BRZRKR Vol. 1

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This could've been a chance to get creative with the violent antics, but that doesn't happen either. If you've seen one horse's head ripped off, or one fist punched through someone's head, you've seen em all.

Really, people, it's a totally angry and tired immortal written by and featuring Keanu. Sorry, I mean, Tool/Weapon. :) And that's what he is in the comic, a tool by the US Gov but a tool since his birth 80k years ago, never dying, fed on bloodshed, and now just wanting to be mortal. So what’s the final verdict? Well, for starters, even at middle age, I still can cave into peer pressure (not that there was anything particularly dangerous about reading this comic. If anything, it was a nice palate cleanser after Tom King’s Strange Adventures). You see? Good vibrant art, minimal dialogue, fine flow, lots of gore (like, lots) — should have been more enjoyable than it was.Definitely not for the squeamish, this one: the art is all blood and bones and eyeballs and violent red slashes. Gruesome, though it's a sketchy kind of style so it's not quite as confronting. The man of the 90's, Neo himself, wrote this, probably one of the most 90's nostalgic pieces I have seen in a hot minute. There are Manly Men, plenty of Gore and Violence, and waxing poetic on how meaningless life is. Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. Born in Beirut and raised in Toronto, Reeves began acting in theatre productions and in television films before making his feature film debut in Youngblood (1986). He had his breakthrough role in the science fiction comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), and he reprised his role in its sequels. He gained praise for playing a hustler in the independent drama My Own Private Idaho (1991) and established himself as an action hero with leading roles in Point Break (1991) and Speed (1994). Now, I'm not at all opposed to the gore. I like to bathe in blood and run my fingers through the intestines of my enemies as much as the next girl.

Starting on this volume, which contains the first third of a planned 12-issue series, I expected there to be close to no story, in a negative sense. The surprising thing is that I ended up wishing there was no story at all, with no narration and little dialogue, just gloopy oodles of ultraviolence. Nevertheless, once the rage comes over him, he is a formidable weapon. The problem? It's not what he wants. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review*This wasn’t really what I was expecting. It’s more fantasy leaning, and Reeves being Reeves I think I was expecting something more SF. Did I read this because of Keanu Reeves? Yes. Was I surprised? No. Was I blown away? No. Was it super bloody and gory. Yep. Do I need the next volume in the series? YEP.