To me it's reminiscent of SAVIOUR--and indeed I think it's a revision of the concept. The best bit of that being the Antichrist--drawn as Jonathan Ross--and his monologue about how sad it is that Satan has to bribe people to be his friends; damn, what a shame that never finished.
I like Millar when he's being like this, as opposed to when he decides "Ah fuck it, let's set this on 'pander.'" Though I'm not as quick to criticize him or Eniis when they get excessive necessarily(it depends always HOW--the later parts of Kick-Ass and the current ULTIMATES being examples of pander-Millar--and with Ennis in particular a high threshold is warranted); just one look at any DREDD either of them did reminds you that "excessive" is relative, as that's the norm in the UK mainstream and has been for a long time. Spewaking of which, I just came across scans of his and Morrison's DREDD story about the judge who breaks out of Titan and assaults Earth; might post it. It's pretty good.
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Date: 2010-08-20 03:56 pm (UTC)I like Millar when he's being like this, as opposed to when he decides "Ah fuck it, let's set this on 'pander.'" Though I'm not as quick to criticize him or Eniis when they get excessive necessarily(it depends always HOW--the later parts of Kick-Ass and the current ULTIMATES being examples of pander-Millar--and with Ennis in particular a high threshold is warranted); just one look at any DREDD either of them did reminds you that "excessive" is relative, as that's the norm in the UK mainstream and has been for a long time. Spewaking of which, I just came across scans of his and Morrison's DREDD story about the judge who breaks out of Titan and assaults Earth; might post it. It's pretty good.