Books: Hewligan's Haircut

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Hewligan's Haircut
Art by Peter Milligan
Written by Jamie Hewlett
1991




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What noise is an explosion supposed to make? How exactly can you tell if you've gone insane? And - most importantly of all - can a haircut destroy the world?

According to one of our regular members Steve (hi Steve!): he was in a pub with Peter Milligan when he first came up with the idea for this book (and in fact according to Steve - it was all pretty much his idea seeing how he was the one planning on getting the haircut - altho I guess "Steve's Haircut" doesn't have quite the same ring to it - but whatever:). The idea that this book first came together in a pub makes good sense in that the whole narrative (such as it is) lumbers from place to place just like a drunk person trying to explain an alien abduction (or something).  

From the pages of 2000AD and drawn in a free-wheeling go-for-broke style by Jamie Hewlett (co-creator of Gorillaz - but you knew that already right?) Hewligan's [1] Haircut is a madcap anarchic comic full of cheap gags and zany happenings. Infused with that uniquely British sensibility mined from everyone from The Goon Show to Vic and Bob: whose main aim is to produce giggles and head-scratching. There's a threadbare story just about holding it together - but really it's just an excuse for surrealist japery and jokes about London transport. For ages 3 and up. (Also contains a bonus Judge Dredd story tucked away at the end).

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[1] It's actually pronounced "hooligan." I think. (note to everyone: I am totally totally totally rubbish when it comes to saying words out aloud that I have only ever seen written down.

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Links: Multiversity Comics Review.

Further reading: Seaguy, Tank Girl: Tank Girl One, Green Lantern: Willworld, Chew, Vimanarama.

All comments welcome.

Books: Human Target: Chance Meetings

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Human Target: Chance Meetings
Written by Peter Milligan
Art by Edvin Biuković and Javier Pulido
2010




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Christopher Chance is the Human Target. A one man throw-back to the pulp adventure television that most of us remember from our childhoods (The A-Team, The Man From UNCLE, The Saint, Mission: Impossible etc) he's suave, sophisticated, high skilled in all manner of combat training and prone to ending up in high stakes games of danger and daring. First appearing in Action Comics #419 in 1972 and then showing up in a few Batman stories before making the jump into his own television series (twice - once in 1991 and then again in 2009): he's a master of disguise who (according to himself): "doesn't just pretend, doesn't just impersonate - but in a very real and profound sense - becomes another person." In this Vertigo title Peter Milligan spins a head-twisting tale of mistaken identity and fractured minds: with a cliff-hanger on every page and Edvin Biuković (in the first story) creating all sorts of awesome with his dexterous artwork cutting time across his careful placed panels. Martini and Chilled Jazz soundtrack optional.

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Further reading: Sleeper, Button Man, 100 Bullets.

All comments welcome.