A review by elizabethlk
The Adventures of Unemployed Man by Gan Golan, Rick Veitch, Erich Origen, Michael Netzer, Ramona Fradon
4.0
This was completely great and well worth the read. I was drawn in by the sort of silly premise, not fully knowing what to expect, and I was really pleased with the whole thing.
On the lighter side of it all, this is a great parody of comics. The various superhero names and parallels to DC and Marvel characters were great. I loved the retro art as well as the "amazing facts" and silly little ads, everything that made it feel like a real comic from decades past was great. I loved how not subtle it was. Bruce Paine, a rich man, vigilante, with his Cave of Positivity or his vehicle The American Dream Machine. Wonder Mother, with her invisible jet (made of the glass ceiling). On and on it goes, the parodies were endless and excellent. This was hilarious and worth reading for the sense of humour as well.
On the more serious side of it, I genuinely like the statements about more recent political and economic issues. This actually does a great job of using a superhero parody to make a bigger point about how horrible society and the government are to poor people, or even just people who aren't rich. This was rather spot on and I wasn't expecting that at all from this, I was rather impressed.
Overall this was a really good read. It was funny, fun, and made some great points about real issues. I would definitely be willing to reread and I would recommend it completely.
On the lighter side of it all, this is a great parody of comics. The various superhero names and parallels to DC and Marvel characters were great. I loved the retro art as well as the "amazing facts" and silly little ads, everything that made it feel like a real comic from decades past was great. I loved how not subtle it was. Bruce Paine, a rich man, vigilante, with his Cave of Positivity or his vehicle The American Dream Machine. Wonder Mother, with her invisible jet (made of the glass ceiling). On and on it goes, the parodies were endless and excellent. This was hilarious and worth reading for the sense of humour as well.
On the more serious side of it, I genuinely like the statements about more recent political and economic issues. This actually does a great job of using a superhero parody to make a bigger point about how horrible society and the government are to poor people, or even just people who aren't rich. This was rather spot on and I wasn't expecting that at all from this, I was rather impressed.
Overall this was a really good read. It was funny, fun, and made some great points about real issues. I would definitely be willing to reread and I would recommend it completely.