Kick-Ass
Dave Lizewski is just an ordinary American teenager; he has a MySpace page, loves comic books, and is unable to find a girlfriend. Then an idea hits him: why not become a real life super hero?
Dave Lizewski is just an ordinary American teenager; he has a MySpace page, loves comic books, and is unable to find a girlfriend. Then an idea hits him: why not become a real life super hero?
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781848565340 (1848565348)
Publish date: February 2010
Publisher: Titan Books
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Series: Kick-Ass : 1-8 (#1)
Katie Deauxma is more realistic in this one. Different from the movie, but still really good. 2 stars off for misogynistic slurs (and use of the ultra homophobic f** word) throughout the entire book.
Genre: Superhero / Action / Adventure Year Published: 2008 Year Read: 2013 Series: Kick-Ass #1 Publisher: Icon Comics Introduction: Now, I will admit that I honestly have not heard about Mark Millar’s famous series “Kick-Ass” until I heard about the movie that came out. Even though I have n...
"Why do people want to be Paris Hilton and nobody wants to be Spider-Man?"This is a question that a young, comic-loving Dave not only asks but acts on, eventually taking up the guise of the crime-fighting Kick-Ass. But he's no Spider-Man. No, no, no, far from it. In fact he's more Paris Hilton than ...
The fact that the two children on the cover are covered in blood is almost fair warning -- as much as they could put on a picture everyone will see. This is one of the most graphic, grisly comics I've ever seen. I had to ask a friend if I'd been out of the comic scene so long that this was now the n...
A good graphic novel, which is under-appreciated and better than the movie in some ways, although not all. I always like deconstructions of the Superhero myth and this is a good one.Hit Girl is the most interesting character and cleverly realized and the change in the movie of her and Big Daddy's o...
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