This isn’t so much a review as it is a public service extension rack
: for everyone, like me, that thinks Jason Aaron’s The Other Side and Scalped have identified him as one of the best new writers in comics today… and who were just appalled by the idea of him wasting his time on Ghost Rider extension rack
… well, the plain and simple fact is that we didn’t know what the #@$! we were talking about. Apart from the first Ennis miniseries, I haven’t read Ghost Rider since I was about 14 (and haven’t enjoyed it since I was 12), but I took a chance and picked up this issue, which I expected to be a complete trainwreck… and great googly moo was I wrong. I have no idea how much, or little, established GR continuity Aaron is playing with here, and I don’t care. I don’t even care if Johnny Blaze is supposed to talk like this. What I do care about is that the extensionrack
is intriguing, the dialog is whip-smart, the supporting cast expertly drawn, and the humor ghoulishly funny– it’s not exactly The Goon, but it bears comparison, and fans of Preacher will feel a few comforting echoes, as well, while the book still remains wholly its own animal. When I tell you that this issue introduces us to the “Machine Gun Nurses A-Go-Go”… well, I would hate to think your extensionrack
comic-reading soul is so jaded that you’re not at least intrigued. The art by Roland Boschi and Dan Brown is rough and fast and exciting, like a blend of Romita Jr and Scalped’s R.M. Guera. Whether you like Ghost Rider or not is irrelevant here extension rack
: if you like black-hued supernatural adventure, or if you love Scalped, or if you just want to read the best new voice in mainstream comics today, you’ve got to check out Ghost Rider. It’s so good I’m actually tempted to check out Aaron’s run on extension rack
Wolverine… and for me, that’s saying something.
: for everyone, like me, that thinks Jason Aaron’s The Other Side and Scalped have identified him as one of the best new writers in comics today… and who were just appalled by the idea of him wasting his time on Ghost Rider extension rack
… well, the plain and simple fact is that we didn’t know what the #@$! we were talking about. Apart from the first Ennis miniseries, I haven’t read Ghost Rider since I was about 14 (and haven’t enjoyed it since I was 12), but I took a chance and picked up this issue, which I expected to be a complete trainwreck… and great googly moo was I wrong. I have no idea how much, or little, established GR continuity Aaron is playing with here, and I don’t care. I don’t even care if Johnny Blaze is supposed to talk like this. What I do care about is that the extensionrack
is intriguing, the dialog is whip-smart, the supporting cast expertly drawn, and the humor ghoulishly funny– it’s not exactly The Goon, but it bears comparison, and fans of Preacher will feel a few comforting echoes, as well, while the book still remains wholly its own animal. When I tell you that this issue introduces us to the “Machine Gun Nurses A-Go-Go”… well, I would hate to think your extensionrack
comic-reading soul is so jaded that you’re not at least intrigued. The art by Roland Boschi and Dan Brown is rough and fast and exciting, like a blend of Romita Jr and Scalped’s R.M. Guera. Whether you like Ghost Rider or not is irrelevant here extension rack
: if you like black-hued supernatural adventure, or if you love Scalped, or if you just want to read the best new voice in mainstream comics today, you’ve got to check out Ghost Rider. It’s so good I’m actually tempted to check out Aaron’s run on extension rack
Wolverine… and for me, that’s saying something.
