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Victor Gischler, Deadpool and The Deputy
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Marvel Comics,
Hey, do you like Victor Gischler’s work on Marvel Comics’ Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth and the new Deadpool Corps? I do, because I think they’re both laugh-out-loud funny while still being good “superhero” action. Did you also know that he’s a novelist? I’ve been a fan of his since Gun Monkeys came out and now he’s got a new book that just dropped called The Deputy.
There’s not a superhero in sight, but I think fans of Gischler’s comic book work will find much to enjoy in his prose. The Deputy is the story of a part-time Oklahoma deputy (see what he did there?) who’s called out to babysit a dead body. But when he gets distracted by his 17-year-old girlfriend and the body goes missing, The Deputy’s got his work cut out for him.
Sounds like fun and my copy’s already been ordered.
[Artwork: Cover to Victor Gischler’s The Deputy]
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Victor Gischler & Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth #5
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Reviews, Marvel Comics,
I’m an idiot. When I first read about this book, I made a mental note to grab it right away. Then I brain-farted it out of my head.
Why did I want Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth? Because I’m a huge fan of writer Victor Gischler, that’s why. Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse. Vampire A Go-Go. That Victor Gischler. I’ve been reading his books ever since I grabbed Gun Monkeys off the rack because it contained this opening line: “I turned the Chrysler onto the Florida Turnpike with Rollo Kramer’s headless body in the trunk, and all the time I’m thinking I should’ve put some plastic down.”
That’s Gischler. And it continues now that he’s writing Deadpool for Marvel Comics. At the start of this series, Deadpool’s been hired by A.I.M. (those guys in the great yellow outfits with the squarish hats) to retrieve a secret bioweapon from the Savage Land. The weapon turns out to be Deadpool’s severed, zombified head from another dimension. Gischler’s got a thing for the headless, but I’m okay with that!
Since I missed the first four issues, I’m coming into the middle of the story which pits A.I.M. against Hydra, with Deadpool in the middle with a hot scientist and lots of firepower. But I picked up the action with ease - Deadpool has the zombie head to deliver to A.I.M. in space but Hydra has other ideas and those ideas mostly involve guns and killing. Gischler’s dialogue is sharp, funny and breezy - and it takes a lot of hard work to make it feel that way and still keep the story on point. Listening to Deadpool discuss Star Wars with a nameless A.I.M. employee made me LOL.
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