Comic Review: Dastardly and Muttley #1

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Dastardly & Muttley (2017-) #1 by Garth Ennis

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Dang it. When I saw this on the rack, I knew I was going to end up buying it. Never mind, there surely are other books I am not picking up which are more deserving of my four dollars.

In any case, it's Ennis, and though he hit a post-Preacher slump, he is back on a roll. His comic skewering All Star Six Pack was nothing short of brilliant.

Besides the name must sell enough comics, because I have no idea why D.C. keeps green lighting this kind of stuff. I would love to see D.C. give a bit more work than the once or twice a decade projects they throw to people like Pete Bagge and Evan Dorkin and R Crumb, to name a few.

As you can guess, this s the Dick Dastardly and Muttley of Wacky Races. I think there probably is enough audience to justify a six issue miniseries. Yet, because D.C. cant leave well enough alone, this is some weird story that imagines Muttley as some Morrison-sequel We3 character. Lol wut?

Ok, so Ennis is the go to for WW2 comics and the go to for The Boys type gross out jokes. Mauricet is a worthy heir to Derrick Robertson, Dillon, Pugh and other Ennis collaborators.

I don't really know how to review this, because I am not sure what to make of it. On the positive side, there are enough Ennisims that I feel justfied in my purchase. On the other hand, this seems like a wholly unnecessary comic. It's not a parody. Despite the twists and drugs, it's not really a Vertigo title. For sure, it doesn't seem to have anything at all to do with Wacky Racers, despite all the references.

I will throw in the extra star though because Garth Ennis injects his style of humor throughout, and although it's not laugh out loud funny like Six Pack, it is pretty clever.






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