Well, at least Brubaker goes whole hog when it comes to unresolved endings. He overwrites the final issue of Deadenders to an exceptional degree and still manages to get away with some of it. His writing skills–his short comic subject, like from Dark Horse Presents or Lowlife–come through and he writes some rather decent scenes.
It’s utter tripe overall. I’d have thrown this issue across the room if I were reading it on its release Wednesday, but he’s got a lot of competent moments.
The art helps. Maybe Pleece and Stewart were slacking the last few issues because they knew Brubaker was going to go crazy with different styles here.
Deadenders started, partially, as a Love and Rockets homage. It finishes a Love and Rockets homage too, a bad one. Brubaker’s narrative intentions are strong, his storytelling is just bad.
Maybe it’s the abbreviated run, maybe it isn’t.
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