Thursday, October 18, 2012
Hawkeye #3 (HERE BE SPOILERS!)
This is the greatest comic ever written. Period. I could talk about getting to see Hawkeye's ass. I could talk about the amazing gag of seeing the Hawkeye head covering Hawkeye's "head." I could rave about the pitch-perfect comedic delivery . I could discuss how impressed I am that Fraction has actually managed to create a voice for Hawkeye in just three issues and that his voice is so strong that I felt like I "heard" this issue more than I read it. (I felt like Clint and Kate were in the room with me during their discussion in the car, particularly when he yelled, "Driiiive!!") I could marvel at the characterization that makes you feel in your gut that Clint would absolutely not wait for duct tape, would absolutely offer to buy a car in cash off a hot girl, and then would absolutely sleep with her after completing the transaction. I could talk about the beauty of the "return" of the boomerang arrow at the end. But, it would be wrong. By picking out the discrete moments of this issue that I enjoyed, I would undermine the beauty of the whole issue, where all these moments flow and fold into one another in a way that I can't possibly praise sufficiently. It would be like such humming a few different bars of a symphony. It would be wrong so I'm not going to do it. Read the issue. Issue of the year, decade, century, artform. This is the greatest comic ever written. Period.
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I loved this issue SO much. I laughed SO damn hard at the Hawkeye head, it was so unexpected and genius. Plus, like you said, the dynamic with Kate and Clint is so well done, I felt like I was watching a show or something because I was so into the comic, and I love when that happens. I love the fact that we knew the Boomerang Arrow would come into play but Fraction wrote it so well that you forget about it by the time it does... this was definitely a 10/10 issue in my book as well.
ReplyDeleteDude, I'm so glad you liked it. I seriously feel like buying a stack and handing it to people on street corners, saying, "Look, comics! They can actually be good! They're not all huge alien wars!"
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