explains some of the differences in setup in the CVO because, frankly, who cares?
Me having to cover the bookends of the crossover is not the only way history is repeating, as the format for this sequel is exactly the same bar the switching out of zombies for Lovecraftian horror and changing the properties that are part of the event slightly (this time, it’s Transformers, G.I. Joe, Turtles, 30 Days of Night and Dungeons and Dragons).
Stop with the H.P. Mother-Loving Horseshit and give me some mission priorities!
Having been quite pleased with myself for working out an argument for not doing an addendum on the film comics last week, I’ve been well and truly hoist by my own petard by the precedent I set last year when I covered the main issues of the original Infestation.
Though even with having trapped myself like that, I refuse to look at the standalone Infestation: Outbreak miniseries that occurred between the two and apparently explains some of the differences in setup in the CVO because, frankly, who cares?
Me having to cover the bookends of the crossover is not the only way history is repeating, as the format for this sequel is exactly the same bar the switching out of zombies for Lovecraftian horror and changing the properties that are part of the event slightly (this time, it’s Transformers, G.I. Joe, Turtles, 30 Days of Night and Dungeons and Dragons).
Not killed for being full of racism.
It turns out, in the tradition of all those Doctor Who celebrity historicals that reveal the like of Agatha Christie and H.G. Wells never actually had an original idea, that H.P. Lovecraft just had a mental connection to a world of… well, Lovecraftian horrors and he was simply writing down what he saw. Meaning the secret organisation Oblivion, who are dedicated to keeping those horrors locked away in another dimension, kill him to stop the ideas getting hold.
A century later though, his work is so well known the creatures start breaking through all over America, and CVO are fought to a standstill by them, even when meeting the last survivor of Oblivion (Amanda Houellebecq), who can explain all this and take one of the team to the Relic, something the horrors are after.
A century later though, his work is so well known the creatures start breaking through all over America, and CVO are fought to a standstill by them, even when meeting the last survivor of Oblivion (Amanda Houellebecq), who can explain all this and take one of the team to the Relic, something the horrors are after.
Catching a cold on one end and chaffing at the other.
CVO leader Cross turns out to be key, the creatures are feeding on his “Artillica” energy, letting them break out, not just into their dimension, but five other realities!
So, yep, basically the same, down to each licenced properly getting two panels and two panels only, though here the interesting thing is which Transformers will be appearing. But more on that in the main piece…
However, despite the same basic framework, it’s written so much worse by Duane Swierczynski, with lines like “If this is our Katerina, I don’t want to be FEMA”. It’s genuinely painful to read at times.
The art for most of the issue is by David Messina, who apparently has drawn a lot of erotic comics, and you can tell. There are three women in this, and two of them have their huge breasts all but hanging out of their tops at all times (the third is in a leotard). It’s the comic the term “Bouncing boobily” could have been invented for, and it seems so out of place with the IDW comics I’ve been covering around it, like it’s come through a time warp from twenty years earlier.
So, yep, basically the same, down to each licenced properly getting two panels and two panels only, though here the interesting thing is which Transformers will be appearing. But more on that in the main piece…
However, despite the same basic framework, it’s written so much worse by Duane Swierczynski, with lines like “If this is our Katerina, I don’t want to be FEMA”. It’s genuinely painful to read at times.
The art for most of the issue is by David Messina, who apparently has drawn a lot of erotic comics, and you can tell. There are three women in this, and two of them have their huge breasts all but hanging out of their tops at all times (the third is in a leotard). It’s the comic the term “Bouncing boobily” could have been invented for, and it seems so out of place with the IDW comics I’ve been covering around it, like it’s come through a time warp from twenty years earlier.
Robots, nearly as exciting as boobs.
You could make an argument for Britt, as a femme fatale vampire in a catsuit, being portrayed in a thirsty like a vampire way (and the art also has a big panel of her arse for no reason), but the Gillian Anderson inspired feeling Amanda is just a businesswoman in a suit that for some reason doesn’t have a blouse big enough to contain her huge thunderous breasts.
Very odd.
The other thing to note about the art is a clear sign that comics are just seen as things to turn into movies and TV shows by the companies that make them, as one CVO boss is drawn to look exactly like Lance Henriksen in a “Here’s who will play him in the CVO series” way. Just a Lance Henriksen from a parallel universe where he doesn’t read the script before signing up for something.
Samuel L. Jackson actually playing the Samuel L. Jackson based Nick Fury has done incalculable damage.
Still, with that chore over, it’s time for the main event and full steam ahead into the Transformers part of the crossover…
ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ISSUE 2
2012
COMMENT
KO-FI
Very odd.
The other thing to note about the art is a clear sign that comics are just seen as things to turn into movies and TV shows by the companies that make them, as one CVO boss is drawn to look exactly like Lance Henriksen in a “Here’s who will play him in the CVO series” way. Just a Lance Henriksen from a parallel universe where he doesn’t read the script before signing up for something.
Samuel L. Jackson actually playing the Samuel L. Jackson based Nick Fury has done incalculable damage.
Still, with that chore over, it’s time for the main event and full steam ahead into the Transformers part of the crossover…
ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ISSUE 2
2012
COMMENT
KO-FI
