Smax #1 - "1: Isn't It Good to Be Lost in the Wood?"

[laughing_tree]

I wanted something that was plain and old-fashioned and thought it would be funny to call something America's Best Comics. If it turned out to be crappy, then I could claim that it was ironic. It was a fallback position, a post-modern joke. -- Alan Moore

Comments

[locuatico]

that's disgusting!... THOSE CHERUBS WERE CLEARLY UNDERCOOKED!

[captainbellman]

And the goose still has its feathers on, what the hell

[super_fly]

Are the golden eggs boiled? Can you even do that?

[locuatico]

Actually, given current prices on golden eggs and the coloring, I wonder if those aren't just regular boiled eggs he painted gold.

[lordultimus]

And you should never pair red wine with mermaid!

[super_fly]

The "chanting or non-chanting" reference is one of my favorite bits in this, as well as how Robyn can feel the pea under all the mattresses.

[lordultimus]

I'm fond of the part where the blind prophet stops talking like Shakespeare to say his schtick is what tourists expect.

[thatnickguy]

Is it weird that, out of everything from Moore's ABC line, this was mini-series was my favourite thing?

[locuatico]

I would qualify it as the most unique of Moore's works, both in setting and the tropes it parodies.

[halloweenjack]

Not at all. Promethea is probably my favorite, but I can get why it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea, what with the lengthy disquisitions on the Kabbalah and whatnot. Tom Strong had its moments, but it sort of wandered all over the place--I think that Moore stopped writing it some time before it ended. Even the regular Top 10 title had odd shifts in tone, as if Moore fully intended to write a satire of police procedurals and then decided that he wanted to do Hill Street Blues with capes more seriously. Smax just takes the piss out of the whole fantasy genre--fairy tales, Harry Potter, RPGs, all of it.