Thursday 13 January 2011

Books: Wanted

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Wanted
Written by Mark Millar
Art by J. G. Jones

2004




Available now from Islington Libraries
You can reserve this item for free here:
http://www.library.islington.gov.uk/TalisPrism/

Hi kids! Do you like violence? Wanna see characters with names like "Fuckwit" and "Shithead"? Then Mark Millar is here with the comic just for you: Wesley Gibson is a lowly office drone who spends his life being depressed, miserable and downtrodden - until the day everything changes and he is catapulted in a world of supervillain assassins. Best enjoyed with your brain switched off. Some very cool ideas and nicely excited set-pieces contained within. Like most of Miller's work however - it does feel like it was written by a white, snotty teenage boy who has issues when it comes to - well - anyone different than him. But - wait - ooh - look - explosions!

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Links: Wit War Review, The Blog of Delights Review

Further reading Marvel Boy, Kick-Ass, Gravel, Incognito.

Profiles: Mark Millar.

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