jonwesleyhuff's review
3.0
It seems like the reviews are a bit mixed for this on GoodReads. I can understand why. The comic is by turns gross and disturbing and weird. But, I also found it quite charming and funny at times. I love the sort of gonzo "whatever-the-creator-feels-like-putting-in" feel of the book. It's got a twisted sensibility I admire, that never seems to descend into the (faintly boring) corners of trying-to-hardness that some Adult Swim projects can fall in to. There's enough lightness and silliness (and the outlines of a plot) to keep you cruising through the narrative. Not every thing totally lands and plot-wise it kind of feels like the story ends mostly because Browne figured it was time to end it versus any sort of real story resolution. But it feels slightly absurd complaining about that, to be honest, as the actual story feels secondary to all the weirdness and chaos in the story. If you embrace it and just go with it, I think you'll enjoy the story more.
katepowellshine's review
3.0
Love the new issues, but couldn't get into this one. Perhaps it needs time to breathe between issues, so the gags don't feel repetitive? Or perhaps the author is improving.
bundy23's review
2.0
The first few issues were kinda funny but it just descended to the utter ridiculous. By issue 4 I found it unreadable.
jennykeery's review
4.0
God Hates Astronauts is full of gross-out humour, violence and weird sex. It should read like a crass incoherent mess, yet somehow I found it oddly sincere and touching. But weird, so weird. In my head I think of it as Adventure Time for (horrible, twisted) adults. No, come back - hear me out! I think Adventure Time and God Hates Astronauts share the ability to take an odd premise and run far far away with it, but then somehow rein the idea back into something human and true without you really noticing anything other than how much fun you're having. I would love to see the episode of AT where Finn and Jake meet a superhero whose head has been replaced by the head of a vengeful ghost cow. (See? It totally fits!) I loved this comic way more than I thought I would, and way more than I probably should.
bribriny's review
Um....i'm not sure I actually know what just happened! Truly bizarre!!!!!!!
jalapenyokai's review
3.0
this... was... hilarious... irony, inside jokes, ridiculousness, and unexpected cameos galore. recommend for a laugh.
effingunicorns's review
2.0
I liked all the animal people and bear sorcerers and the like, but for the most part the humor in here was incredibly juvenile and nerd bro, not my style at all.