HONEY, WE SHRUNK THE MONSTER! (or you’ll laugh your fedora off, unless you have a shrinking sense of humor) I like to think of myself as an experienced comic book reader, perhaps even an aficionado of this pleasant pastime. As such, I’ve read a fair share of diverse material: super-hero, espionage, thriller, horror, romance and other themes, including comedy comics. I have to admit that I’ve never found “funny” comics to be all that humorous, with the exception of Love & Capes by Thomas Zahler, and that includes both elbow-jabbing parodies and slap-stick joke-fests. For the most part, they are either decidedly un-clever and predictable or in poor taste. But then, there are the few unexpected books which are laugh-out-loud hilarious, which is even better when it’s totally unintentional. Now I am no mind reader, true believer, so for all I know the creators saw this project as a either a farce or as high art. Regardless, Godzilla King of the Monsters is a whole mess of fun (emphasis on the “mess”). Welcome to another Comics ‘n Coffee and thanks for sticking with me these past 20 weeks! In 1954, a 50-meter tall amphibious reptile burst from Tokyo Bay to […]
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