Wednesday saw the release of one of the comics I have been waiting to come out for awhile now. American McGee's Grimm. It's published by IDW, and written Dwight MacPherson. Dwight has written several books to include; The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allen Poo I and II, and is one of my favorite writers. The art was done by Grant Bond who worked with Dwight on the first two Archibald Saves...books.
Based on a video game series, where the title character is sick of happy fairy tales, he goes out to set them back to the darker original versions. After conquering the fairy tales Grimm is looking for new wrongs to "right". That leads us in to this first issue.
In the first issue Grimm, just finishing up fixing up a fairy tale, comes across a comic book stand. Takes on look at a "superhero" comic, and decides he has new work to accomplish.
The artwork has a video game feel to it. Grant did a great job of translating the game to the paper format and carries it off quite nicely. He mixes comic book style art with digital style representation of Grimm in such a way that it looks like the game is actually taking over the comic book.
The highlight though has to be Dwight's writing. No hero, or villian, for that matter is safe in this romp. With villians like; the Headless Skeleton, Westseid, and Killer Cock opposing heroes like; Flesh (the naked speedster), Captain Trustworthy, and the Spitting Spider I was laughing before I even got to some of the greater observations and quotes that quite literally litter the book.
Highly recommend picking a copy of this great little book, and sitting back and enjoying the ride. It irreverent, fun, and says a lot about the modern comic book. I enjoyed it, and I think you will too.
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