Seaguy
DC/Vertigo.
Seaguy
(3-issue mini; w Grant Morrison; a Cameron Stewart). [From
DC Comics: Straight from the brow of one of comics' unique creators
— Grant Morrison — comes SEAGUY, a hero without purpose in a world
without evil! Featuring breathtaking art from Cameron Stewart, SEAGUY collects
the 3-issue Vertigo miniseries that follows the strange adventure of would-be
hero Seaguy and his faithful companion Chubby Da Choona as they try and
decipher the mystery of Xoo — a ubiquitous new food that seems to have
evolved into a brand-new conscious lifeform! Quirky and heart-wrenching
at the same time, SEAGUY is that rarest of creations: something utterly
and completely new. “Aye, aye, Seaguy!”] Old Book of the Week 1/11/06: Another under-appreciated Morrison work, this sly charmer was the bastard stepchild of his unrelated group of minis last year. Underneath the goofy, relentlessly chipper surface of this story about a young man in a "perfect" world who yearns for adventure lies a scathing critique of a consumer culture that threatens to overwhelm and lobotimize us all. It's a sad reflection on the comic-buying public that this brilliant satire did not sell well enough to green-light the second and third chapters of a projected trilogy. But maybe if everybody runs out and buys the trade, DC will take notice... 