By: Jamie Delano (Story), Jeremy Rock (Artwork), Greg Waller (Color)
With Narcopolis, Jamie Delano (Hellblazer) creates a new world in the future, with a new language. I don’t feel like reading a comic book with a reference book next to it. Here is an example of dialogue (main character talking to his vulture): “MagicWord comes, we’ll screech bigMouth, scream clean through the deathStatic idiotNoise.” What the hell?! Sure! Anytime!
Gray Neighbor works at a missile construction factory, and enjoys watching SlickArt (bestiality) shows on TV. Aside from that, there are lots of sexual innuendos laden throughout this book. On top of that, he’s being investigated by a sexy agent from T.R.U.S.T for animal brutality.
There is also a constant threat in Narcopolis. People are afraid of PsychStrykes. An unwilling, random individual is the source of the attack, and it seems to infect people next to it, making them go crazy and murder each other.
Maybe if the language wasn’t too foreign this book could have been good. The concept is interesting. Rock’s art has great potential, but is misused with the script. (Grade: C-).
-Daniel Yanez
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