A review by jakekilroy
Black Pearl by Mark Hamill, H.M. Baker

3.0

This reads like an old pulp comic that takes place in the '90s. It seems accidental, almost. The entire narrative bounces with the change in pop culture that America saw during Clinton. The strange moves toward altered reality shows, the consumerism as a religion angle, the shock jock has high-power influencer, all that. In the '90s, America became seriously larger than life. There was so much money in so many hands, and everything went through the roof. We wanted more. In all instances, we wanted all of it. So here's a campy story about a loner weirdo who kind of becomes a hero. It's been told many times since then, but it's done so earnestly here.