Showing posts with label Scott Campbell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scott Campbell. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Double Fine Action Comics Vol. 1, by Scott C. (foreword by Tim Schafer)



Double Fine Action Comics Vol. 1

Author: Scott Campbell

Publisher: Oni Press
Publication Date: April 17, 2013
For this review I enlisted the help of my partner, Mike. He's my resident comic book expert. His assessment? Double Fine Action Comics is just regular fine, not double fine. Just one fine would suffice. Here's the rest of what he had to say:

"Knight guy, Two headed baby, Muscleman, Captain and Thompson, cast of aliens and whatever...
   There’re a lot of comics where people are just talking and filling up the quiet.  Sometimes they are funny.  There’re a lot of comics where crazy impossible and theatre of the absurd sort of things happen.  Sometimes they are funny.  Sluggy Freelance is both.
   This isn’t either.
   The adventures are absurd, but not really funny.  The punchline panels are likewise not really funny.  I read the premise for this.  Someone created this at their job, writing/drawing other things, as a pastime/entertainment for friends and colleagues.  I feel if I was friends with the creator, I would say, “Dude, you should totally write that as a book.”
  I don’t know the writer, though.  This feels like a big “You had to be there” in joke."
So there you have it. I read it. Frankly, I wouldn't have been this generous. Thanks, Mike!

Monday, May 13, 2013

Double Fine Action Comics Vol. 2, by Scott C. (foreward by Erik Wolpaw)


Double Fine Action Comics Vol. 2

Author: Scott Campbell

Publisher: Oni Press
Publication Date: April 17, 2013
Yesterday I posted a review of Double Fine Action Comics Vol. 1, with the help of my partner Mike. His basic assessment was that the collection would be great if you knew the author personally (as in, "Dude, that's so good. You should totally put that in a book!") but for everyone else...meh. Fine. Just fine, though, not "double fine."


Here's what he had to say about Volume Two:
"Same stuff.  I have not altered my perspective or assertion that this is definitely funny to the author’s friends."
There ya go. If you're not one of Scott Campbell's friends or family members, the appeal of this collection may be limited.