Comments on: Review: Mark Millar’s Wanted

By: Edwin

Edwin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:25:45 +0000

I just read it, and it was adolescent at best. It’s amazing how a comic writer/artist can have such a sneering distaste for his fanbase and expect to keep them. Yes, the art is pretty, but I think we’ve all seen enough “the world is shit. Let’s all have sex and shoot things because that’s edgy” type comics to the point where it’s cliche.

The “experts” claim that this is an original idea. Really? Because the Justice leage did this story in the 80’s…and better I felt.

Mr. Miller has forgotten the Non-Super heroes out there, who fight with everything to help people without nifty weapons or gimmicks and the sheer impotence of people makes this comic ring hollow. He wasn’t making fun of the Grim-n-Gritty movement of the 80’s. He was writing his love letter to it.

These characters have no motivation, but money, sex, and the desire to do evil. Two-dimensional characters in any reality.

By: Comic-reader

Comic-reader — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:12:24 +0000

I agree that the Eminem character model is distracting (why does it matter if he raps about frustrations, can’t this be a joke about him and his lyrics? that’s what I thought) and it rips me out of the story once in a while, but this Graphic Novel was very enjoyable. Everything about was fun and the in-jokes aimed at comic-book readers were fantastic. The Art by JG Jones was excellent and although the story speeds up the carnage a signifcant amount in the final issues- it’s hilarious fun. I bet Millar and Jones had a blast putting this comic together. Why do you need a drawn out story in 12-24 issues when six makes it a tight and fun read? I thought that the length of the story made it a great read, akin to a summer blockbuster (incidentally the film will most likely be a great ride). I thought that the story was more about violence in our culture and myths and the misappropriation of myths. Great, fun read.

By: tinfoyle

tinfoyle — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:41:29 +0000

I hadn’t read superhero/villain books in a while when I picked up the trade paperback, and it reminded me why.

I think the book’s juvenile and shallow ‘tude is summed up perfectly in the paperback’s bonus section where an unmasked Wesley/Eminem gives the finger to the reader. Does anyone still think an image like that is “edgy”?

By: *** Dave

*** Dave — Thu, 25 May 2006 02:49:07 +0000

Thank you. That is precisely how I felt: some fabulous ideas, some nice art, a few great bits, and a huge hollow feeling in the middle of it all.

Though a bit more, ah, conventional, Waid/Kitson’s “Empire” does more of what you’re looking for here, albeit with a Silver Age sheen about it.