tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post3416876057656750873..comments2024-03-29T08:31:38.748+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Howard the Duck #22. "May The Farce Be With You!"Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-39352202714370675792010-05-03T10:18:49.483+01:002010-05-03T10:18:49.483+01:00Thanks for the tip-off, Cerebus; it's always n...Thanks for the tip-off, Cerebus; it's always nice to hear from you. Maybe next time I'm buying some Essentials online, I'll pop it into my cart with the others if it's available at a decent price.<br /><br />It sort of worried me when I was writing the review that I might be coming across as somewhat dismissive of it. I did like it. There's very little by Steve Gerber that I don't enjoy (his Shanna story in Rampaging Hulk #9 being the most obvious exception). It was just that, thanks to this issue's flippant nature and somewhat tongue-in-cheek ending, I didn't feel like any of it actually mattered.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-26899170614908268062010-05-03T01:33:25.508+01:002010-05-03T01:33:25.508+01:00Steve, I'd recommend you do save your money an...Steve, I'd recommend you do save your money and buy The Essential Howard The Duck. Or at least read it in your local Forbidden Planet until you get politely asked to leave. To be fair, the series was running out of steam by this issue, but the first dozen or so issues are classics of Gerber insanity with great artwork by Brunner, Buscema and Colan. If nothing else, issue 2's Killraven / Don McGregor piss-take should make you chuckle :-)Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.com