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blogging by Andrew Wickliffe
Category: Prophet
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Graham does something interesting here–he gives John Prophet a nemesis, but doesn’t dwell on that relationship except a quick reference. Graham charts Prophet’s progress in the narration boxes, marking each day. Occasionally, it makes Prophet feel a lot fuller. Graham never quite encourages the reader to imagine what’s been going on between issues, but it’s…
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I guess Brandon Graham and Simon Roy got their gross out during their first Prophet issue because besides the protagonist shoveling shit, there’s nothing too out there in this one. There’s a lot of detail to the story–and to Roy’s artwork–even though John Prophet himself barely says anything. Most of the issue is setup for…
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Prophet is crazy even before the titular protagonist has sex (consensual sex) with the hideous alien. She also confirms Prophet is eating a human drumstick, adding genial cannibalism to the list of the issue’s crazy. Like most people who aren’t completely insane, I never read Rob Liefeld’s original Prophet series and have no idea how…
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