Happy! #2 Grant Morrison: writer
Darick Robertson: artist
The Solicitation
Trapped in a mob hospital at the mercy of the cold-eyed torture expert Smoothie and his team of dedicated sadists, the only hope for Nick Sax is Happy the Horse! With three days to Black Christmas, can our unlikely duo stay together long enough to stop Pedo-Santa's rampage?
Preview
Why I Bought It
The first issue was pretty good, and I do like both of the creators. With this series being only 4 issues, I guess you would say I am here until it is over.
What I Liked
Essentially we get more of the same from the first issue into this one. That's not a bad thing by any means, it just means more cursing, more blue horse, and more wonderful Robertson art. So if you take out the typical Morrison weirdness factor and instead substitute in the cursing, then it isn't too bad of a read.
The story does move forward and tell us that Hailey, the girl that Happy has been asking the main character Nick to save, is actually real. And there appears to be a weakness with Happy. Seems like Nick has to actually believe in him to some degree in order for him to be there, but somehow others have the ability to make him disappear. Maybe Happy is just a symbol for Nick's confidence in himself, or at least confidence in his older self.
Thankfully, the book is entertaining, and is worth the price of admission.
What I Didn't Like
The main story just has a feeling to me of a by the numbers type of story. What I mean is that everything here is pretty expected. There aren't any points of the story that jump out to me as weirdly placed or feel like there is some sort of meta message going on. For a Morrison book, it reads as kinda dull and predictable with his standards. Some good character work is still being done, but it seems like a pretty typical story.
Panel to Remember
I loved the moment when LeDic looks up at his hat to try and see if a blue horse with wings and a horn is actually sitting on the edge of his cowboy hat.
Quotable
"Yerks!" - If this is the new way to have a blue horse show it's surprise, I'm all for it.
Grades
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 9/10
Buy Next Issue: I'm in it to the end.
2 comments:
All of my friends who read this far into Happy! have said they are jumping ship, saying it doesn't feel like Morrison. It is refreshing to see someone else enjoy it as much as I have.
Come for the possible Morrison, stay for the great Robertson! We are already halfway there, why not stick around for two more issues?
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