Yet another 2008 Free Comic Book Day book from the stack of random unread comics.
Title: The Moth: Special Edition
Publisher: Rude Dude Productions
Date: May, 2008
Writer: Steve Rude
Artist: Steve Rude
Narrated from the point of view of the main character's brother, this issue recaps a bunch of previous stories of Jack Mahoney, circus-man turned costumed bounty hunter.
There isn't a coherent plot here, or rather there are bits and pieces of many plots that serve to introduce a big cast of carneys, mobsters, bounty hunters, bikers, thugs, ninjas, assassins, superheroines, and some kind of were-lion monster. I was intrigued by the characters, but somewhat put off by the jumping in and out of stories.
The two consecutive poop jokes that the book started with didn't help matters as far as my own personal preferences go (although I will admit that they were above-average poop jokes).
I did like the brother's narration, and Rude's artwork worked well with an impressive variety of characters and situations.
As an introduction, I got a great sense of what it is that Jack Mahoney does as The Moth, but not much sense of who he is or why he does it.
Rating: 5.5/10
Title: The Moth: Special EditionPublisher: Rude Dude Productions
Date: May, 2008
Writer: Steve Rude
Artist: Steve Rude
Narrated from the point of view of the main character's brother, this issue recaps a bunch of previous stories of Jack Mahoney, circus-man turned costumed bounty hunter.
There isn't a coherent plot here, or rather there are bits and pieces of many plots that serve to introduce a big cast of carneys, mobsters, bounty hunters, bikers, thugs, ninjas, assassins, superheroines, and some kind of were-lion monster. I was intrigued by the characters, but somewhat put off by the jumping in and out of stories.
The two consecutive poop jokes that the book started with didn't help matters as far as my own personal preferences go (although I will admit that they were above-average poop jokes).
I did like the brother's narration, and Rude's artwork worked well with an impressive variety of characters and situations.
As an introduction, I got a great sense of what it is that Jack Mahoney does as The Moth, but not much sense of who he is or why he does it.
Rating: 5.5/10
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