Category: From the Ashes

From the Ashes (2009) #3

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Fingerman gets a little harsher here–Bill O’Riley is the evil superbrain who is killing conservative numbskulls and championing liberals (or Rile O’Biley as he’s known here)–and Fingerman makes some Tom Cruise being gay jokes, which is… dated.

The first issue presented the apocalypse as this walking tour the two main characters would be going on. Instead, Fingerman’s made it into a place where no one would want to hang around too long. It’s uncomfortable, pseudo-goofy humor. A lot of the jokes read like Kevin Smith jokes from “Mallrats,” actually.

And while I’m thinking about it logically–Fingerman has the story set in New York, but why wouldn’t survivors leave New York for more fertile lands to farm? At least go to Central Park.

I think I laughed during the first issue. I’ve gotten to the point where I think I’m misremembering.

It’s a nap inducing bore too.

From the Ashes (2009) #2

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Come on, really? The edgiest humor Fingerman can get is even in the apocalypse there are a bunch of fundamentalist Christian jerks?

He introduces a whole lot this issue. I guess the open about the characters being the last people on earth is long over… they’re just the last normal people on earth. Here Fingerman introduces mutants, zombies and meth-head looking fundies (all fundies are only one meth hit away from meth-head anyway).

He tells Mel Gibson jokes and gay jokes and it just goes on and on and on, without ever being funny.

I’m not sure what I was expecting, but something with some kind of bite. There’s a definite possibility for post-apocalyptical humor but this comic isn’t it.

That post-Rapture episode of “American Dad” was funny. This is not. Fingerman’s presumably shooting for a higher brow humor. But his jokes make me think otherwise.

From the Ashes (2009) #1

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I didn’t realize they quoted neo-con dipwad Matt Parker on the cover of this comic book. It’s a terrible blurb, so it’s kind of funny I’m opening with it.

From the Ashes, from the first issue, is a little bland. I’ve never read any Fingerman before so I didn’t know what to expect from his humor. It’s pretty safe. It’s like a ribalder episode of “Seinfeld,” really. He swears at his computer, threatens it with getting a Mac. He portrays himself (he’s the main character) and his wife as indifferent to a global (presumably) apocalypse.

It’s really, really, really safe. The edgiest thing in the book is a reference to an Ed Asner and Sally Struther’s TV movie (well, not really–it’s Hey, I’m Alive for those interested). Actually, there’s nothing remotely edgy. One Sally Struthers stealing food from starving Ethiopian children joke would make this book’s head explode.

From the Ashes 3 (August 2009)

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Fingerman gets a little harsher here–Bill O’Riley is the evil superbrain who is killing conservative numbskulls and championing liberals (or Rile O’Biley as he’s known here)–and Fingerman makes some Tom Cruise being gay jokes, which is… dated.

The first issue presented the apocalypse as this walking tour the two main characters would be going on. Instead, Fingerman’s made it into a place where no one would want to hang around too long. It’s uncomfortable, pseudo-goofy humor. A lot of the jokes read like Kevin Smith jokes from “Mallrats,” actually.

And while I’m thinking about it logically–Fingerman has the story set in New York, but why wouldn’t survivors leave New York for more fertile lands to farm? At least go to Central Park.

CREDITS

Writer, artist, colorist and letterer, Bob Fingerman; editor, Scott Dunbier; publisher, IDW Publishing.

I think I laughed during the first issue. I’ve gotten to the point where I think I’m misremembering.

It’s a nap inducing bore too.

From the Ashes 2 (July 2009)

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Come on, really? The edgiest humor Fingerman can get is even in the apocalypse there are a bunch of fundamentalist Christian jerks?

He introduces a whole lot this issue. I guess the open about the characters being the last people on earth is long over… they’re just the last normal people on earth. Here Fingerman introduces mutants, zombies and meth-head looking fundies (all fundies are only one meth hit away from meth-head anyway).

He tells Mel Gibson jokes and gay jokes and it just goes on and on and on, without ever being funny.

I’m not sure what I was expecting, but something with some kind of bite. There’s a definite possibility for post-apocalyptical humor but this comic isn’t it.

That post-Rapture episode of “American Dad” was funny. This is not. Fingerman’s presumably shooting for a higher brow humor. But his jokes make me think otherwise.

CREDITS

Writer, artist, colorist and letterer, Bob Fingerman; editor, Scott Dunbier; publisher, IDW Publishing.

From the Ashes 1 (May 2009)

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I didn’t realize they quoted neo-con dipwad Matt Parker on the cover of this comic book. It’s a terrible blurb, so it’s kind of funny I’m opening with it.

From the Ashes, from the first issue, is a little bland. I’ve never read any Fingerman before so I didn’t know what to expect from his humor. It’s pretty safe. It’s like a ribalder episode of “Seinfeld,” really. He swears at his computer, threatens it with getting a Mac. He portrays himself (he’s the main character) and his wife as indifferent to a global (presumably) apocalypse.

It’s really, really, really safe. The edgiest thing in the book is a reference to an Ed Asner and Sally Struther’s TV movie (well, not really–it’s Hey, I’m Alive for those interested). Actually, there’s nothing remotely edgy. One Sally Struthers stealing food from starving Ethiopian children joke would make this book’s head explode.

CREDITS

Writer, artist, colorist and letterer, Bob Fingerman; editor, Scott Dunbier; publisher, IDW Publishing.