Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards are best known for creating the smoking-hot superhero comic-book Bluntman and Chronic—a tour de force of the dick and fart joke genre. For Holden, it’s a way to pay the bills, but he longs to create the kind of art he and Banky did at the beginning of their career. Something personal. Something that means something.
Enter Alyssa Jones. The coolest girl in the world, and someone who means something. This is the comic Holden wrote about her. A comic about love. A comic about insecurity. A comic about growth. A comic about Chasing Amy.
Almost 3 decades later and the comic art perfectly matches up to the art in the movie. Even the Easter Bunny is a dead ringer for the one Banky draws. Read Full Review
Quick Stops Vol. 3 #1 is a must-read for fans of Smith's View Askewniverse, especially those who love Chasing Amy. Smith and Sprengelmeyer teleport us into the feature film by bringing to life the comic that Holden McNeil created about loving and losing Alyssa Jones. This premiere issue had me laughing and feeling nostalgic. It's exactly the kind of funny, smart, and heartfelt storytelling you'd expect from Kevin Smith. Read Full Review
There was an interesting opportunity for Quick Stops Volume 3 #1's take on Holden's comic. It's been 28 years which has given Smith time to reflect on the film and the fans haven't seen the interiors. That's 28 years for Smith to think about what Holden learned and deliver a real apology. But, it seems, Holden isn't that reflective and instead just recounts the story with an "I'm sorry at the end. For a mystery so long in the making, the answer is a massive disappointment. Read Full Review
Mileage may vary for View Askewniverse superfans, but this reviewer found Kevin Smith's latest comic to be an adaptation that relies a bit too much on its source material. Read Full Review
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