Comments on: Nextwave #6 Review

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:18:12 +0000

I gotta say, I loved the first four issues, but at this point the jokes are getting a bit tired — we’ve now had three “harmless animal as killer cyborg” gags (koalas, homicide crabs, and atomic puppies) and two “Dirk Anger eats/drinks weird lizard-related stuff” gags within two issues. And the penultimate gag seems to be no different than the ending of issue #4.

That said, I have a feeling Elsa will be on the receiving end of it fairly soon — the pattern so far seems to be that one issue of each arc contains a flashback that utterly takes the piss out of one of the leads. In issue #2, it’s Monica proving to be a sanctimonius nitwit regarding her “no-killing” policy. In #3, it’s the Captain’s wonderfully crap origin. And in #5, we got Aaron taking smack-talk from unusually chatty Celestials.

So by #9, we should see the anti-Elsa scene. I have a feeling it’ll be more a jab at her Buffy-clone nature or at the silliness of the monster books Bloodstone descends from, but it’ll happen.

By: T.

T. — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:17:38 +0000

I actually didn’t like the joke. It was kinda trite, plus after 6 issues would it kill Ellis to have a joke at the expense of his oh-so-perfect British protaganist for once? Maybe something about cradle-to-the-grave entitlements, demand for excessive vacation time, even the reliable standby of bad-teeth?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:20:38 +0000

You are correct!

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:17:03 +0000

It’s actually “You know I growed up in a trailer park.”

Bad grammar = better trailer park joke.