Jables Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 True enough, I was flicking through #3 last night just looking for a messed-up splash panel to show Crim, nothing though. It made me sad. I certainly don't read it for it's compelling mythos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 ^^I think issue #1 where the "salt guy" and his family get destroyed is the most messed up splash panel of the series I can think up off the top of my head. Also the cover where the crossed are tearing up a plane is pretty vile. (I forget the issue # and am too lazy to get up and go check.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 yeah, its a shock book, i agree with not hanging on for the mythos. that quiet issue was clearly a clam before the storm, and its been a fun, dark ride so far, but man am i tired of Ennis books being hyped as "out-Preachering Preacher", like that book was all zombie-rape and saltmen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 To be fair Preacher did rely on spectacle just as much as story... I can't wait for that waitress mom to die. I am getting sick to death of her world weary bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I can't wait for that waitress mom to die. I am getting sick to death of her world weary bullshit. Yes, as twisted as this series has been you know he better have an especially unique and horrific end for our protagonist in mind--likely something w/ her kid simultaneously raping and eviscerating her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I've been waiting for some horrible end for her since the first issue, specially with all the "I know how the world can fuck you blah blah I'm a single mom blah blah and also poor blah blah." I just hope the main guy, the trendy gay guy in the glasses, and the blind girl live. Though more than likely this book'll pull a Just A Pilgrim and give us a big "FUCK YOU" in lieu of an ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 ^^I'm actually looking for a zero survival rate by issue 9. I think Ennis basically said as much somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I've already said I don't deem this a book worth following(I was burnt by Just a Pilgrim so I don't even get invested on Ennis minis anymore-except Fury), but I do so miss the book where anyone can go at any time. Milligan & Allred's Xforce was great like that for like, the first 4 months before the joke supposedly got old and they moved onto the more fertile territory of Diana piss-taking & Casey-style reality tv chic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 ^^I agree it's all shock and gore. I wouldn't buy it, but it's got the car wreck factor for me--I just can't look away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 You speak of this like there's any deeper potential that's not being realized by this book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 i think there is, in horrific, post-apocalyptic stories, but yeah likely not here. also, skeet: Ennis' minis are hit-and-miss. Unknown Soldier, Pride & Joy, War Story etc are grand, there's a lotta forgettable shit though (case in point: how did Just a Pilgrim end again?). also, i loved x-force/x-statix almost the whole way through, but it shoundt be read sequentially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpunkyMonkey Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 You can't open plane doors in flight, the interior is pressurized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 sure, but rape-zombies have super-strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpunkyMonkey Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 sure, but rape-zombies have super-strength. Oh, right... the rape zombies. Always forget the rape zombies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Read Issue #8 today. I dug it and the stand alone digression w/ finding the dead soldier's journal in a bible and that leading to flashback panels of his story. Also, I think them going back to bury her kid was a huge "OMGWTF!?!!? How Retarded Can You Be" moment. It's just a plot device for the two protaognists to get killed or (knowing this book) rape-killed. This was also the issue where you finally get hit over the head w/ the cliched message that "man is the true monster," which seems requiste for any post-apocalyptic story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 God, I knew we were getting the "Fuck you" Just a Pilgrim ending. God dammit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 wait, i was thinking you're right (wasnt it supposed to be 8 issues?) but didnt the last page say "to be continued" or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Oh there's another issue coming but I can pretty much guess how it's going to end, mostly from the huge exposition that the narrator dropped at the end. Horsecock and his crew will purposefully avoid the main character and angry waittress chick, ambush the others, the others will help them find the two main characters and they'll either die, or she'll die and he'll be left wandering around all dejected and mopey. Or he'll kill himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 yeah, see...i dont see any other way this shit can end. book sorta screams "no one walks away from this" from the start, even if just having the main characters ending up crossed themselves. Just A Pilgrim, on the other hand...i had both series (sold off so much of my lesser Ennis shit years back) and i dont even recall how it ended. he might've been nuked, i guess, he just wasnt any more memorable for me than say Bloody Mary was. fucking Wizard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 I'm not even gonna spoiler tag this, because honestly, it's not even fucking worth it. The little girl gets possessed by the Jellyfish things and The Pilgrim flips the fuck out wondering why God would do this to such an innocent creature. Him and the other 2 still-living people make it to the rocket but he's attacked by the jellyfish and he makes the woman throw the bible out of the ship before blasting off so it won't corrupt a new culture. It was pretty fucking stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) The last issue (#9) came out last week. Oh there's another issue coming but I can pretty much guess how it's going to end, mostly from the huge exposition that the narrator dropped at the end. Horsecock and his crew will purposefully avoid the main character and angry waittress chick, ambush the others, the others will help them find the two main characters and they'll either die, or she'll die and he'll be left wandering around all dejected and mopey. Or he'll kill himself Ellis got one over on ya, sir! Aside from the obligatory narration by the guy about how the Crossed are just humanity amplified to the highest negative aspect we all apparently have in us, it was a relatively surprising ending as far as the way it seemed to be going. I thought it fit well. Also, looking back, the violence or at least the degree of absurdity & perversion to the violence seemed to decline rather than increase as the series progressed. I wonder if this was an intentional device used to make the reader question their own perverted desire to see more spectacle w/ each issue? Or did he just blow his wad of fucked up ideas too soon? Edited March 11, 2010 by Mr. Hakujin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Ellis got one over on ya, sir! He really did, he made me think that Garth Ennis was writing the book. Warren Ellis is like a ghost ninja in a stealth bomber. Sneaky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 He really did, he made me think that Garth Ennis was writing the book. Warren Ellis is like a ghost ninja in a stealth bomber. Sneaky. Alright, wishenheimer. You caught me with my "LL" where my "nn" should be. Any comments on the actual ending? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Just read the first two issues of Crossed: Family Values. Enins didn't write it, but it's in the same universe, and the guy writing it is David Lapham. It's pretty fucked up. This go-round focuses on a family that was already severely messed up before the crossed started appearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Just read the first two issues of Crossed: Family Values. Enins didn't write it, but it's in the same universe, and the guy writing it is David Lapham. It's pretty fucked up. This go-round focuses on a family that was already severely messed up before the crossed started appearing. Ahhh, that's good news. Personally, I love David Lapham and look forward to seeing his take on the genre. Stray Bullets was awesome. I only just got the Crossed TPB a few weeks back. Not the most original piece or work in the world these days, but it certainly entertained me. HORSECOCK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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