author: Mark Russell
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.90
book published:
rating: 2
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date added: 2023/03/21
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'The Flintstones #2' by Mark Russell with art by Steve Pugh left me feeling a bit like the most recent Muppets update on television. Why reinterpret something that works?
With the advent of television, the citizens of Bedrock are told that they need to buy Crap, so they head out to Bone Depot and Tarpit to go consumer crazy. In order to afford all this new stuff, Fred takes a second job. Meanwhile, their local church is having a crisis of faith when the god they worship turns out to be a record player (of sorts).
I get that it's a parody and satire of modern culture, but the characters are so idiotic that I don't feel anything for them. They are all lunkheads. When the television broadcasts a gruesome image of someone's death, I also get that there is a send up of television news, but the gratuitous violence just doesn't fit with what I know of this property. Fred and Barney had their dumb moments, but their wives were pretty savvy. The art was interesting, and made the characters a bit more realistic looking, sort of, but overall, I didn't like this much. It didn't feel like the Flintstones I grew up with.
I received a review copy of this issue from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this comic book.
Merged review:
'The Flintstones #2' by Mark Russell with art by Steve Pugh left me feeling a bit like the most recent Muppets update on television. Why reinterpret something that works?
With the advent of television, the citizens of Bedrock are told that they need to buy Crap, so they head out to Bone Depot and Tarpit to go consumer crazy. In order to afford all this new stuff, Fred takes a second job. Meanwhile, their local church is having a crisis of faith when the god they worship turns out to be a record player (of sorts).
I get that it's a parody and satire of modern culture, but the characters are so idiotic that I don't feel anything for them. They are all lunkheads. When the television broadcasts a gruesome image of someone's death, I also get that there is a send up of television news, but the gratuitous violence just doesn't fit with what I know of this property. Fred and Barney had their dumb moments, but their wives were pretty savvy. The art was interesting, and made the characters a bit more realistic looking, sort of, but overall, I didn't like this much. It didn't feel like the Flintstones I grew up with.
I received a review copy of this issue from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this comic book.
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