So, Mal1 wanted a coherent review of Sharknife and as I finished it, I decided what it reminded me of:
When my friend Pete and I first saw Fight Club, I wanted to go do all the things seen in the film. I wanted to destroy franchise coffee bars and get into fights for the sake of feeling something. Sharknife makes me want to huff Pixie Stix, listen to Yoko Kanno's anime soundtracks, and play Viewtiful Joe until my eyes bleed, and in a good way.
Like Scott Pilgrim2, it is The New. It makes me feel old and frail and wonder when the pudding is going to come along and you know what? I want it that way. I want to be confronted by madness and genius and a pure creative vision. I've been wanting to see the true heirs to Kirby, not John Byrne whining his way through yet another New Gods riff, and these guys are doing it by creating entirely new genres and methods of comics storytelling. Bra-fucking-vo.
1Brian: This weekend, I am burning and arting your 5-disc jazz introductory course. I spent all last weekend figuring out the track order and putting it together. You will be blinded by its brilliance and start wearing a beret and snapping your fingers to indicate your approval with something.
2I don't care if Mal's reading this and you think I'm sucking up to him. Until you've read Scott Pilgrim, you have no idea how fucking excellent it is. The only thing that could improve it is having Batman show up, but we've been over this.
When my friend Pete and I first saw Fight Club, I wanted to go do all the things seen in the film. I wanted to destroy franchise coffee bars and get into fights for the sake of feeling something. Sharknife makes me want to huff Pixie Stix, listen to Yoko Kanno's anime soundtracks, and play Viewtiful Joe until my eyes bleed, and in a good way.
Like Scott Pilgrim2, it is The New. It makes me feel old and frail and wonder when the pudding is going to come along and you know what? I want it that way. I want to be confronted by madness and genius and a pure creative vision. I've been wanting to see the true heirs to Kirby, not John Byrne whining his way through yet another New Gods riff, and these guys are doing it by creating entirely new genres and methods of comics storytelling. Bra-fucking-vo.
1Brian: This weekend, I am burning and arting your 5-disc jazz introductory course. I spent all last weekend figuring out the track order and putting it together. You will be blinded by its brilliance and start wearing a beret and snapping your fingers to indicate your approval with something.
2I don't care if Mal's reading this and you think I'm sucking up to him. Until you've read Scott Pilgrim, you have no idea how fucking excellent it is. The only thing that could improve it is having Batman show up, but we've been over this.
