BRZRKR Vol. 1

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After a couple pages, I just started skimming for the words because the art was starting to gross me out. That said, there are things that will take a good action movie and take it to being a great movie- characterization, dialogue, plot and though we are just at the beginning of the story, I don’t think we will get to that level.

This volume may collect the two current BRZRKR spinoffs, but all signs point to more stories in the pipeline. As a parade of variant covers no one asked for all trying to find ways to draw Keanu covered in blood, weapons, and bloody weapons it's a masterclass. It’s a mix of John Wick with some Conan the Barbarian and some Wolverine and Immortal/Vampire tropes which bring to mind the Old Guard series. Kudos to artist Ron Garney for his work on this book, bringing the non-stop carnage to life so well.I've heard a lot of references to Old Guard: Opening Fire when it comes to premise and I think that's close enough. This first volume contains his present and his earliest days and is pretty simple, but the artwork is cool and the tone is perfect. This is volume one, so it's mostly just about setting up the situation and introducing the characters. There's quite some narration, which made me think how much more powerful of a statement this could've been without any narration, and the barest of words spoken. And, though I found the action tiresome after a while, the bloodiness is so absurdly over-the-top that it made me laugh occasionally.

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. BRZRKR is a wide, ever expanding sandbox that Keanu and I like inviting other to play in,” said Executive Editor Eric Harburn in a statement.Ever wonder what John Wicks would be lije with Wolverine's healing factor and born in the barbarian and natured in the barbarian age. BRZRKR, Volume 1 wasn’t for me - it looks great, it’s easy to read, some of it is amusing, but it’s way too much gratuitously pointless action and not enough story.