Route 66. The end of the line. Welcome to Black Hole Sun.
Mayday started off as a fun, random and totally crazed story and ended up if you look for it an essay in introspection. Its an amusing and wacky adventure if you read it on a high level, but if you start to plummet the depths there is a real richness there. Its a definite recommendation from me. Read Full Review
The story has a Breaking Bad feel to it! No character is perfect and is flawed. Pires' pacing with moving back and forth and breaks the scenes with chapters (like a book) make it easy to follow for new readers and it still makes sense. Diotto's simplistic and rough art adds grit to the story. Read Full Review
Mayday feels like Curt testing his boundaries. Its like Pires Unchained; the madness that ensues when nobody's there to rein him in. Im glad I got to see it, but personally Curt is at his best when narrative structure takes precedent and he can fill in the gaps with his flavor. A little bit of his brand of nuttiness goes a long way, and I think POP was a fantastic example of a great premise and a strong plot can become something extraordinary when Curt tells it. Mayday is so much style, and not enough substance. Read Full Review
The fake-out at the end was quite good, as the bonus previews from the previous three issues are replaced with something else here. Still don't know a thing about that cross-dresser from the last issue, but this finale does wrap up in a satisfying way, with multiple layers to the fictional narrative. It's complex in the best ways, but like a lot of interpretive art, it leaves you really wanting to have a sit down with the creators so they can connect the dots for you - which of course they never would, being true artists. I like the faux-meta moment in the middle, which the characters themselves call out by name, and it makes the final bit of post-modernist storytelling at the end feel nice and right and legit.
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