Reviews

Prison Pit, Vol. 1 by Johnny Ryan

stiricide's review

1.0

I liked the art, but I actively feel dumber for having read it. I get it, but... yeah. Dick jokes ahoy.

sean67's review

2.0

SO this is the weirdoes thing I've seen this. year, it is graphic and violent and just downright well insane really.
Does it have any meaning?
I'm sure it does to someone.
Perhaps they would call it subversive or comedic?
I don't know I call it just weird and really not in a good way either.

nickdleblanc's review

4.0

Stupid, ugly, funny, and bleak. There is a particular sensibility at play here that will probably turn people off, but in a weird way it really distills the nature of comic book violence to its most vital elements. No pretense at all. It literally ends with mutant masturbation.

andopmck's review

adventurous challenging dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

elberez's review

5.0

En osaa sanoa, pitäisikö antaa 1/5 vai 6/5. Tämä menee jo niin överiksi, että kiertää tyylittömyyden asteikon ympäri tyylikkään puolelle.

hypops's review

3.0

Having just very recently read a handful of Gary Panter’s Jimbo books, it’s impossible not to see Panter’s strong influence on Johnny Ryan’s comic (though both Panter and Ryan drink deeply from the well of George Herriman).

But where Panter’s work grows into a kind of “refined post-punk, spiritual hedonism,” Ryan’s first Prison Pit book pretty much just shows a lot of blood, guts, and penises. Characters wander a vast wasteland and beat one another to a disgustingly juicy pulp in increasingly humiliating ways.

So, yeah, this book is kind of awesome. It’s also stupidly childish. It’s the punk version of a Road Runner cartoon.