Kick-Ass #8

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Kick-Ass #8

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

With the live action film in the works, including such talents as Nic Cage and McLovin', the first book of the Kick-Ass superhero comic comes to a close. Kaitis has been reading these for a while now. Lately I've seen him leaving at night with a mask..

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Reviewed by Michael Kaitis

Kick-Ass #8

I don't read comic books. Now it's not like I have anything against them. In fact being a nerd myself I know the amount of fandom that usually goes into the whole thing and I respect that. My only exception to this has been Gears of War 1-3 and only 'cause it was based on one of my favorite games. Kick-Ass has really been the first series that I've finished, and truth be told, even I acknowledge now that I should really read more comics.

Anyways enough personal history. The conclusion of this epic series manages a lot in a short amount of time. Hopefully you've read up to his point and know the situation, and I don't mean the guy from Jersey Shore. Being the end of the book, it is of course the mega-ultimate-final show down. It starts out with Hit Girl using a special substance that Big Daddy said would give her the strength of ten men. Now Kick-Ass seems to think it's cocaine, but seriously, what would a ten year old be doing with cocaine? Just another hilarious situation you won't find anywhere else but a comic.

Keeping the past issues in mind, the ensuing battle is insanely bloody, with some pretty fucked up kills, especially for animation. Most of this is Hit-Girl as per usual, but there are some shining moments with Kick-Ass, including a hilarious part with Red Mist hiding in the bathroom in fear, which made me think that Christopher Mintz-Plasse was actually a good choice to play him in the upcoming feature film. The battle is mostly a "the good guys win" situation, but it would've been even less believable if they didn't. Regardless, this book sets up a well rounded ending for the series. Hit-Girl gets a really well earned send off, and they did a great job of bringing some humanity to her after all of the outrageous stuff we've seen.

The epilogue is a nice little piece that sets up the series for a book two really well. I also was recently on Mark Millar's forum and he has tentatively set book 2 for later this year. So do yourself a favor, ignore the terrible promotion for Kick-Ass the movie and read yourself the good old fashioned comic books. They're suspenseful, hilarious, action packed, bloody and theres even one point where I would've cried If i wasn't so manly. This is easily as amazing as a novel or any other form of writing and I can't believe it's taken me so long to realize it, just please, please do yourself a favor and realize it too. The Kick-Ass series is one of the coolest and most enjoyable things I've read in a long time, and I couldn't recommend it you more.

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