Undoubtedly the most clever and enjoyable part of this book is when writer Mark Russell draws attention to the absurdity of a classic Flintstones trope; living creatures serving as household objects. If you are scratching your head, just think back to the classic Flintstones cartoon scenes of a birds beak serving as a record player needle, pausing to look at the audience and say something like Hey, its a living!. Well, in this issue, an armadillo bowling ball and a pygmy mammoth vacuum cleaner actually stop to commiserate about their mutual suffering and loneliness as indentured slaves. Its a brilliant bit. Is this my life?! Is this all I mean to the universe?! the little armadillo shouts to the heavens. It seems like every character is in full-on crisis mode in this bizarre take on a classic property. Its a yabba-dabba doo of a time. Read Full Review

The Flintstones continues to be a must-read thought provoking mirror of our society. If you like your fantasy stories to be packed with meaningful truths about ourselves you must read this. Read Full Review

Overall, this issue may not be the series at its best, but for a comic that's so consistently high that's by no means a bad thing. Issue #6 is a little more simplistic than the rest have been, but it feels nicely cathartic and reassuring while being both absolutely hilarious and depressing as anything. If you like your laughs existential and full of dread with a slice of satire on the side, there really is no better book thanThe Flintstones. Words I never thought I'd say. Read Full Review

This book continues to hold a mirror up to society, but it's a weird mirror because everything in it is prehistoric. But it's like fake prehistoric. Like it's 20,000 BCE or whatever but they have televisions. It's sort of hard to explain. But this is a funny, well-made book that's also holds some stark truths for the reader. I think that's probably worth four bucks. Read Full Review

Nothing about this is funny, it feels like it was created by a committee that thinks humour is how Arnold Schwarzenegger pronounces the name of his four by four and only the art saves it from being Garfield Summer Special bad. 0.1/5 Read Full Review

Another strong issue, highlighted by the existential pain of the elephant vacuum cleaner.

I just wanted to say this: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being Appliance Animals."

Another fine and funny issue. Don't let the clown crusader on the critics review page fool you.

Commentary on the search for life's meaning and how it relies on a stable civilization in order to ponder such questions; yet civilization can break in an instant. This one fell pray to the overly fast pace again. The whole asteroid thing came out of nowhere, it would be good to see the scientist actually observing it before reaching his conclusions. At first I thought the part about bowling was unrelated to the rest of the comic, but now I see how it reinforces the theme. It's certainly a dense comic, I would like some breathing room for the plot to unfold and to include additional gags. If each comic is going to continue being a one-off, it might be worth it to make some issues oversized. Even so, there is more here to digest in one issue than there is in a year of almost any other ongoing series. more