Frank Miller's Holy Terror #1

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• 4.0

  CHUD - Jeb Delia

  Oct 07, 2011

  Is there any way to separate the message from the context and judge Holy Terror as a comic? I don't really think so, but inasmuch as I can, it's not much of a success there either. Miller's draftsmanship has been sliding drastically since 300 (possibly from lack of practice) and while he's clearly trying a little harder here than he has in years, there are too many panels where it's impossible to tell what's going on, too many off-model figures, too many times where Miller's usual penchant for stylization"once one of his greatest strengths"ends up looking just weird. There are flashes of Miller's narrative and compositional genius; I liked parts of the opening chase in the rain, the caricatures are actually good, and there are some nice uses of silhouette. But for the most part this is an ugly book on every level, and you'd have to be either a real reactionary bonehead or some kind of uber-hipster to derive true entertainment from it. Read Full Review