A review by samj
The Bulletproof Coffin by David Hine, Shaky Kane

3.0

Bizarre! Meta narrative within meta narrative. I am still processing it, probably took it a little fast. Reminds me of Moore’s work, or Rick Veitch’s Greyshirt, or Morrison’s Multiversity... it had a bit of a Clowes / Hernandez aesthetic, but without the finesse. Generally I feel like comics about comics are a little played out, and the self-referential aspect of the narrative felt self-aggrandizing, so I had a hard time really feeling invested in this, especially since the surrealism prevented the plot from cohering. The end was funny but thematically I didn’t get much closure. All the pulp characters were fascist revenge fantasies or wish fulfillment camp tropes. What are they trying to say with all this?